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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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23 Killed, 50 Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 20

The Press Bureau reports:—The raiders caused considerable damage at Southend, where they dropped 40 bombs. The casualties at present reported are—8 men, 9…

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Darling River Fatality. Charge of Manslaughter Fails

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 August 1917 · page 2

Michael Mumby, Captain of the steamer Alfred, and Jos. Eastwood, mate of the same vessel, appeared at the Quarter Sessions at Wentworth on…

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Sequel to Motor Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Echo · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 3

At the local police court on Saturday before the P.M. Arthur Franks was charged that he did on the 21st July assault one Winifred Jones, by…

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The Big Strike. the Government's Resolute Stand. Railway Men Drifting Back to Work. a Loyal Fireman Injured. Victorian Train Services and the Coal Shortage. Work Commenced at Government Coal Mines Train Services Improving. Sydney, Monday, 9 a.m

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

The report that the Union Defence Committee has disbanded is denied. The number of re-employed officers and new hands employed in the…

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Sequel to Motor Collision

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

In the Country Court, Melbourne on Thursday last, before Judge Moule and a jury, Charles H. Smith, watchmaker and jeweller, of Millson Street…

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Motor Strikes Sulky Young Lady Injured Charses Against Driver Fail

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 2

Arthur Franks, a motor mechanic, of Shepparton, was charged at the Supreme Court on Wednesday, with negligently driving a car and injuring Winifred…

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Burning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 4

On Friday evening a very painful burning accident, which terminated fatally, occurred in Rutherglen. Mrs. Violet Wilson, wife of Mr. Henry…

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Camperdown Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 25

The inquest on Mervyn Flanagan was continued on Wednesday, when further evidence was given regarding the incidents that led up to the shooting…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 September 1917 · page 3

Mr. Wm. Squires, contractor, of Corowa, met with a painful accident on Tuesday last, when bringing a small house from Rutherglen on a jinker…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 1

A motor car capsized between Orbost and Delegate. A young woman was killed, and four other persons were injured…

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Accident at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 2

On Saturday morning last a serious accident happened at the Wahgunyah railway station. A number of boys were playing in the vicinity of the…

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National Workers Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 19

Owing to a quantity of coal breaking away in the Muswellbrook mine, three National Service workers were injured. The victims were: William Ayton,…

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A National Worker Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

One of the National workers, Elijah Battle, a farmer and dairyman from the Macleay River, was shot in the right leg, in the Queensland Hotel,…

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A Mother's Sacrifice. Mrs. H. A. Byers Drowned. While Attempting to Rescue Her Child

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

The Murrumbidgee has been responsible for very many tragic happenings, and now another has to be added to the already too long list of…

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Fatal Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

A fall of earth in the big tunnel on the Mittagong to Picton railway deviation works on Friday buried a number of men, and John Lee, 64,…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Monday. a Railway Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

An engine left East Tamworth for West Tamworth, and when rounding the curve of the viaduct crossing the Peel River, the driver. Jarman, saw…

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Thrown from Vehiloles. Elderly Man Seriously Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 4 October 1917 · page 2

An accident befel a man named Michael Gleeson on Saturday evening last, with the result that he sustained severe injuries, necessitating…

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Hay Drowning Fatality

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 3

The wife of Harry Albert Byers, of the "Riverine Grazier" staff, Hay, [?]st her life in tragic cricumstances on Sunday afternoon. Byers had…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Hay

The Independent · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 2

The wife of Mr Harry Albert Byers, of the "Riverine Grazier" staff, lost her life in tragic circumstances on Sunday afternoon. Byers had rowed his family across…

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Pea Rifle Fatality at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1917 · page 32

A fatal pea rifle accident occurred at Wagga on Friday, the victim being Constance Elsie Mary M'Carty, aged nine years, daughter of Mrs. Stanley Heydon…

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