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Trove Tuesday: Car Overturned

Today’s post involves my 1st cousins four times removed Charles Twemlow and his sister Ada Rigelsford nee Twemlow.  They were the children of Francis Twemlow and his wife Tamar nee Guymer.  Another post involving this family can be found here.


Source:  CAR OVERTURNED (1931, April 13). The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate (Parramatta, NSW : 1888 - 1950), p. 2. Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106849960

Transcript:

CAR OVERTURNED
Two Injured
A small motor car in which were Mrs. Ada Rigelsford, of 2 Clifford-Street, Parramatta, and Mr. Charles Twemlow, 64, of Heydon-street, Mosman, overturned on the Rookwood-road, Bankstown, on Saturday afternoon.  Both were injured. The Canterbury-Bankstown Ambulance took them to the Auburn Hospital, to which Mrs. Rigelsford was admitted suffering from a fracture of the left arm and probably a fracture of the left leg. 


Source:  CAR OVERTURNS (1931, April 13). Goulburn Evening Penny Post (NSW : 1881 - 1940), p. 2 (DAILY and EVENING). Retrieved from http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article99776022

Transcript:

CAR OVERTURNS
TWO INJURED
When a baby model car capsized on Rookwood Road, Bankstown, early on Saturday night, it’s driver, Charles Twemlow, 60, of Heydon Street, Mosman, suffered minor injuries, but his sister, Mrs. Ada Rigelsford, of Clifford Street, Parramatta, had her left arm fractured. 
She was taken to Auburn District Hospital by the Canterbury-Bankstown Ambulance, after passing motorists had rendered assistance to the injured couple.
The car overturned several times before coming to a standstill on the opposite side of the road.
Mr. Twemlow and Mrs. Rigelsford are brother and sister, respectively, of Mrs. A. B. Beer, Lagoon Street, Goulburn.
Other newspaper articles mentioning this accident can be found here and here.

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