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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Two Drowned in Murrumbidgee Near Darlington Point

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

Two persons were drowned during the week-end—a man in the Murrumbidgee River on Saturday morning, and a woman in the Murrumbidgee on…

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Two Injured Fall Down Shaft Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 2

While working at the top of a shaft in druitt street to-day Harry Eastman, aged 61 years, laborer, fell on to Robert Wallace, aged 43 years,…

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Two Airmen Drowned Aeroplane Crashes Tradedy at Cook's River'. Nose Dive Into Deep Channel

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 5

Two airmen were drowned when their 'plane crashed from a height of 200 feet into Cook's River, a mile south of Mascot aerodrome, on…

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Sensational Chase Over City Roofs Three Police Injured Revolver Shots Fired MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

Three policemen were injured, and eight revolver shots fired during a three hours' chase over roof tops in the city of two men who were…

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Brisbane Express Crashes Into Engine Grafton Accident

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

The Brisbane express crashed into a slowly moving engine at South Grafton railway yards at 4.40 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. Passengers…

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Remarkable Accident Barbed Wire Pierces Cyclist's Neck Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 1

Clement Bloomfield was the victim of a remarkable accident yesterday. His motor cycle crashed off the road into a barbed wire fence and a strand of…

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Peculiar Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

At Lake Cargelligo, Mr. B. C. Boyd, farmer, had his right arm fractured in peculiar circumstances. He was leading a mare, with bridle…

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Greek Vessel Sinks After Collision. Crew Believed Drowned London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 3

The British steamer Dartford collided in the English Channel with the Greek steamer Meandros. The Greek vessel was sunk. The Dartford…

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Ex-gundagai Man Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

A man, believed to be Robert Valentine ("Bob") McGregor, was drowned in the Murray river, near Nyah West, Victoria, on Saturday last. He…

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400 Drowned Chinese River Disaster Shanghai

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

A DISASTER occurred in the Yangtze river, 400 Chinese being drowned when a steamer overturned 20 miles below Hangkow…

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Four Hundred Drowned Chinese River Disaster Shanghai

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

A disaster occurred in the Yangtze Elver, 400 Chinese being drowned when a steamer overturned 20 miles below Hanghow on…

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Crushed Between Trams Collision at Railway Square Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

Edward Young, aged 42 years, tran conductor, was extensively injured to-day when he was crushed between two trams which collided at Railway…

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Painful Accident

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 1

Whilst making some adjustments to a Kelvinator for Messrs. Cordato Bros. Cafe at Hillston on Friday last, Mr. C. Seridel (a representative of…

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Drowning Accidents at Darlington Point

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 3

Further details of the drowning accidents at Darlington Point on Saturday and Sunday, of which Mr. James H. Harding and Mrs. Mary Davoren…

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Accident to Nurse Severely Scalded

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 8

Nurse Simpson of the Leeton District Hospital was sever[?] sealded while attending to the sterniser plant and is at present confined to bed. It…

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Engine Topples Over Railway Accident at Yanco Passengers Escape Injury

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 7

Great exc[?]tment prevailed at Yanco on Tuesday afternoon when the 2 o'clock mixed train from Leeton to Narandera met with an accident a…

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News and Notes From N.r.m.a. Motor Vehicle Accidents

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 6

All accident check kept by the N.R.M.A. Safety Department reveals that during January, 24 persons were killed and 147 injured in [?]…

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Serious Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 16 February 1934 · page 2

This morning while bringing a [?] loan of wood along the Wagga [?] Mr. G. [?] fell off and was [?] by the [?] against the…

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Fariure Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 11

Farlure, who ran third in the Wagga Cup of 1931, fell heavily while being schooled over hurdles at Epsom on Tuesday. Mr. E. J' 0'Dwyer…

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Arachne Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 17 February 1934 · page 14

The two year Arachne who won brilliantly at Williamstown last Saturday received a knock, but the leginjury in not serious…

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