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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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A Tramway Accident. at Busy Intersection. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 5

While a tram ear was standing at the intersection of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets to-night, another tram car crashed into it. The impact was severe. The…

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Crushed by Waggon. Accident at Pleasant Hills

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 3

At about 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. .Mr. Peter knobel, of Pleasant Hills, who is well known in this town, was admitted to a private hospital in…

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Accident on a Farm

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. P. Patterson, a well-known farmer of Bull Plain, was admitted to St. Margaret's Hospital on Saturday suffering from the effects of an…

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Had a Fight and Died Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was re­turned at the inquest concerning the death of Joseph Murray, a 10-year-old schoolboy, last month. Evidence was given that…

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Fearful Railway Accident. 150 People Killed in India

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

A Simla message reports that a dreadful railway collision occurred near Maradabad. Four carriages were destroyed by fire, and many…

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Accident at Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 2

A painful and serious accident befell Mr. T. B. Arnott on Friday last. He had finished loading his lorry with goods at the railway goods platform…

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Wodonga. Accident to a Painter

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

An accident that might have terminated fatally occurred at Wodonga yesterday afternoon. Mr. P. Greenough, a painter, who, with several others is…

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Two Aerial Accidents London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

A postal aeroplane fell in the sea at Vergoyer. The pilot was rescued by sailors. A seaplane from Felixstowo with five…

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Sad Sunday Fatality BOy Killed on Western Hill. Struck by "Merry-go-round" Pole

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

A very sad fatal accident occurred on Western Hill, Albury, late yesterday afternoon, when the brave little son, Kenneth. Frederick Strong, 5 years of…

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Sad Fatality at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 28

A very sad fatal accident occurred on Western Hill Albury, are on Sunday afternoon, when a lad named Strang, 5 years of age, son of Mr. Wm. J. Strang, the…

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Accident at Wodonga West

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 4

An accident befell Mr. E. Cashin, of Albury, at Wodonga West on Tuesday afternoon, as a result of which be sustained injuries to his log and wrist, and was…

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Run Down by Train. Three Dead One Injured. Perth

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 4

A woman named Mrs. Annie Thornton was driving in a spring cart with her six months' old baby, a 4-year old child and two step daughters at East Armadale,…

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Accident Foreshadowed by Child in Hospital. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 5

"I want to go home!" was the cry of Johnnie Birrell. aged 10, as he tossed in his small white bed at the Children's Hospital…

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Child Injured by Exploding Cartridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last Ernest, the ten-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Burrows, met with a painful accident at his home. He was attending…

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The Merry-go-round Fatality Inquest Further Adjourned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 3

The adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of the little lad, Frederick Kenneth Strang. who was killed under tragic circumstances on May…

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Sensational Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 May 1920 · page 3

Ernest Aldridge, a farmer of Boralma district, near Springhurst, was the victim of an extraordinary accident on Friday. He was working a…

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Accident to Coach Driver MUNGINDI

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 3

A coachman, Edward Athorn sustained a broken thigh and severe internal injuries as the result of a coach he was driving near Mungindi overturning…

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Merry-Go-Round Tragedy Verdict of Accidental Death

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 4

The District Coroner, Mr. S. J. Hamblin, P.M. yesterday concluded the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death, on May 6 of Frederick…

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Merry-go-round Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 28

The adjourned inquest into tho circumstances surrounding the death of the little lad, Frederick Kenneth Strang, aged 5, who was killed under tragic circumstances…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 28

Early on Sunday morning the Albury five brigade received a call to an outbreak of fire at "Adamhurst," the residence of Mrs. Geo. Adams. It appears that a man…

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