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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

235 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 12

Soldiers and Police in Collision Angry Meetings Held. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 2

Excited meetings of returned men were held to-day to protest against the action of the police on Saturday and Sunday nights. The meetings were organised by…

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Accident at Mahonga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 2

On Friday a painful accident happened to Mr. Archie Pearson at Mahonga. He was driving a cart, which struck a stump and was overturned…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 July 1919 · page 2

Ob Friday evening last Mr. William King, a well-known resident of Wall- gunyah, was the victim of a nasty accident. He was crossing tho bridge when…

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Railway Fatality at Wodonga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 28

A young man named L. J. Carlyle, employed as a shunter at the Wodonga Railway yards, met his death in tragic circumstances at an early hour on Friday…

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Fatality at Medlow Bath

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 32

A fatal shooting case is reported from Medlow Bath, and as a result Norman West Alcock. son of a Sydney business man, has been arrested. The police report…

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Forty Stitches Injured Motor Cyclist

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 July 1919 · page 1

A man named George Seale was ridng a motor cycle at a Cast pace last night, following a motor car, whan the latter turned to go Inte a garage…

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Ferry Boats in Collision One Vessel Beached, Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 July 1919 · page 2

There was a collision between the Sydney forries steamer kumbulla. and the Whton's Bay Ferry Company's stemmer Vaucluse in Sydney harbor to-day. The…

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Latest Cables. Railway Fatality in Russia. a Thousand Killed. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 July 1919 · page 2

Moscow reports that bandits derailed a train at Hakhunsch. A thousand were killed, whereof 600 were burned…

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Cartridges on Tram Line Young Lady Injured

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 8 August 1919 · page 6

Whilst the tram was travelling on the Spit-road last night two explosions occurred under the wheels. Miss Laura Thompson, who was passing at the…

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Kiewa Defeats [?]Onegilla. a Player Injured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 August 1919 · page 4

The Bonegilla footballers played their accond match on saturday, when they just suffered defent at the hands of kiewa, a more seasoned team, by four points. The…

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Recent Railway Fatality. Allocation of Compensation

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 13 August 1919 · page 4

At the Albury District Court yesterday, Bertha [?], Widow of the in to Thomas Herbert [?] (who was Killed by being ran down by an angina at Albury goods…

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Injured by Detonator Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 3

Edward Regan, a lad who was badly injured by a detonator at Ringwood yesterday, is still in a serious condition at the Children's Hospital…

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Fatal Accident at Gas Works. Heroic Workmen Give Their Lives for a Mate. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 August 1919 · page 2

Three men lost their lives at the Australian Gaslight Company's works at Mortlake this morning. Two of them—brave, fearless men—died in…

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Row in Military Hospital Two Patients Injured. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 18 August 1919 · page 2

A disturbance occurred in the Randwick Military Hospital last night between about 500 inmates and a small detachment of the Garrison Military Police…

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Three Melbourne Horrors Collision with Electrio Tram. MELBOURNE,Sunday

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 25 August 1919 · page 2

Ernest Lindsny a returned soldier, and Fred Jones, both residing at Carlton, were driving along madeline street, Carlton on Saturday evening, when they…

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Hay Coach Overturns. Chinaman Fatally Injured

The Independent · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 2

An accident, attended with fatal results, befel the Hay coach on Wednesday night, Soon alter leaving Deniliquin, and when about four miles this side of Pretty Pine…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Thursday Evening. Fatal Motor Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 August 1919 · page 2

A motor accident in Highstreet, Bendigo resulted in three men being killed. The motor car was travelling along, when it crashed into a tree…

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Coach Accident. Chinaman Dies From Injuries

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 August 1919 · page 2

As the result of an accident to the Hay coach, one of the passengers, a Chinaman named Willie Ah T[?]e, was thrown from the vehicle and received injuries…

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Coach Accident on Hay-deniliquin Road. Chinaman Dies from Injuries

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 September 1919 · page 2

As the result of an accident to the Hay coach, one of the passengers, a Chinaman named Willie Ah Tie, was thrown from the vehicle and received…

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Last Week's Fatal Accident Inquiry Continued

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 September 1919 · page 2

The inquiry concerning the death of Willie Ah Tie, who died last week from injuries sustained after being thrown out of the Hay coach, on the load between…

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