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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

256 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 13

A Collision at Belfast. a Faithful Steward

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 2

The steamer Graphic, from Liverpool, collided with the cargo steamer. Balsam, in Belfast. Lough. The Graphic made for a sandbank. There…

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Latest Telegrams. Motor Accident at Penrith. a Car Turns a Somersault. SYDNEY. Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 June 1923 · page 2

A car belonging to, and driven by, Frank Galway, of Sydney, turned a somersault at Penrith last night. Frank Pearce and Mesdames…

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Fatal Accident near Booroorban Returning From Hay Races

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 6 June 1923 · page 3

On Friday evening last between 6 and 7 p.m. a party of six returning to Deniliquin from the Hay races in a motor car collided with a motor lorry, which…

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Motor Fatality. Young Jockey Killed

The Independent · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 3

Receptions motor accidents in this district [?] been rare, but a mishap [?] respon[?] result occurred on the Denili[?] Mr. [?]Hay road near Booroorban on…

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Collision at Sea. London, June 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 23

The steamer Graphic (1.871 tons), from Liverpool, collided with the cargo steamer Balsam (5,104 tons) in Belfast Lough. A large hole was made in…

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Collision at Sea. London, June 4

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 23

The steamer Graphic (1,871 tons), from Liverpool, collided with the cargo steamer Balsam (5,104 tons) in Belfast Lough. A large hole was made in…

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Accident on Mulwala Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 June 1923 · page 2

The family condition of the approach to the Mulwala Yarrawonga bridge was responsible for an accident on Friday evening last, the victim being Mrs…

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The Recent Motor Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 2

It was inadvertently stated in last issue that Mr. Treloar brought the passengers on to Deniliquin after their car was disabled by collision…

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The Recent Motor Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 9 June 1923 · page 2

On Friday morning last week, the coroner at Hay, Mr. J. Johnston, J.P., opened an inquest in connection with the death of Thomas Bradley, jockey,…

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Fatal Scalding Accident. At a Freezing Works

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 2

An engine driver, Herbert Edwin, the father of six girls, fell into a boiling down vat at the country freezing works at Blavney, and was terribly…

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Latest Telegrams. Shaft Accident at Newcastle a Mans Narrow Escape. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 2

Bert Maloney, aged 25, was sinking a shaft in the Newcastle hospital grounds today, when a sudden inrush of sand completely buried him. His…

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Butchers' Waggon Run Down. Sensational Accident on Camden Line

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 2

Thomas Tildesley was driving two horses i na carcase butcher's waggon on the main Southern road last night, when the 5.15 train from…

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Remarkable Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 June 1923 · page 2

An accident with a most peculiar result, happened to a man named James Jones, of Burnie, Tasmoola, recently. Jones was engaged in filling a bearing…

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Latest Telegrams. a Paddington Accident. Schoolboy Run Over. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 June 1923 · page 2

Albert Wandstill, aged five, of Paddington, was going to school this morning, when he was run over by a lorry, his leg being completely…

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The Harbour Collision. The Benelon Raised

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 2

The vehicle punt, Benelon, which was sunk during a collision in the harbor was raised from 130 feet of water to-day. All the vehicles on her when…

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Motor Car and Tram. Head on Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 2

A head-on collision between a motor car and a tram took place opposite Grace Bros' Sydney, last night. Ernest Haig, Marrickille, 21, sustained a…

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Motor Accident Near Molong. Lorry with 15 Passengers Capsizes

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 2

When returning to Molong, from Yeoval, last night, a motor lorry with 15 passengers, driven by George Hutchinson, ran into a gully, six feet deep,…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Visitor to Auckland Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 June 1923 · page 2

A taxicar, with four passengers, dropped over an embankment at Cleveland, 15 miles from Auckland, N.Z., last night, and rolled into a creek…

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Burning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 2

A sad burning accident occurred on Tuesday morning last, when May Mills, aged one year and eight months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alex. Mills,…

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Injured Man's Ordeal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 June 1923 · page 31

To remain in the open air in a pool of water all night in a seriously injured condition was the unenviable experience of Robert Tuttle, aged 55…

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