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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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

Kiewa Resident Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 28

David Leamouth, aged 29 of Kiewa, was driving a sulky on Wednesday when the pony became restless, and Mr. Leamouth was thrown from…

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Accidents at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 30

An accident in which a man escaped almost miraculously from death occurred in Jackson-street, Wagga, recently. Timothy Strusz was driving a…

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Latest Telegrams. Victorian Mountain Sensation. Accident at Buffalo. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 July 1924 · page 2

A terrible accident, which it is feared must have a tragic ending, occurred at Mt. Buffalo on Wednesday afternoon. Dr. Charles Varley, attempted…

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The Woy Woy Fatality. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 2

In respect to the Woy Woy double tragedy on Sunday, in which two men were run down by a train and killed the coroner returned a verdict…

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A Peculiar Fatal Accident. Jolting Lorry Discharges Gun. PERTH

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 July 1924 · page 1

Owing to the jolting of a motor lorry exploding a gun, which he was carrying beside him, a man named Breegots was shot dead, while…

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Buffalo Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 4

The victim of the fearful accident at Mount Buffalo, Dr. H. C. Varley, of Box Hill, who, while descending the precipitous wall of the Buffalo gorge…

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Motor Accident at Glen Innes. a Woman Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

At Glen. Innes a serious motor accident took place on Saturday. A lorry, driven by Stanley Prendergast, was turning a corner, when it [?]an…

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Latest Telegrams. Racing Accidents. Jockey Simmons Seriously Injured. S.A. Hurdler Destroyed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

The jockey, Simmons, who sustained concussion of the brain in Saturday's crash at Caulfield, is still in a serious state, and has not yet fully…

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Fearful Accident in N.Z. Fall into Boiling Oil. Wellington (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

A young Maori, Shadrack, working at a whaling station in Queen Charlotte Sound, was skimming whale oil when he slipped into the boiling oil…

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A Motor Accident. Fall over an Embankment

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1924 · page 2

At Camden, while members of the Carlon family were motoring in the upper Burrangorang, to take part in a family reunion, the car got out…

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Motor Accident. Albury Footballer Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 3

While returning from Rutherglen on Saturday night last after taking taking part with the Albury team in the [?] game against Rutherglen's…

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Champion Heavyweight Boxer. Injured in Motor Accident. Los Angeles

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 1

Dempsey's right arm, which has contributed so heavily to his winning the heavyweight championship, has been put out of commission as a…

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Signaller Seriously Injured Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 5

While working a railway signal in the yards of the City Railway yesterday, Alfred Sleed, of Newtown, fell through a skylight, 14ft., to a…

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Burned to Death in a Hut. a Narandera Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 July 1924 · page 5

Trapped in a hut when a fire broke out while he was asleep. William Chesney, aged 44, a widower, was burned to death at Moon's Siding,…

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Fatality at Bellingen. Killed by a Falling Tree

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 2

A Bellingen message states that Rudd Cooper had been missing from his home at Repton for a fortnight. The police, who were searching,…

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Peculiar Motor Accident. Unattended Car Runs Down Hill. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 2

An unattended car, which was left standing in Stanley-street, Darlinghurst, yesterday, suddenly ran down hill. It knocked down two children…

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Fatal Accident in Brewery. Boy Falls into a Vat. Wellington (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 2

George Whittingham fell into a vat at scalding water at his father's brewery at Gore, and was immersed to the hips. Though speedily…

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Railway Accident at Edinburgh. Four People Killed. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 2

Four persons were killed and 29 injured in a collision at Haymarket Station, Edinburgh…

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Racing Accident. Two Horses Jockey in Hospital

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 July 1924 · page 1

As the result of an accident in the Murrumbeena Handicap at Caulfield on Saturday afternoon, E. W. Simmons, the well-known lightweight jockey,…

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Accident in Sugar Mill. Man's Arm Caught In Machinery. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 August 1924 · page 1

James Moher, 45, wag caught in machinery at Condong sugar mill, Tweed River, yesterday. His right arm was torn off and several ri[?]…

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