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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1918

232 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 12

Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 December 1918 · page 2

On Saturday last the sanitary contractor, Mr. Humphreys, had the misfortune to break his leg, and is now an inmate of the Public Hospital. While…

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Accident at Carrathool Ferry. the Punt Sunk

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 2

An accident of a peculiar character took place at the Carrathool ferry on Saturday last, resulting in the submerging of the punt…

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Fatal Blasting Accident. Man Killed at Glenrow an Quarry

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 3

A dreadful fatality took place at Glenrowan quarry on Wednesday evening, when Mr. Oswald James Julley, a young married man of 28 years, was…

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Accident at the New Bridge

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 2

On Tuesday an accident happened on the side track of the new bridge. A motor car was coming from Wodonga and a man on horseback was going from Albury…

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Accidents on Albury Road Disgraceful State of Bridges

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 19 December 1918 · page 2

The Wodonga-Albury road bridges at present are a menace to public safety, especially the first bridge after leaving Wodonga. On Monday an incident that…

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Drowned in a Tank. Station Bookkeeper’s Death

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 2

The body of George Graham Cripps. bookkeeper employed at Carbon Station was found is a tank near the homestead on Saturday meeting. The coroner, Mr…

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A Scaffold Fatality Laborer Fails to Feet. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 21 December 1918 · page 3

While working on a staffed at Queen Victoria Buildings, City, to-day. Walter Kelly 36. a laborer resident at Ultimo, fell 70 feet and was killed…

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Tree Falls Across Train. One Passenger Killed. Four Injured. Hobart

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 December 1918 · page 2

While an engine was taking in water at a station on the Marrawah line, Tasmania, yesterday, a tree fell across the train. striking a passenger carriage in which…

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Drowned in the River. Missing Man's Body Found

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 3

The body of James Butt, who had been missing from his home at New market, Albury, since about 11 p. m. on Tuesday last, was found on Friday…

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Accident to Rabbit Motor Lorry Two Men Killed. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 24 December 1918 · page 4

The men. named K. Frydon and A. Lindsay, were driving from Cumnock in a rabbit motor lorry. The vehicle crashed through a fence on a dangerous part of…

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Rescued from Drowning. a Gallant Performance

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 26 December 1918 · page 1

On Friday afternoon last a party of [?]…

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Curious Buggy Fatality. Brisbane

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 2

Charles Christian, William Reepsdor[?] and John Tudhope began to drive from Clermont to Copperfield in a buggy. When near Hospital Hill a trace broke. A man…

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River Steamer Overturns Two Men Drowned. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 December 1918 · page 2

By the overturning of the river steamer Ballina at the Ballina wharf this morning two men known to have been, sleeping in the cabins were drowned, and it is feared…

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