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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Drowning Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

The Independent · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

On Friday. 24th December, Mr H. L. Jones. J.P. (Coroner), opened an inquiry touching the deaths of Richard H. Wilson or J. P. Salisbury. and Elizabeth Jean Kelly…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Wednesday. South Australian Drowning Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

Fred Marshall, with his wife and three young children, were crossing the flooded Walloway Creek, South Australia, in a trap, when the vehicle…

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Two Persons Drowned at Deniliquin

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

The coroner, Mr. H. L. Jones, held an inquiry into the double drowning fatality in the Edward River, when Richard H. Wilson lost his life while…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. River Accident at Wilcannia Thursday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

A narrow escape from drowning reported from Wilcannia. A motor lorry owned by Mr. W. Finch got out of control, and crashed through the…

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The Recent Drowning Cases. Evidence at Inquiry

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. H. L. Jones, J.P.) opened an inquiry on December 24 into the circumstances surrounding the deaths of Richard H…

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Ten Persons Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 20

A boating accident, in which at least 10 persons are known to have been drowned, occurred on the Hopkins River, Warrnambool, Vic, on Sunday afternoon. The…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 January 1921 · page 2

On Sunday night Mr. J. Gallivan, while riding from Rutherglen to Gooramadds, during the storm, met with an accident through his horse…

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Rescue From Drowning. (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 February 1921 · page 3

Sir,--May I have space in your valuable columns to bring under notice n casual ease of the rescue of a small boy from drowning in the river…

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Accidents

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 2 February 1921 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon of last Mr Jack C. White, of Balranald, who was engaged in building a new residence for Mr Peter Byrne snr., in Myall Street…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 28

Last week-end Mrs. Jacob Dallinger, of Mungabareena, Albury, went to the edge of the bank on Ryan's Creek, which junctions with the Murray River a couple of…

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Gun Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 3

On Sunday afternoon a youth mined Keith McDonald was admitted in the Corowa Hospital from Lake Mondemere, suffering from severe…

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Tram Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1921 · page 32

The front axle of a steam tram broke when leaving tho main railway track at Kogarah. The tram was derailed and five people injured. The tram was fairly…

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Sydney Horse Carnival. Well Known Lady Rider Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 3

There were two accident, one of them serious, in the lady riders' high jumping contest at the Sydney Horse Carnival last week. Miss McKenny, of…

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Rescue From Drowning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 2

Last Saturday, while several boys were swimming in the river opposite the Wahgunyah Hour mill, one of the number, a lad named C. Jones, got into…

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Fatality at Wantabadgery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 32

Three young men named Joseph Newman, Frank Lyons, and J. Keen loft Junee at 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon for a swim in the river at Wantabadgery…

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Drowning Accident at Piangil

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 23 February 1921 · page 2

About midday on Thursday, 17th inst., Leonard Robert James Hunter, aged 19 years, was assisting Mr Robert Carmichael to erect a telephone wire from…

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Driving Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 3

On Sunday evening last a driving fatality occurred about four miles from Corowa, when Mr. James Keating met his death. The circumstances are that…

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Fearful Railway Accident. Collision at Michigan City. Thirty-two Bodies Recovered

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 3

Reuter's Chicago correspondent says that 32 bodies have been recovered from a fearful wreck in Michigan City. A Canadian train was…

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Broken Wheel. Motor Fatality at Hill End Bathurst

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 1

A motor car was travelling at a good speed at Hill End, when one of the wheels broke off and the car, leaving the road, fell over a steep…

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Naval Collision at Panama. Fifty Men Missing. VANCOUVER

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 1

Washington reports that the U.S. destroyer Woolsen, of the Pacific fleet, was cut in two and sunk off the Pacific coast of Panama, by the U.S…

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