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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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

Serious Fatality in Switzerland. Express Trains Collide

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

Two express trains collided in Switzerland. One caught fire. Twenty-one bodies have been recovered…

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Burning Fatality at Dee Why. Two Boys Receive Fatal Injuries

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

Another of the three boys burned in the tent at Dee Why on Tuesday. George Marshall, 14, died last night at Manly…

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Explosion at Newcastle. One Man Killed and Others Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

An explosion at the steel works, Newcastle, yesterday, through an exhaust pipe bursting, killed William Coates, and badly injured three…

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Motor-cycle Racing Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 3

Three accidents, one of a serious nature, marked the concluding stages of the Brisbane 500 mile motor cycle reliability run. Twenty-nine competed…

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Motor Accident Near Penrith

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 April 1924 · page 2

A motor got out of control three miles from Penrith at 8 o'clock last night, and went over a steep embankment. It was smashed to pieces,…

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A Leichhardt Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

John Curran, 13. a newsboy while selling papers at Leichbardt, was killed by a motor bus…

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Fatality at Brickworks

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 April 1924 · page 2

Jack Cannane, 45, working at a brickworks at Alexandria, fell under a stone crusher. His body was teribly crushed, and he died in half an…

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Railway Fatality at Echuca

The Independent · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 4

William Moran, 55 years of age, an employee of the Railway department, was killed at the Echuca railway yards on MOnday morning…

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A Railway Fatality. Elderly Man Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 1

Benjamin Ezzy, 62, of Wentworthville, while crossing the railway line at Rooty-Hill, yesterday afternoon, was killed by a train…

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Motor Collision at Toowoomba. One, Man Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 May 1924 · page 2

At Toowoomba a motor lorry-collided with a Ford truck. Frederick Melbusch was killed outright, and George Haines was injured…

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Painful Accident

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 2

Dr. E. B. Jones, second medical officer to the Balranald district hospital, whilst operating on a sceptic land some short time age accidently…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Employee Run Over. Body Badly Mutilated

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 3 May 1924 · page 2

William Moran, 55 years of age, an employee of the Railway Department, was killed at the Echuca railway yards on Monday morning…

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Tram and Sulky Collision. Three Men Badly Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

Three men were thrown from a sulky, which collided with a train at Petersham last night. Ernest Taylor (34) had his ribs broken, Albert…

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Melbourne Surburban Accident. Woman Killed at Balwyn

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 May 1924 · page 2

A motor cycle, driven by A. Peterson, 33, ran into a cow on the road at Balwyn last night. Mrs. Peterson was killed and Peterson and his…

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Motor Accident Near The Rock One Killed; Four Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 2

A motor car, owned and driven by Mr. J.H. Scott, of the King's Own Hotel, The Rock, overturned on the Mangoplah road on Sunday afternoon last…

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Sad Motor Fatality. Miss Eileen Scott Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 32

When the news reached Wagga on Sunday afternoon that Mr. J. J. Scott and his family, of The Rock, had been visited by a dire misfortune in the…

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Sporting Items. Hurdle Jockey Injured. Corncrake and Connections Disqualified

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

While he was being schooled over hurdles at Randwick this morning, Braelle fell. Black, a well known jockey sustained a broken hip…

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Latest Telegrams. Melbourne Motor Accidents The Week-end Record. MELBOURNE, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

Seven motor car accidents took place during the week end, several being serious. Captain Bingle, formerly of the A.I.F., was killed. He…

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An Unregistered Gun. the Sequel to an Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before the P.M., yesterday, Robert George Neill was charged, on summons, with having an unregistered…

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Drowning Accident. a Rabbiter the Victim

The Independent · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last information was received at the local police station that a man named William Walter Ledger had beep accidentally drowned that day in a…

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