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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

252 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 13

Latest Telegrams. Week-end Motor Accidents. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 November 1926 · page 2

One person was killed and 13 injured in six motor accidents in the State during the week-end. The fatal accident was at Manly, where Leslie…

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Fatality at Manly

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 November 1926 · page 32

One person was killed and 13 injured in six motor accidents which occurred in the State during the week-end. The fatal accident was at Manly, when…

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Motor Fatality Death Op Mr. Jack Oddy

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 3

The many Deniliquin friends of Mr. Jack Oddy, of Booligal, will regret to hear of Ws death at Hay Hospital yesterday morning as the…

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The Booligal Road Accident Has a Fatal Termination. Mr. J. P. Oddy Succumbs

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 November 1926 · page 2

In connection with the motor car accident on the Booligal road, reported in our last issue, the most seriously injured of the occupants of…

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Fatal Motor Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 November 1926 · page 3

John Patts Oddy, aged 37 years, son of Mr Joseph Oddy, of Elwood, Victoria, has died as a result of injuries received while driving a…

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Fatality at Hay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 31

John Patts Oddy, aged 37 years, son of Mr. Joseph Oddy, of Elwood, Victoria, Has died as a result of injuries received while driving a motor car on…

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Shocking Railway Fatality Woman Killed at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 31

Harriet Eleanor Sheather, 56, wife of Robert Sheather, retired grazier, of Fallon-street, Albury, was killed at Albury railway station on Monday by…

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Kitten's Accident. Wulgulmerang, Victoria

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1926 · page 12

Dear Uncle Jeff,—This is my first letter. I had my tonsils out about a month ago. I am still unwell. I am very fond of dancing. My favourite…

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The Booligal Road Accident the Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. M. E. Soane, P.M., resumed the inquiry into the death of John Pitts Oddy on Friday morning. Inspector Hamilton examined the…

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Accident Near Rutherglen

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1926 · page 2

A nasty accident, which could easily have been a tragedy, happened between Wahgunyah and Rutherglen, on Saturday afternoon last. About 40…

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Piangil Railway Employee Seriously Injured

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 November 1926 · page 2

Last week a railway employee at Piangil named C. E. Brannagan, 32 years of age, a returned soldier, married, met with serious injuries. He…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 3

Mrs Agnes Monica Kelly, the wife of Mr John Joseph Kelly, stationmaster at Forbes, was accidently shot dead at her residence on…

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Fatal Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1926 · page 2

On Monday last about half past one a telephone message was received here from Coree Station that a young man (19 years and 11…

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Albury Station Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death. Deputy Coroner's Remarks

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 23

The Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. A. Gray, J.P., held an inquest at the Albury Court House into the death of Mrs. Harriett Eleanor Sheather, aged…

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Sand Pit Fatality at Jerilderie

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 4

Leslic Hardy, aged 19, an employee at Coree Station, Jerilderie, and a recent arrival from England, was killed by a fall of sand at Jerilderie…

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Motor Accident Near Barnawartha

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 28

On Monday afternoon two telephone mechanics, Messrs. Connelly and H. Fowler, were being motored to the Barnawartha post office to put the…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Boy Falls From Tree

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 30

Gordon Marshall, aged 9, son of an enginedriver at Foley's butter factory, Lismore, fell from a tree when a limb snapped, and broke his neck. He was…

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Serious Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 2

A serious accident happened to a young man named Richard Hossack (brother of Mr. Ron. Hossack, of Corowa), last week. Whilst working…

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The Booligal Road Accident the Inquest

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 2

The Coroner Mr. M. E. Soane, P.M., resumed the inquiry into the death of John Pitts Oddy on Friday morning, at Hay. Inspector…

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Motor Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1926 · page 2

During the dust storm late on Tuesday night, Mr. Curley was returning along Conargo road to Deniliquin with a motor truck, when he struck…

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