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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Corowa Railway Accident. an Open Verdict

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 5 March 1920 · page 6

A magisterial inquiry was conducted by Mr. J. Chivell, J.P., acting coroner, to-day, concerning the death of Henry Hart, whose body was found cut in…

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Alleged Assault. an Indian Injured

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 2

Before Messrs John Kelly and R. B. Irving, J’s.P., at the Police Court yesterday. Walter Graham Gardiner (21) was…

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Curious Debt of Honor Bet Prevented by an Accident. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 6 March 1920 · page 5

Louis Meyer, an insolvent jeweller, who appeared before Judge Moule, in the Insolvency Court, for examination this morning, stated that an accident which…

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Two Children Drowned in the Flood. Sydney

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 1

Nancy Glennon, aged 15, and George Hulm, aged 3, were washed away and drowned by the flood waters on Marengo station, in the Young district…

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Tragic Accident in New Zealand

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 March 1920 · page 2

A little girl, at Te Kuiti, met with an accident while going to school. Her mother got her eldest boy to drive a car containing her, with the injured…

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Chaffcutter Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 2

A man named Owen, an employee of the Rutherglen Viticultural Station, was admitted to the local hospital on Wednesday evening last suffering from…

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Lunacy Caused by Accident Cask Against Railway Commissioners. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 3

Francis Barraclough, Deputy Master in Lunacy, on behalf of Alfred Michael, a painted. sued the Railway Commissioners before Mr. Justice Pring upon a claim…

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Sensational Sulky Accident SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 3

Two men, Percy and Henry Foskett, Were driving in a sulky near Sofala when the horse bolted. Portion of the harness gave way, and both were thrown out…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 March 1920 · page 3

A painful accident happened to Melva Leaby daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. P. Leahy, of Corowa, on Sunday afternoon last. She was walking…

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Country Edition. The following appeared in our Country Edition on Wednesday. Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Drover Drowned at Goulburn

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 March 1920 · page 1

John Thurlow was droving sheep into Goulburn, when one got into water. He swam in after it, and when in the middle of the stream he…

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Railway Accident at Harefield Brakes Fail to Act. Wagga

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 3

A railway mishap, fortunately not attended by serious consequences, occurred three miles from Harefield on Saturday. When a mixed train, which left Junee…

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A Pin-riddled Girl. Curious Accident and Consequences

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 4

One year ago last May Miss Teresa Jensen, a shop assistant., was dressing the window. Both her hands were busy, and her mouth was full…

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Parer's Flight to Australia. Accident at Moulmein

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

Parer has crashed at Moulmein. He escaped uninjured. Lieuts. Parer and Macintosh, in their De Haviland 'plane, left…

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Accidents at Royal Show. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 3

The Concluding day of the show drew a. good attendance. Miss Schmidt fell off her horse while engaged in the Hunting Contest, and…

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Motor Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 23

A shocking tragedy occurred at the foot of Mt. "Wilson, Katoomba, shortly after sunset on Sunday. A motor car driven by Mr. Le Vitus, of the…

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Explosion at South Melbourne. Six Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 19

With a terrific roar, and amid the crash of bursting steel plates, some 2,000,000 cubic feet of gas flared skyward on Sunday morning from the big gasometer at…

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Later News. German Students and French Soldiers Collision in Frankfurt. One Effect of the Government Troops in Ruhr. Coal Supplies to France Stopped

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

"The Times" Paris correspondent states that a street procession at Frankfurt, headed by students, provoked a collision with French troops…

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Nearly a Fatality. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

1 [?]ce minutes before a through train was due at Strathfield station to-day Thomas Campbell was removed from between the rails. He had fallen off another train,…

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Motoring Fatality in Bulli Pass SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 2

U. pearse was motoring down the Bulli Pass, with his wife and an eight-year-old child in a motor cycle and side car, when the brakes failed. All were thrown out…

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Fisherman Drowned Batbxsdale

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

•Tames "Woodman, aged 2S, married, with one child, was drowned in Eagle Bay, near Paynesville, yesterday. lie wag a fisherman, and at about 9 o'clock, went out to lift his nets. Some hours later his motor boat was found Ma shed into shore, and 50 yards away his hat -was picked nn. Other fishermen arc trying to locale the body by the use of Seine nets. Woodman was very popular throughout the hikes and -was captain of the Paynes-villc Cricket Club…

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