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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Rail Motor Accident to New [?]

The Independent · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

Three miles on the Melbourne side or Mathoura, the rail motor which runs from Deniliquin to Echuca became derailed about half-past 3 o'clock on Tuesday…

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Accident to Echuca-deniliquin Train

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 1

The Deniliquin mailman arrived at Hay at 1.30 to-day without any mail, and informed the postmaster the motor train from Echuca to…

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Peculiar Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1925 · page 2

A lad named Eric Gladstone, aged 15 years, son of Mr. Alex. Gladstone, of Porepaakah, met a rather serious accident recently. He offered to…

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Motor Train Derailed Serious Accident Averted. Passengers Escape Uninjured

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 27 June 1925 · page 2

What must be regarded as a miraculous escape from a serious disaster happened on Tuesday afternoon about three miles south of…

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Week-end Accidents. Motor Car Overturns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 July 1925 · page 29

Skidding on the wet surface of the roadway near Brooklyn (Vic), on Saturday afternoon a motor car over turned and rolled over twice. A man…

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Latest Telegrams. Melbourne Motor Accidents. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 July 1925 · page 2

At 4.30 on Saturday afternoon two cars collided on St. Kilda Road, and one of them turned completely over. with the result that Raymond A…

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Accidents

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 8 July 1925 · page 3

Mr. Hotton, motor owner, who runs the motor mail service to and from Corowa to Springhurst, met with and accident. Fortunately nothing more…

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Week-end Accidents. Fall From Moving Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 31

A serious accident occurred on the railway line a mile on the Beaufort side of Middle Creek. The victim was Mr. Archibald Welsh Guthrie, who had…

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Fatal Accident at Howlong. Boundary Rider Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 2

At 8 o'clock this morning James Edwards, a boundary rider on Howlong Station, was driving a horse and dray, when the horse bolted,…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 July 1925 · page 2

At Mulwala on Thursday a two year old son of Mr. T. Brown was the victim of a nasty accident, the result of falling upon a broken bottle, The…

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Fatality at Lock 10 Wentworth. Ships Cook Drowned

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 2

About 5.30 p.m. on Saturday last, a man named Russell, cook on the steamer "Oscar," was returning to the boal, and when crossing the plank…

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Car and Bus Collision. Young Man Killed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 2

As the result of a collision between a motor car and bus on Saturday in Sydenham-road, Marrickville (a Sydney suburb), Charles…

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Painful Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 July 1925 · page 2

Mr. V. K. Boynton, last week, in lifting a bag of wheat, strained the muscles of his back, and it was found necessary to obtain the services of Dr…

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Barmedman Shooting Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 5

At Barmedman Mr. A. W. Maberley, a returned soldier of middle age, on a soldiers' settlement block at Robertson's station, was found shot dead with…

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Another Road Fatality. Sydney, Friday Afternoon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 2

Edna Riley, of Hurstville, was killed last night in a collision between a motor cycle and side car and a sulky. Owing to pressure on our space we…

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Accident at Tallangatta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 July 1925 · page 28

George Boyle, of Tallangatta, a late arrival in the town, was trying out a motor cycle in the main street. He went out a little distance from the…

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Drowning Fatality Inquest. Coroner Commends Herioc Act

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 3

On Tuesday morning Mr.R.H. White, the coroner, held an enquiry into the circumstances which caused the death, on Saturday, July 4, of a…

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Fatal Accident at Coreen

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 2

On Monday night about 9 o'clock Mr. Martin Maher of Coreen, was proceeding home when he heard groans and, following the sound…

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Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 18 July 1925 · page 3

Another mishap occurred to the Swan Hill-Balranald Mail car on Mon-day night last. The car which was travelling from Swan Hill to…

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Riding Fatality

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 22 July 1925 · page 2

On Monday Mr. J. A. Taylor, district coroner, conducted an inquiry at the Corovra Court House into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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