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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Sensational Railway Accident. Motor Lorry and Train Collide

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 2

John Campbell was driving a loaded motor lorry from Sydney to Richmond late yesterday afternoon. When he reached a level crossing on the…

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Driving Accident

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

Whilst returning to his name at Coreen on Monday evening last from Corowa, Mr. Thomas Talbot, who was accompanied by his wife and three…

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Fatal Accident

The Independent · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon of last week a well-known identity of Deniliquin named Angus McGregor met with a serious accident, which terminated fatally on Monday…

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Railway Accident at Binalong. a Guard Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 November 1923 · page 1

Leslie James Johnson, 31, a railway guard, was standing between two lines of trains, at Binalong station, when the Melbourne Express passed…

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Telegraphic News. Melbourne, Tuesday. Another Motor Car Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 November 1923 · page 2

Five sailors and the chauffeur were thrown from a motor car at Nepean road, Frankston. None of this occupants were seriously injured…

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Fatality at Corowa

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 4

While driving away from Corowa at about 4 o'clock on "Wednesday afternoon a man named John Millea, aged 62 years, who followed tho occupation…

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Accident in a Power House. Employee Electrocuted

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 2

William Heaves, laborer, employed in the City Council power house, was electrocuted to-day While working he came into contact with a live wire…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 5

Mr. William Suteliffe, a well-known farmer of the Daysdale district, was admitted to the Corowa Hospital on Sunday afternoon suffering from severe…

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Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 5

On Wednesday afternoon an inva[?]d pensioner named John Miller, met his death through being thrown out of a gig in Whitehead-street, Corowa. The…

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Aeroplane Fatality at Capetown. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 November 1923 · page 3

Reuter's Capetown correspondent states that Lieuts. Lawson and Shaw were killed this morning, from a military aeroplane, which nosedived from…

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Open Verdict in Rock Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 November 1923 · page 2

Mr. W .F. Day, Deputy District Coroner, held an inquest at The Rock on the remains of James Wynne (35), single whose terribly mutilated body…

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Drowning Tragedy at Lithgow. Brave Boy Loses His Life

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 2

At Lithgow Athol Mason, 14, was drowned at Lake Pillans yesterday, while trying to rescue his mate, Gordon Connors. 14. The latter kicked…

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Wooden Building Collapses. Three Workmen Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 2

A strong wind this morning caused the collapse of a weatherboard structure in course of erection for the Cumberland Paper Mills Company, Lane…

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Labor Member in Hospital. Result of Motor Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 November 1923 · page 2

Mr. Cecil Murphy, Labor member for North Sydney, was admitted to hospital yesterday afternoon as the result of a motoring accident at…

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Tragic Motoring Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 November 1923 · page 4

A motoring accident occurred on the Prince's Highway on Wednesday, Mr. Penleigh Boyd, the well-known artist, being killed almost instantaneously, and…

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Distressing Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 1 December 1923 · page 2

A distresing accident with fatal consequences occurred at the residence of Mr. George Greenham, of Pretty Pines, near Matong, on…

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Week-end Fatality. a Solicitor Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

James Elton, contractor of South Grafton, was drowned at Urunga, Bellinger Heads, yesterday. He was spending the week-end there with his…

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The Agent-general. Sir Timothy Coghlan Injured in Motor Smash. (Austral Press.) LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

Sir Timothy Coghlan, Agent-General for New South Wales, has been seriously injured in a motor smash…

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Charabanc Overturns. a Melbourne Accident. Two Men Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1923 · page 2

Two men were killed and three seriously injured, when a charabane, containing 18 men, from Collingwood, overturned in the main road, between…

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Shocking Sawmill Accident Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1923 · page 2

Edward Gallagher, working at Kandos saw mills, had his right leg torn off at the hip and his skull fractured through, being caught in the…

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