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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

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Wheel Off Lorry Accident at Leeton

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 1

While Mr. Hopley's horse lorry was proceeding to the Welfare Farm on Wednesday with a load of steel for the new buildings, a wheel came…

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Indian Miners Drowned Calcutta

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

Eleven underground workers, including two women, were drowned following a sudden inrush of water in the old workings of the Loyabad colliery…

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Steamers in Collision 37 of Crew Missing Seagirt (N. Jersey)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

Fifteen bodies were recovered from the steamer Mohawk, which sank after colliding with the Norwegian steamer. Talisman…

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Collision at Sea Steamer Sinks in Half an Hour New-york

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

The steamship Monawk of 8000 tons, under charter to the Ward Line, collided with the Norwegian motorship, Talisman, off Seagirt, New…

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Three People Injured Car Crashes Through Level Crossing Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 1

Three occupants of a motor car were injured when their car crashed through the level crossing gates on the Parramatta road at Clyde. The injured…

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Injured While Diving

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

While on a holiday in Victoria. Mr. Allan Barrie, of Barrie's Timber Yard, Henty, went swimming at Bright, and while diving he struck his head on a…

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Drowning Boy Saved Rescuer's Narrow Escape Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Lewis Vincent Coles, aged 37 years, was dragged beneath the water when he attempted to rescue his 11 year old nephew, William Coles, in French's…

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Accident on Coolac Road Lorry Gets Out of Control Two Men Rather Seriously Injured

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

On Saturady morning last, coming down the four-mile hill, on the Coolac side, a motor lorry on which there were several passengers, got out of…

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Renown and Hood British Warships in Collision Gibraltar

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

The Hood and Renown, which were involved in a collision, arrived here to-day. Naval ratings declared that the collision was due to the Renown…

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Huge Death Roll in Collision at Sea Forty-five Drowned Liner's Steering Gear Fails Off New Jersey Coast Efforts to Dodge Freighter Frozen Bodies Recovered From Atlantic. New York

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Forty-five persons perished after the Ward liner Mohawk collided with the Norwegian cargo steamer Talisman off the New Jersey coast on Thursday night. Eight of the dead are known to be passengers. These include four…

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Six Injured Lorry Overturns at Mona Vale Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Six persons were injured, though none seriously, when a lorry got out the road, and capsized over an…

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45 Drowned Liner's Steering Gear Fails Efforts to Dodge Freighter New York

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

FORTY-FIVE perished after the Ward liner Mohawk collided with the Norwegian cargo steame[?] Talisman off the New Jersey…

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Autogyro Crash Pilot Badly Injured Passenger Escapes Unhurt Machine Wrecked Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

An autogyro crashed at the Mornington air pageant yesterday afternoon and was drecked. The pilot, George Colman, was badly injured, and was…

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Youth Drowned at Curl Curl Dramatic Rescue of Two Companions Albury Nurse's Assistance SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Caught in a very severe undertow on the North Curl Curl beach yesterday afternoon, a young man was drowned while two of his companions…

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Surf Tragedy Youth Drowned at Curl Curl Dramatic Rescue of Two Companions Albury Nurse's Assistance SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

Caught in a very severe undertow on the North Curl Curl beach this afternoon, a young man was drowned while two of his companions were rescued in…

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Boy Shot Pea Rifle Accident Bullet Glances off Fencing Wire WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

ROBERT Dingwell, of Junes road, North Wagga, 14, was shot in the thigh on Saturday afternoon when on a shooting expedition…

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Pea Rifle Accident Boy Shot in Thigh Bullet Glances Off Fencing Wire

Daily Advertiser · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

Robert Dingwall, of Junee road, North Wagga, aged 14 years, was shot in the thigh on Saturday afternoon when on a shooting expedition with…

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Foot Severely Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

Bleeding copiously from a terrible wound in the foot, Mr. Jack, Cameron, of Murnaguldrie, was yesterday hurried to the Wagga District Hospital by the…

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Another Car Collision at Mill Corner

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

Between 11 o'clock and mid-day on Saturday another collision between two motor cars occurred at the Mill Corner, corner of Capper-st, Tumut…

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Two Boys Drowned One Seeks to Save the Other Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 2

Two small boys were drowned in the Yarra this afternoon. They slipped into a deep hole while paddling. They were Peter Seville, aged 10 years,…

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