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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Inverell Sensation. One Man Killed, Two Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 31

A tragedy occurred at Inverell on Saturday night, with the result that Arthur Farrington, of Newcastle, was shot dead, and two other men. Thomas Smith Deane,…

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Accident at Lavington

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

On Tuesday a married man named George Burmiester, aged 35, residing at Lavington, whilst lopping a tree in that neighbourhood, met with a rather serious…

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Driving Accident One Man Killed. Corowa

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

A fatal driving accident occurred last night at Hopefleld, 7 miles from Corowa. Messrs. T. H. Willis, James Dye and James Keating were…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 3

On Monday evening last whilst driving in from the sanitary depot to the town in a sulky, Mr. Naylor, the contractor, who was accompanied by a…

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A Child Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 22

A drowning fatality occurred at Mahon a few days ago, when William, the 18-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Peter M'Dermott, lost his life. The little…

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Drowning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 April 1921 · page 3

A very and drowning fatality occurred at Yarrawonga, in the .Murray River, on Sunday afternoon last, the [?] being a young man named E…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 3

An accident occurred at Howlong recently to Mr. William Hayes, a Howlong resident. He was engaged getting a load of wood, and whilst felling a…

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Aeroplane Mechanic Fatally Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 45

The aerodrome at Point Cook Flying School was the scene of a serious flying accident on Wednesday afternoon. An Avro machine which has just left the…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 2

An accident occurred on Wednesday on the Shepparton—Tocumwal road between Katunga and Yarroweyah to Mr. W. S. Moodie,…

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Reviving the Drowned

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 4

Many lives would be saved if there were only someone on the spot who [?] with the victim of the [?] accident. Of course, it…

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Fatality at Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 32

On Saturday afternoon the Junee police received word that the body of a man had been seen floating in a dam on the property of Mr. Joseph Hardy, a farmer, of…

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Man Found Drowned at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 29

Whilst rowing up the river at about 6 p.m. on Sunday, Messrs Le Gallant and Patterson noticed the body of a man floatin gagainst a snag on the north side of…

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Flour Mill Fatality. Employe’s Shocking Death. Whirled Round on Fly- Wheel

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 2

An employe of the L. Kickham Flour Milling Co Ltd, Echuca, named Ernest Edmund Schmidt, well-known throughout Echuca,…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Monday Evening. Accident at the Central

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 April 1921 · page 3

A number of men were working in a cutting at the Central Railway Station, when one of the sides of the trench fell away, partly burying two…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 April 1921 · page 2

A man named James Martin was admitted to the local hospital on Friday evening last, Buffering from injuries sustained by falling from one of the…

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Accident at Wodonga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 22

On Saturday afternoon a man was found in an unconscious condition in the Wodonga railway yards. Apparently he sustained a heavy fall or was knocked down…

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Accident to Motor Cyclist

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 2

On Friday morning last, at 7 o'clock, while Rev. Mr. C. Harold Jansen, of Yarrawonga, was motoring down the main street in Corowa, a couple of…

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Fortunes Made by Accident

The Independent · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 4

It was the burning of a starch factory that first revealed the adhesive qualities of scorched starch and introduced cheap gum…

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Railway Collision at Cowra

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 32

A railway collision between a passenger train and a stationary goods train occurred near Cowra railway station. Two passengers were injured, viz:—Father…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Monday Evening. Fatal Motor Accidents. Australia's Champion Motorist Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. Harold Parsons, the champion motor-cyclist and holder of many records, was riding a motor cycle at Epping on Sunday, when he collided…

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