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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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

Motor Accident at Jindera Gap

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 4

While driving into Albury in his one ton Ford truck on Tuesday evening between 5 and 6 o'clock Mr. Carl Nischke, of Jindera, had a sensational…

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Mr. G. V. Chapman Dies. Result of Aeroplane Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 34

Mr. Geoffrey Valentine Chapman, who was injured when a Curtiss aeroplane, piloted by his brother, Mr. Norman Chapman, crashed into a true at…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 December 1926 · page 2

Mr. J. Hallahan, of Wangunyan, was the victim of a painful accident on Saturday morning last. He had been doing some wood-carting and was…

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Small Boys Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 22

The bodies of August Bolin, aged 11 years, and Carl Bolin, aged 8 years, of Jasmyne-street, Botany, were found in the No. 2 dam, Water and…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 3

Mr. J. Hanrahan, of Messrs. Salmon, Hanrahan and Co., of Wagga, and Mr. Frank-Sedgley, of the same firm, were a few days ago motoring from…

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Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 December 1926 · page 5

Miss Jean Maclure, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan. Maclure, of Corowa, was knocked down by a motor car on Tuesday last in Mary-street. Dr…

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Sequel to Motor Fatality Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 2

At the Central Police Court, Sydney, to-day, Douglas Arthur Newell, 24, described as a bailiff, was charged with having feloniously slain Mary…

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EUSTON. Accident at Robinvale

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 22 December 1926 · page 3

While riding a motor cycle near Robinvale on Sunday week last, Mr. W. Patterson collided with a motor car driven by Mr. Gray, of Anneullo, and…

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Fatalities and Accidents. Motor Driver Shot Dead

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 December 1926 · page 28

With a bullet wound in the chest, William Raper, until recently a motorcar driver in the city of Brisbane, was found outside his home, at Highgate…

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Many Accidents Grim Holiday Record. Four People Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 4

A drownin accident, in which four persons lost their lives, occurred on the Murray River ten miles below Lock No. 10, at Wantworth. The victims…

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Shocking Accident. Farmer Fatally Injured. Oaklands

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 2

A shocking accident, which ended fatally, occurred yesterday at Now-rau[?]e, Mr. M. O'Brien, a farmer, was harnessing twelve horses to a…

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Double Motor Fatality Two Men Killed at Hillston

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 December 1926 · page 2

A shocking motor accident took place on the Lake Cargellico road, about six miles from Hillston, on Christmas afternoon, two young…

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