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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Team Fatality Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 2

Alighting from the wrong side of a tram in Oxford street to-night, Victor White, aged 25 years, of Woollahra, was struck by a tram travelling in…

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Man Drowned Boat Became Swamped SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 March 1933 · page 1

Walter Furneaux, 26, was drowned in Mullet Creek, Brooklyn, last night. It appears that Furneaux, with two others, was dragging a net over the…

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Man Drowned Fishing Excursion Boat Overturns Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

Walter Furneaux, aged 28 years, lost his life at Mullett Creek, Brooklyn, last night. With Percy Fingleton, aged 27 years,…

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Fall of Coal at Bellbird Colliery Two Men Buried One Fatally Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 23 March 1933 · page 1

With a roar that sent miners rushing to safety, a big fall of coal occurred at the Bellbird colliery to-day. Two men were buried, one being killed…

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Man Killed Riding on Goods Train Overcoat Causes Accident Armidale

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 4

When his overcoat caught in the undergear of a train. Eric Watson, aged 30 years, believed to be a resident of Roselle, was dragged along the…

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Speed Trial Ends in Accident Car Crashes 20 Feet Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 1

When Ted Patterson, a racing motorist, was attempting to break the Brisbane-Sydney record and was motoring on the Moonbi Ranges, near…

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Constable Injured Hostile Crowd at Botany Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1933 · page 1

Several men brutally attacked Constable Coleman outside a hotel in Botany road, Botany, on Friday night. A crowd of about 150 gathered, but…

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Three Injured Truck and Car Collide Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 March 1933 · page 3

On Saturday night a motor car driven by John Walstencroft, aged 23 years, of Noojee, collied with a truck on Prince's Highway, near…

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Cadet Shot Dead Rifle Fired in Street Accident After Range Practice Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 1

When he was reluming home on Saturday after having taken part in the annual small anas musketry course of the 4th Divisional Australian Army…

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Lorry Accident Driver Pinned Down by Ton Log

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 2

Mr. Jim Hartford, lorry driver employed by Messrs Kinloch Bros., Leeton, had a miraculous escape from being killed on Sunday morning last,…

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Crane Used in Rescue Man Injured on High Building Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 5

There was an unusual scene in Liverpool street wien two members of the Central District Ambulance were swung aloft by a crane to…

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Terrific Explosion in North of England Town Six Killed; 17 INJURED Excavator Strikes Gas Main LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

Six were killed and 17 injured in an explosion at Gateshead, believed to be due to a steam excavator on the roadway damaging the gas main…

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Railway Accident Train out of Control Auckland (N.z.)

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 1

A railway accident in which all the elements of a movie thrill were present occurred on the Wilton Cole Co.'s railway yesterday, and resulted in the…

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Railway Accident Train Out of Control Driver's Shocking Death Auckland (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 March 1933 · page 2

A railway accident, in which all the elements of a movie thrill were present, occurred on the Wilton Cole Co.'s railway today and resulted in…

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Explosion in Lavender Distillery One Killed; 29 Injured London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 2

Scenes reminiscent of wartime bombardment were witnessed at Mitcham following an explosion at 7 o'clock this morning in the Bush Co's Lavender…

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Fatal Accident Old Man Run Down by Motor Car

Daily Advertiser · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at Howlong near Albury, at 7.30 o'clock last night, when Henry (Moore Walters was run down by motor car…

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Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Bloomfield met with a serious accident on Monday morning last. They were proceeding by sulky to the Dullah School and when…

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Another Big Crash Six Killed and Eight Injured Neodesha (Kensas)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 3

A private aeroplane, carrying the Canadian Toilers, a basket ball team of Winnipeg champions, and a party of fourteen in all, crashed near here to-day, killing six and injuring eight others. The team had been playing at Tulsa (Oklahama) before…

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Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 April 1933 · page 2

While cycling with two friends yesterday afternoon. James Blair, aged 16 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Blair, of Edward street, Wagga, fell from his…

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Child's Death Dramatic Sequel Father Found Drowned Singleton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 2

The inquiry into the death of Mary Joyee Noffit, aged 2 years and 7 months, who died in hospital on March 28 from burns received two days…

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