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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Accidents in the Outback the Value of Telephones

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 January 1922 · page 2

We are pleased in note that our Mayor (Ald J. E. Dowling), since his re-election, is continuing to exercise his influence in the best interests of Balranald and…

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Found Drowned

The Independent · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 3

A stranger to the Mathoura district, whose, came was Patrick Cashman, and who mas engaged wheat lumping at the railway station, was seen making towards…

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Bathing Accident at Hay

The Independent · Friday 6 January 1922 · 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 Christmas Eve. between…

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Motor Accident at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 21

An accident, with serious results, occured on Wednesday afternoon, at Wagga. when Miss Hall, sister of Mrs. S. Copland, sustained shocking injuries. Mr. S…

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Boiler Accident at Geelong

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 January 1922 · page 2

Three men were killed as the result of a bursting boiler near Geelong. A number of men who were in the vicinity at the time had wonderful escapes…

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Found Drowned. Inquest at Mathoura

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 January 1922 · page 2

On Boxing Day, Constable Brown, of Mathoura, was informed that the clothes of a man named Patrick Cashman were on the bank of the…

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Accident On Cobram Bridge

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 13 January 1922 · page 4

A shocking accident recently happened to James McKenzie, the 19-year old son of Mr McKenzie, of Kildonan. It appears that as he…

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Sad Accident at Wagga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1922 · page 2

Captain Arthur Tuck, who has been in charge of the Wagga fire station since 1912, was the victim of a very unfortunate accident on Friday night…

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Youth Drowned at GOBBAGUMBALlN

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 23

A sad fatality occurred late on Tuesday afternoon, when Wallace Jack Shephard, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Shepherd, of Gobbagumbalin, was drowned in…

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Fatal Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

A three years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Bitcon, of Toolamba, was playing with a pup, when the animal sprang up against…

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Cobram Bridge Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 20 January 1922 · page 1

The young lad, James McKenzie, who was severely injured on 30th ult. through being crushed between a wheat-laden waggon and a post…

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Accident to Paris Express. Sixty Persons Injured. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 2

A serious accident occurred to the Paris express through a broken coupling. The rear of the train collided with a shunting engine. Four…

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Boy Drowned. Woman Rescued by Young Friend

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1922 · page 3

Middle Harbor--that part of it near Lindfield--was the scene on Wednesday afternoon of the drowning of Rex Banks (8), of Bullf who was on a…

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Fatality at Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 45

Our Corowa correspondent advises that a dreadful driving accident happened on the bridge at Corowa on Wednesday afternoon. Mr. Joseph Willett, a resident…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning. Forest View, Corobimilla

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—It is now quite a long time since I last wrote to the Children's Page, but I hope I am not too old to continue. We had a very heavy storm here…

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Sebiou8 Accident Averted

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

What might have Hocn n very serious accident, resulting in the death perhun of more than one person, was narrowly averted at Dnvsdnlc on Hundav oven- lug Inst. Messrs. Roy llnrdlc, J. B. Mlienn nud J. Austen Muslin u-i-ru…

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Fatal Driving Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1922 · page 2

A terrible tragedy occurred at about 2.3u on Wdeucsday afternoon last on the uuiin bridge between Corowa and Wahgiinyah, when a well-known resident of Pccchclhn. viz.. Mr. Jos. Wil-…

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Fatal Bathing Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 January 1922 · page 2

Mrs. Tewksbury, while bathing at Tekowai, Queensland, got beyond her depth. Arthur Hoskins, who was also a the water, went to her assistance,…

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Serious Accident Averted Debris on Boadway at Datsdale

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1922 · page 1

What might have been a very [?]erions accident, reselling in the death pothaps of more than one person, was narrowly averted at…

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Fatal Accident at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 February 1922 · page 28

While helping a follow workman to unload a pieces of heavy timber from a truck at the Albury railway station on Wednesday afternoon, a man named…

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