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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Three Children Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 28

A shocking tragedy occurred at West End, a suburb of Brisbane, when three children were drowned. Their names are: Francis Gormley, 9 years;…

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Drowning Tragedy at Hawks—view

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 28

About three o'clock on Monday afternoon a youth named Clement Frauen felder, aged 19, son of Mr. William Frauen folder, of Nine Mile…

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Fatality in Corowa District

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 13

Mr. Charles Field, a resident of Banff—street, Corowa, where he resided with his wife and family, met his death in tragically sudden [?]…

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Crossing Fatality at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 28

At the inquiry into the cause of the Collision between the fruit train and motor ear at the level crossing. at Shephard's Siding, resulting in the…

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A Fatality at Junee

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 2

A tragic fatality occurred at Junee when Alfred Baldwin, fitter, employed at the Junee loco. sheds, was killed by the South Western mail train…

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Warilda Collision. Appeal Dismissed. London, December 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 5

The Privy Council has dismissed the Adelaide Steamship Company's appeal relative to the Warllda collision. The Lord Chancellor (Viscount Cave) said…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Fatal Accident at Junee. Hay Train Cuts a Man to Pieces. SYDNEY. Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 1

Just before 6 o'clock tonight Alfred Baldwin, employed at the railway engine sheds, was run down by the mail train from Hay, and cut to…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1925 · page 2

Mr. Robt. McLean, employed by Mr. Geo. Phipps at his slaughter yard, met with a mishap on Sunday. He was [?] on some stock and by some…

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Tragic Collision Near Wagga

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 2

On Wednesday morning of last week a tragic collision took place at Shepherd's Siding, between Junee and Wagga, between a motor car, driven…

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Railway Smashes Another accident

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 5

A man in a motor car was going over the crossing at the central railway gates at Junee on Monday night and did not see an approaching train…

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Bicycle Accident

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 2

Whilst riding his bicycle down the Main Street on Thursday, opr worthy townsman, Mr. W. McNicoil, in an endeavor to avoid a vehicle,…

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Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 19 December 1925 · page 2

Mr. A. N. Duryea, the contractor for the erection of the running rail at the racecourse, met with a rather serious accident on Friday of last week…

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Drowning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Wahgunyah on Saturday evening the [?] being a youth named Jack Chandler, 19 years of age, son of…

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Shepherd's Siding Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1925 · page 3

The inquiry by the Deputy-Coroner, Mr. W. F. Day, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Edgar Awdry Hendley, who was killed in the…

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Bad Drowning Case

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 23 December 1925 · page 3

About 6.30 p.m. on Saturday that us the cricketers were leaving the oval, a messenger brought the sad news of a drowning case in the Murray, at a…

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Mysterious Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1925 · page 24

A man whose name is believed to be P. J. Gorry, met his death under mysterious circumstances. Together with another workman, he was engaged in…

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Moses or Accidents?

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1925 · page 29

Dr. Grimme, the renowned professor of Egyptology at Muenster University, makes the remarkable claim that a great historic secret which almost since…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 December 1925 · page 6

Little Joyce the three-year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. .J. Murphy, of Walbundrie, me With painful injuries on Wednesday, The child, it is…

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Fatal Driving Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 December 1925 · page 2

Newcastle.—John Boag, aged 19, was returning to his home at East Seaham when the horse he was driving in a sulky shied. He was thrown to the…

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Shunting Accident in N.z

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 December 1925 · page 2

Auckland, N.Z.—Two men were killed and another seriously injured by a train which was shunting in the yards at Mermarker…

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