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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Prince Henry New Zeaiand Visit Injured Foot Heals Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 1

Prince Henry left Auckland yesterday for the Waikato district, where He was given an . enthusiastic reception. He visited Hamilton and…

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Shark Victims Young Man Killed Girl Terribly Injured Georges River Horror Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 4

Hauled by a shark, Richard George Soden, aged 19 years, laborer, of Westbridge, Canberra, met with a terrible death in…

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Safety Hints Care Will Avoid Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1935 · page 3

The Victorian National Safety Council has prepared the following list of hints for motorists and pedestrians in the hope that publication will have…

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Motor Car Crashes Man Killed; Two Persons Injured Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 6

Thomas Pigging Fisher, aged 69 years, of Dubbo, was killed, and his daughter, Jessie Fisher, and a man named Perry were injured when a…

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Violence and Tragedy Serious Motor Accidents Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

The new year was ushered in with violence and tragedy. Following the shark attack yesterday, there were riots and assaults in several parts of…

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Two Men Killed in Car Racing Smash Driver and Mechanic Centenary Race at Cowes Travelling at More Than 100 M.P.H. Many Other Holiday Accidents MELBOURNE

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1935 · page 1

A racing driver and his mechanic were killed when a car travelling at more than 100 miles an hour overturned during the centenary 300 miles road race at Cowes to-day. The accident occurred at a point known as Needle Eye,…

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Curl Drowned Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 4

Ethel Trevarthan, aged 16 years, of Toowoomba, who was bathing in the Lockyer, Creek, became entangled in weeds, and she was drowned. She was…

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Man Drowned in Waterhole

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

Alvaron Dulfer, a single man, who was a recent arrival from Ballarat, was drowned in the Umberumberka waterhole (Broken Hill), last week…

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Drowned in the Lachlan

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

Lindsay Hocking, 18, was drowned in a swimming hole in the Lachlan Rivers about five miles from Cowra last week. Hocking turned on his…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

Hurt in a collision between his motor cycle and a motor car, William Boughton, aged 26, whose right leg was amputated at Albury Hospital,…

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Head-on Collision Near Coolac Two Cars Badly Smashed

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 5

Just after dusk on New Year's Eve Messrs. Ted and Harry Collins were returning home to "Bundarbo" when, turning the corner opposite to old…

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Two Children Die Mother's Ordeal Accidental Deaths Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 1

A mother appeared in the witness box twice in the Coroner's Court to-day to give evidence relating to the death of her two sons, Ronald…

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Holiday Accidents Causalities In Different Parts

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

Last week-end a Gundagai boy and girl are reported to have had a thrilling moment on the Murrumbidgee. They were in a flat bottomed…

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ACCIDENT At Tarcutta Railway Gates

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 January 1935 · page 2

There was another accident near the Tarcutta road railway gates on Saturday night last, and Frank Jungworth, of Summer Hill (Sydney) was…

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Man Found Drowned at Ganmain

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

At about 6. p.m. yesterday Sergt. McGeoch, of Ganmain found the body of a man, aged from 45 to 50 years lying in a shallow drain leading…

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Boy Drowned in Baths Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

At the inquest qs Owen Leslie Bardsley, aged. 14 years, who was drowned in the Enfield baths, evidence was given that be and a little girl were playing…

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Double Tragedy at Griffith Two Brothers Drowned GRIFFITH

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

The bodies of two boys were found in an irrigation canal at Griffth yesterday evening. They were Robert Henry Rowley, 9, and James…

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Car Over Bridge Man Killed; Another Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

Themes P. Fisher, aged 68, years. was killed, and James Terry, aged 26 years, was seriously injured when thier car crashed through the side of a…

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Kicked by Foal Mr. C. J. Smith Seriously Injured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 1

Mr. C. J. Smith, of Matong, was kicked in the back on Thursday of last week at his farm by a draught foal. His back was severely…

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Double Tragedy at Griffith Two Brothers Drowned in Irrigation Canal Griffith

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1935 · page 2

The bod[?]es of two boys were found in an irrigation canal at Griffith this evening. They were Robert Henry Rowley, aged 9 years, and James…

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