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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Motor Car Collision. Homebush Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 3

A collision between two motor cars at Homebush to-day resulted in three persons being injured. One car struck the rear of the other, which…

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Fatality at Manly. Sydney, Monday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 January 1923 · page 3

Stanley Johnson, aged 18, was assaulted by a number of men at Manly, and knocked down. His head struck the roadway, causing death in…

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Drowning Fatalities

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred on New Year's Day at Horseshoe Lagoon, at the rear of Mulberry Farm, Corowa, when Christopher George Hannon, aged…

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Young Man Drowned in the Murray

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

A sad drowning accident occurred in the Murray at Cobram on New Year's afternoon. A young man named Osborne Fulton Tucker lost his life…

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Latest Telegrams. a Plucky Boy. Rescues Two Men from Drowning. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 2

Wallace Malcolm, aged 12, saved two men from drowning this morning. One man got into difficulties in the Abbottsford Baths, and the other…

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Motor Car Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 January 1923 · page 5

At least two motor car accidents happened in connection with the Chiltern race meeting on New Year's Day, and although a third was reported as…

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A Remarkable Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 3

While shaving before going to church on Sunday George Hamber, of Elizabeth-street, Richmond (Vic.), accidentally cut his jugula vein. He was…

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Shocking Fatality at Wagga. Woman Succumbs to Burns a Former Hay Resident the Victim

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 January 1923 · page 2

At Wagga yesterday morning a shocking burning accident occurred, Mrs. P. Jeans, of Kincaid-street, the wife of Mr. Percy Jeans, was lighting…

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Shocking Fatality Mrsp Jeans the Victim

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 January 1923 · page 2

At Wagga on Sunday morning a morning a shocking burning accident occurred, [?] result of which Mrs. P. Jeans, of Kineald Street, lost her life, She…

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Shocking Fatality. Railway Inspector Killed. Hurled Over Viaduct

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 1

While inspecting the viaduct on the Junee side of Wagga on Monday morning Charles Bye, Inspector of Buildings and Bridges of the New South Wales…

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Driving Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 January 1923 · page 5

An accident happened on Tuesday last which though having serious enough results, the principals in the occurrence have reason to be thankful that they…

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Alleged Negligent Driving. Sequel to a Street Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions on Monday, before the P.M. Thomas Clarence Booth was charged on summons, for that on the 23rd December…

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Recent Car Accident. (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 January 1923 · page 3

Sir,--Under the heading "Ford Cars Reduced" (and so they should) in your paper of the 12th inst., you refer to an accident that happened on the…

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Driving Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1923 · page 3

An accident happened at Corowa on Tuesday of last week, which, though having serious enough results, the principals in the occurrence…

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Tram Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 January 1923 · page 2

A tram jumped the points in south Melbourne last night. The tram was crowded with people returning from the theatres. and…

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Melbourne Tram Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 January 1923 · page 20

Twenty-three people were injured, five badly, when a crowded cable car jumped the points at the intersection of City-road on Clarendon-street, a day…

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Serious Railway Accident at Adelaide. Two Men Killed. Thirty Passengers Taken to Hospital. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 January 1923 · page 2

A fireman and a passenger were killed and many people injured in a sensational railway collision yesterday, just outside the North Terrace…

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Drowning Tragedy at Melbourne Seaside Resort

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 February 1923 · page 3

Getting out of their depth in a strong sea at Hampton two men and a woman were washed away from people whe tried to rescue them. When they were…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Two District Residents the Victims

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 3

A terribly sad drowning fatality occurred at [?]ye's Lagoon, which is located off the Murray River, about two miles from Corowa, on Sunday…

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Sad Accident at Tenterfield. Boy Killed by falling Tree

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 February 1923 · page 2

At Tenterfield on Monday a number of boys went bee-nesting, and while felling a tree, Charles Wheeler, aged 17, and Charles Thornton, aged…

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