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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Fatal Railway Accident Near Carrathool. Ganger Herring Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 2

A sad railway fatality took place last night about 6.45 about a mile this side of Carrathool, whereby Mr. Chas. Herring, a widower, between…

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Boy Accidentally Shot

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 3

On Sunday morning Henry Jackson, of Wangaratta, aged 17 years, was killed by a ballet from a pea rifle. With three other lads he was out…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Driver Found Under Car

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 April 1925 · page 2

Cliff Haigh, a motor driver, of Bega, was found pinned under a tourist car at the bottom of a cliff at Pambula. He had been dead…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 3

A sad railway fatality took place last Thursday night about a mile this side of Carrathool, whereby MR. Chas. Herring, a widower, between…

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Aeroplane Accident. Man and Woman Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 May 1925 · page 3

A shocking aeroplane fatality occurred in Orange on Wednesday afternoon, when Thomas Lynn, pilot, and a woman passenger named Brown lost…

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Accidental. Con Keogh’s Death

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 2 May 1925 · page 4

An inquest was held in the Warden’s Court, Bendigo, on Friday, last week, by Mr. A. M. Cook, P.M., coroner, concerning the death of…

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Latest Telegrams. Motor Accident at Kogarah

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

Three persons were severely injured as the result of two motor cars colliding on the Prince's Highway, at Kogarah, yesterday morning. The…

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Fettler's Fatal Accident. the Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 4

The coroner, Mr. E. J. Harrison, opened an inquest at Carrathool on 25th April, as to the cause of death of a railway Ranger, named Charles…

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Week-end Accidents Two Seamen Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 32

Two seamen off the "Norwegian motor ship Sveajarl were drowned in Corio Bay, near Geelong. They were Karl Edvard Kruse, aged 48 years…

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Injured by Chaffcutter

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 23 May 1925 · page 2

A young man named James Williams, aged 26, a resident of Walla Walla, met with an accident whilst working on a chaffcutter on…

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Fatal Accident at Moi[?] Horse Gallops Into Tree

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 30 May 1925 · page 2

A fatal riding accident occur[?] at Moira station on Tuesday afternoon. Richard Samson, aged 20, groom employed by Mr. John C[?]…

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Drowning Fatality at Culcairn

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 2

A four-year-old son of Mr. T. McCawley, of Culcairn, was accidentally drowned in a dam on their farm on Tuesday. Dr. McArthur, travelling at…

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Queensland Railway Disaster. Train Derailed on Bridge. Carriage Falls into a Creek; Nine Killed and Many Injured. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 June 1925 · page 2

A shocking train disaster occurred at 2 o'clock this morning when the Rockhampton mail train was derailed at the bridge on Traveston…

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E. Dempsey Injured. London, May 5

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 43

The Melbourne jockey, E. Dempsey, when riding Mr. "Wadsley's Li Kwang in the Village Handicap, at Lingfield, was charged into and injured in the…

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Shocking Railway Disaster Smash Near Brisbane. Nine Killed. Forty Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 June 1925 · page 23

At 2 a.m., on Tuesday morning, the most serious railway smash In the history of the Queensland railways occurred, when the Rockhampton mail train…

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Mail Bags Un Fire. Accident to Deniliquin Mail Motor. An Unusual Occurrence

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1925 · page 2

On Saturday morning, the mail motor, on its way to Deniliquin, met with an accident before it had travelled eight miles, and returned to Hay with…

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Car Falls into Creek. Land Salesman Drowned. Attempt at Rescue Fails

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 5

On Friday afternoon Milton Cerise and Eric Devine, two young men, were motoring to Albury in a single-seater motor car, the property of Mr. Charles…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 2

A young ma nnamed Arthur Renshaw, 17 years, son of Mr. Wm. Renshaw or Rutnerglen, met with a painful accident on Monday. He was…

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Mail Bag's on Fire Accident to Deniliquin Mall Motor an Unusual Occurrence

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 June 1925 · page 2

On Saturday morning the mail motor, on its way to Deniliquin met with an accident before it had travelled eight miles, and returned…

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More Home Accidents Sudden Cuts, Burns, Scalds Emphasise Daily Need for Zam Buk

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 1

More accidents [?] in the home than anywhere else. This fact emphasizes very forcibly the necessity of having the handy box of Zam…

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