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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

116 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 6

Berrlgan Lad Injured

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 18 August 1922 · page 2

A few days ago a serious accident occurred to a lad named Fisher, who had come from Berrrgan to spend few days with his cousin, Mrs…

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Fatality at Folkestone. Charabanc Scmersaults into the Sea. Eight Passengers Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 2

A charabanc, containing 25 persons, somersaulted into the water at Folkestone, with most of the passengers underneath. Eight were…

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Albury Resident Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 3

On Saturday, the 12th inst., Mr. Ernest Arkins (formerly of Corowa), who resides at Mrs. Macintyer's, Wyse-street, Albury, was the victim of an…

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Fortune Made by Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 1

A recent accident led to a young man discovering an art which has been lost since the days of the ancient Egyptians…

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Double Railway Accident. To Workmen's Train at Gravesend

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 August 1922 · page 1

A double railway accident, which took place at Gravesend, and in which a workmen's train was involved, resulted in three being killed…

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Wagga Resident Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 32

A fatality marred the Wagga show festivities, Mr. Martin Gibbons, a businessman, losing his life. About a quarter to 11 o'clock on Thursday night Mr. Gibbons…

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Tragic Accident at Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1922 · page 32

One of the most tragic occurrences in the history of the Sydney Fire Brigade, happened on Sunday afternoon, when a fire escape ladder collapsed, causing the…

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Drowning Mystery Solved

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 3

The Wagga police have recovered the body of Martin Gibbons, who disappeared from his home, the de-licensed Golden Fleece Hotel, in Fitzmaurice Street, on…

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Fatal Accident at Grong Grong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 September 1922 · page 20

A fatal accident occurred at Grong Grong on Thursday, when John Herbert Sheather was accidentally killed while assisting in loading pine logs at Percy…

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Motor Accident in South Australia. Two Persons Killed. Dr. Lowther Clarke A Victim

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 September 1922 · page 2

General regret was expressed in Hay yesterday when it became known that Dr. Lowther Clarke, husband of the eldest daughter of the Bishop of…

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Worst Aid to the Injured

The Independent · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 4

Everyone competent to judge is agreed that the work of our ambulance brigades, trained under the suspices of the Ambulance…

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Fatal Motor Car Accidents. Escaping with Stolen Car

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 September 1922 · page 3

A sensational motor accident occurred in the main street of Peterborough one afternoon recently. The mayor of Peterborough (Dr. C. Lowther Clarke) and a…

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Burning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 4

Sordid details in regard to a tragedy in which Mrs. Mary Hansen, aged 76, lost her life by having been burnt at her home at Newmarket, near Albury…

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A British Destroyer. Sinks ill the Sea of Marmora. After Collision with Dutch Trawler

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 September 1922 · page 2

Reuter's Constantinople correspondent says that the British destroyer Speedy sank in seven minutes, in the Sea of Marmora, as the result of a…

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Serious Motor Car Accident at Young

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 September 1922 · page 20

As the result of a motor car overturning on the Temora-road, four residents of Marrar are patient's in the hospital at Young. The car was owned and driven by…

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Motor Accident at Hay

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 September 1922 · page 2

A motor accident, which might have resulted much more seriously than it did, occurred on Saturday morning at Hay (reports the…

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Swimming Fatality at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 35

As was his daily custom, Leo. O'Donoghue, aged 14½ years, came to Wagga on Friday morning from Junee, where he lived with his aunt, Mrs. Riley. He was…

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Mr. Ball in a Motor Accident. West Wyalong

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 19

A motor collision marred the pleasure of the Parliamentary tour. Mr. Ness, M.L.A., had his eye badly cut, and the Minister for Railways, Mr. Ball, was…

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How The Country Pays. Minister's Relatives and an Accident

Tocumwal Guardian and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 27 October 1922 · page 4

Many thousands of pounds are spent annually by the Federal and State Governments on motor cars, and Ministers it would seem…

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Dr[?]ewing Fatality. Former Resident of Berrigan a Victim

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1922 · page 3

A message from Auckland (New Zealand) conveys the information that whilst out fishing the dinghy in which Mr. Andrew Gardiner…

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