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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Hay Road Motor Accident. Coroner's Verdict

The Independent · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 2

The inquest respecting the death of Thomas Henry Bradley, which took place as retail of injuries received in a motor collision on the Hay-Deniliquin road, on…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Woman's Self-sacrifice Unavailing

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 2

A man named Frogley, in attempting to board a train at Leyington, a Melbourne suburb, fell under the wheel. His lady friend, Annie Marshall…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 6

There was a strange chain of accidents at Etong, near Mudgee, on Wednesday morning of last week. The trouble was started by the frightening…

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Accident at Kosciusko

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 July 1923 · page 2

A party of visitors toboganaing on the Kerry course on Tuesday, lust control and ran into a boulder, when a boy named Stewart, from Katoomba, had…

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Hay-Deniliquin Road Motor Accident. the Inquest

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 7 July 1923 · page 2

The inquest respecting the death of Thomas Henry Bradley, jockey, which took place as the result of injuries received in a motor collision…

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Sad Driving Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 3

News of a sad driving fatallty reached the town on Friday afternoon from Coreen, the victim being Mrs. Nixon, wife of Mr. D. N, Nixon, the…

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Accident at Ferry Wharf. Sydney Solicitor Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

Valentine Accetmann, aged 50, a well known city solicitor of Joubert-street, Hunters Hill, while boarding a ferry boat at Circular Quay to-day…

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An Exciting Incident. Two Men Narrowly Lscape Drowning

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 4

Police Superintendent Grange, of Benalln (Vie.) has received a report from Bright in which it in shown that Constable Arblanter and Mr. Farrell, a…

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Latest Telegrams. Peculiar Accident at Redfern. Coping Stone Falls on House. SYDNEY, Monday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 July 1923 · page 2

About 4.15 this morning, a stone coping, fronting a house in Redfern, and weighing about a ton, collapsed, land fell on an iron roof. It crashed…

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Boorooban Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 11 July 1923 · page 2

The adjourned inquest with regard to the death of the jockey, Thomas Henry Bradley, of Deniliquin, as the result of injuries received in a motor collision on…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Fourteen Persons Killed in New Zealand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 41

Fourteen people were killed and 30 injured in a railway smash on the mail train from Auckland to Wellington. The train dashed into a…

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Fatal Accident at Redfern. a Fall Down Stairs

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 July 1923 · page 1

While visiting friends at Redfern last night, Leslie Boyd, 33, cook, of Darlington, fell clown stairs, broke his neck and died…

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A Tram Accident. Driver's Lucky Escape. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 2

A tram at East Maitland completely overturned yesterday. The driver, W. Currey, was pinned inside, unhurt., although his cap was crushed…

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Fatal Accident at Adelaide. Motor Cyclist Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 2

At Adelaide, George Douglos McLean, riding a motor cycle, collided with another motorist at St. Peter's. McLean was thrown under a tram,…

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Fatal Driving Accident. a Woman Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 2

Mrs. Parsons, of Lilyfield, near Sydney, was killed in a vehicle accident on Sunday. She was out driving with her brother, Bert Lille. The latter…

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Hay District Court. Arising Out of Motor Accident Claim of Compensation. Verdict for Plaintiff

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 July 1923 · page 2

At the Hay District Court, on Friday, before His Honor Judge Cohen, an action to recover compensation for injuries received in a motor accident,…

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Burning Fatality at Liverpool. An Old Man Victim

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 2

An elderly man, John Rae, was burn to death in his hut. Liverpool, early this morning. Owing to his being a cripple, Rae was unable to escape…

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Remarkable Railway Accident. Truck Catches Fire

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 2

A Darwin message states that a passenger train, carrying up-country mail, had a narrow escape from destruction. One hundred and fifty cases of…

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Machinery Accident. Man Caught in Belting

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 1

A shaft, turning 200 revolutions per minute, caught the clothing of A. Saddler, fitter's laborer, at Wangut, yesterday, and whirled him round until…

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Building Accident at Brisbane a Roof Collapses

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 July 1923 · page 1

The work of adding another storey to the North Australian Rubber Mill, South Brisbane, was in progress when the supports gave way. The roof…

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