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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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The District. Carrathool. a Serious Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 2

A young man named James lisley, well known in the district, left Carrathool by the mail motor for Hillston on Friday evening. By some…

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The Safety of the Air. One Accident--1960 Flights

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 June 1920 · page 3

During the eight months from May 1 to December 31 last. 33,330 flights were made by 403 civil aeroplanes in Great Britain and on the Continental…

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Bridal Party in a Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 4

A collision between a tram and a motor car containing a bride and a bride-groom was the unhappy experience of [?]"happy couple" in Sydney on…

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Works’ Officer Killed. Motor Car Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 2

Mr Norman Grant, 56 years of age, district works officer, of Cootamundra, and chairman of the Barooga Water Trust, was killed on Saturday…

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Driving Fatality at Tangambalanga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 28

A driving fatality occurred at Tangambalanga on 2nd June, when Samuel Service Crothers, aged 53, a share farmer, was thrown from a spring cart on the…

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Railway Employe Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 19

Mr. George Thompson, an employe at the Albury railway station, was admitted to the Albury District Hospital on Monday suffering from injuries received through…

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Awful Motoring Fatality. Accident at Talmalm. District Works Officer Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 18

Mr. Norman Grant, District Works Officer, with headquarter at Cootamundra, was killed, as the result of a motoring accident near Talmalmo on Saturday…

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The Talmalmo Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 28

Mr. Alan Grant, one of the victims of the awful motor accident at Talmalmo was yesterday still in a very serious condition. He is in the Albury Hospital…

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Driving Accident at Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 3

On Saturday night last Mr. and Mrs Hoare and Mr. Wm. Baker (the latter gentleman being a piano tuner, and well known in Corowa) were thrown…

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Two Police Smashed Up in Motor Cycle Collision. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 18 June 1920 · page 3

While Inspector Milne, of the Marsiekville police, and Constable Gillis. of Bathurst, were driving through the city with a motor bike and sid car today, they…

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Lake Wendouree Mystery —Reuter. Woman Found Drowned Rallarat

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 June 1920 · page 5

All efforts to identify the young woman whose body was taken from Lake —Reuter. on Wednesday have flailed.—Reuter. is reported missing in this…

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Another Gayndah Tragedy Mother and Three Children Drowned. Gayndah

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 June 1920 · page 2

The police report that a shocking tragedy occurred at Gayndah (Q.) yesterday. The wife of a man named Tobler left home in the morning with her three…

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Ballarat Mystery Solved Drowned Girl Identified. As Kitty Synnott. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 June 1920 · page 2

Events moved rapidly this afternoon in the identification of the remains of the young woman who was found drowned in Lake Wendouree, Ballarat, on June 15…

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4000 Bolsheviks Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 20

A force of retreating Poles surprised a Bolshevik cavalry division near Radomyse 50 miles north-west of Kieff, and drove them into the swamps. Four thousand…

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An Accident. Burraja

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff, — This is my first letter to the "Banner." We have had a nice drop of rain. Before the rain the stock were dying off. We have a little poddy…

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Accident at Football

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon last during the progress of the football match between Corowa and South Corowa Muster Frank Berry met with an…

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Whirled Round Shaft Boy Badly Injured. Melbouene

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 June 1920 · page 2

incapacitated irom his duty by an injured finger last week, Ernest Stow, 14. of Wilson street, Yarraville, visited his employer's work today and played about…

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Sailors Seriously Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 3

During an affray amongst members of the crew of the steamer Indarra. at Melbourne, three were more or less seriously wounded…

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The Countess of Dudley. Drowned in Ireland

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 2

A Renter's cable says that the Countess of Dudley, wife of a former Governor-General of Australia, was drowned while bathing at Rosmuch,…

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Lady Dudley Drowned While Bathing in Ireland. London, June 27

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 29 June 1920 · page 3

The Countess of Dudley, wife of the second Earl of Dudley, who was Gover­nor -General of the Commonwealth from 1908 to 1911, was drowned on Saturday…

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