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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

256 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 13

Latest Telegrams. Fatal Motor Collision. Two Killed; Three Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 July 1923 · page 3

The engine of a mail train struck a motor car, which was crossing the line at dusk on Saturday, near Parkes. Mrs. Miller (Manildra), and Wilfred…

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Brisbane Street Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 1

Arthur Jemain aged two and a half years, was killed by an electric tram to-day while crossing the road in South Brisbane…

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Fatal Sawmill Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 2

Alfred Breadman was working a circular saw at Haberfield to day, when a piece of woods severed his jugular vein, and death soon followed…

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A Machinery Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 3

William Clark, 50, working above a shaft at Marrickville pottery works to-day, overbalanced, and was caught by a moving belt and thrown twelve…

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A Peculiar Accident. Youth Shot While Playing Football

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 1

A peculiar accident occurred to William Holt (IS), of Raechns Marsh (Vic.), who was admitted to the Melbourne Hospital on Sunday night with…

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Faked Accidents for Insurance

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 32

Henry Chapman and George Stephen Ray pLeaded guilty, at the Taree Quarter Sessions, to charges of conspiring, at Gloucester, to defraud the…

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Fatal Accident at Balmain. a Laborer Electrocated

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 2

James Squire, aged 22, laborer, was electrocuted at Chapman's Dock Balmain early to-day. Another employee had a narrow escape when he tried to…

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Railway Crossing Accident Hoskins Manager Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 2

Mr. J. M. Langston, aged 58, general manager of the Hoskins' Iron and Steel Company, was crossing the railway line at Epping, at 5 o'clock…

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A Railway Accident. a Girl's Narrow Escape

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 2

Hilda Montague, aged 17, fell from a train at Sydenhani station to-day, and had a narrow escape of mutilation. Her ear was torn off, and she…

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Sad Accident at Taree. Young Man Drowned in Shallow Water

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 2

A Taree message states that William Moore was loading logs on a punt, when a log 31 feet long and 5 feet 6 inches in girth rolled down the…

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Motor Lorry Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 August 1923 · page 2

Four persons were injured two serious when a motor lorry overturned in Kouarah yesterday…

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Burning Accident. Walbundrie Resident Fearfully Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 August 1923 · page 1

Mr. Patrick Clear (38), a well known resident of Walbundrie district, was admitted to the Albury District Hospital on Sunday in a serious condition,…

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Accident at Kosciusko. Prominent Merchant Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 2

A Mount Kosciusko message states that Mr. Horace Chambers, of Bloxham and Chambers, was injured while toboganning. He ran into the…

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Fatality in Spain. Church Roof Collapses

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 3

A Madrid message states that 300 villagers climbed on a church roof to witness a bull fight. The roof collapsed and all were buried. Four…

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A Sad Accident. Woman Falls with Infant Child

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 2

Mrs. Janeta Carter, in running to catch a tram at Bondi Junction, at 11 last night, fell with her four-months' old baby. The latter's skull…

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Accident to Motorist

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 3

Mr. Jos. McLenn, motor mechanic, of Corowa, met with a very serious accident on Saturday evening last, He was driving a Ford car up from Melbourne…

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Melbourne Suburban Railway. a Child Fatally Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 2

Thora Jeffries, aged eight years, was picking buttercups on the railway bridge near Gardenvale (V.) station yesterday when she was hit…

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A New Zealand Visitor. Accidental Death at Bondi

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 August 1923 · page 2

George McQuinn, a New Zealander, was stepping off the pavement at Bondi to-day, when he slipped and hit his head on the road. He was fatally…

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A Determined Suicide. Drowned at Coogee

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 3

An unknown man today walked to the top of the cliff at Coogee, cut his threat, and then struggled down the cliff, and threw himself off a ledge…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Parliamentary Car Collides with Milk Waggon. Chief of Hansard Killed. Other Officials Injured. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1923 · page 2

A tragic motor accident occurred this morning, when a Parliamentary car, conveying five persons from the Legislative Assembly, after a late…

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