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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

144 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 8

When That Accident Comes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 November 1921 · page 40

If you happen to be in an automobile accident do not talk too much. Do not keep assigning different reasons which occur to you as a reason for the…

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A Runaway Train. Accident at Springhurst

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 19

A railway accident, fortunately unaccompanied by serious injuries to the passengers or crew, occurred at Springhurst a few minutes before 2 p.m. on Monday…

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Shocking Shooting Accident Near Culcairn. Boy Killed. Another Victim Loses Eyesight

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 25

About 5.30 p.m. on Wednesday two boys, Ivan and Leonard Jobson, aged 11 years and 5 respectively, and sons of Mr. and Mrs. William Leslie Jobson, were playing…

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Accident to Farmer

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

On Tuesday while bringing a load of pigs to the Wangaratta market Mr. R. Jack, of Dockers, had an exciting few minutes. On the road near Mr. H…

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A Runaway Train Accident at Springhurst Passengers Escape Injury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 November 1921 · page 3

A railway accident, fortunately unaccompanied by serious injuries to the passengers or crew, occurred at Spring burst a few minutes before 2 p.m. on…

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Hume Reservoir Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 2

The coronial inquiry into the cause of the accident at the Hume Reservoir at Albury on October 25, when three men lost their…

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Driving Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1921 · page 2

Mr. W. Ward, senr., of Gray-street, Corowa, was the victim of a driving accident on Tuesday. He set out alone from Corowa in a gig with the…

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Drowning Fatality Near Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 32

Mr. Frank Henry Lancaster, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lancaster, of Mango-plah, Wagga, was accidentally drowned last week. Mr. Lancaster, who was just…

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Culcairn Skooting Tragedy Verdict of Accidental Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 41

The deputy coroner, Mr. D. H. Mott, J.p., at "Glen Ivan," near Culcairn, on Thursday, held an inquest into the death, of Leonard Lindley Jobson, who died…

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A Quarry Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 November 1921 · page 2

While Thomas Taylor was about 25 fet in the air, on the top of a crane in a quarry at North Bondi, the crane collapsed. Taylor received shocking…

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Girl Holiday Maker Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 December 1921 · page 2

Miss Ella McMillan, 18, of Mulwala, who was spending a holiday at Euroa, was thrown from a horse on Friday last, sustaining a fracture of the base…

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Riding Accident at Booligal. a Young Man Loses His Life

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 December 1921 · page 2

A well known young man in the Booligal district, Mr. Stanley Giddins, aged about 19, lost his life in the Lachlan-river on .Friday evening as…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 December 1921 · page 3

A serious burning accident occurred at the Church of England social at Lockhart last week. A youth aged 17, named Roy Menz, was acting the…

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Wangaratta Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Thursday 22 December 1921 · page 41

Francis Bernett Higgs, 19, was killed at the Wangaratta railway station. He was travelling from Melbourne to Bright, and on the arrival of the midday train he…

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Shocking Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 22 December 1921 · page 2

A shocking, accident occurred at Finley on Thursday last resulting in the death of a teamster, name William Brear. It appears Brear…

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Fatal Accident at Finley. Man Run Over by Waggon

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 22 December 1921 · page 2

On Thursday last a man named William Brear was killed by being run over by a waggon on the Finley-Deniliquin road. It appears that…

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Fatal Bathing Accident. Nine-year-old Boy Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 2

Another fatal accident has to be added to the very long list which have been caused by the treacherous sandbanks in the Murrumbidgee. On…

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Accident on Western Line. Portion of Goods Train Derailed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 December 1921 · page 2

There was a sensational railway smash on Saturday night a few miles from Edegroi Siding, near Narrabri. Nine trucks belonging to a goods…

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Drowning Fatality at Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 26

A sad double drowning fatality occurred at Corowa, the victims being a boy named Glen. Cann, aged 12, son of Mr. Cann, farmer of Brocklesby, and Allan Johnson…

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Holiday Accidents. Queanbeyan Resident Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 December 1921 · page 26

An old resident of Queanbeyan, Isaac Royal, was missing from his home over the week end. A search was made, and the body was found in the river, which was…

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