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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Motor Accidents. Fatal Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 32

Shortly before 10 o'clock on Sunday morning a collision occurred at the intersection of Parramatta and Bridge roads, Sydney, between a…

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Motor Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 39

When a motor car, carrying a party of children, over turned, at Bankstown a boy was killed and three others injured. The victims were Gordon…

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Boating Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 22

The stretch of water between Garden Island and the naval base, Fremantle, was the scene of a boating fatality on Sunday afternoon, when…

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Yass Railway Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 44

At an inquest hold at Yass Court House into the death of P. Weatherby, who was killed by the south-west mail on January 13, the coroner found…

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Girl Accidentally Shot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 January 1926 · page 32

A girl of 15 years, Mabel Irwin, died at Melbourne Hospital from injuries caused by a gunshot wound in the abdomen. The girl and a lad…

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Holiday Accidents in Victoria Three Persons Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 February 1926 · page 2

The Anniversary Day holiday at Melbourne yesterday was marked by a number of fatalities. Three persons, Nellie Knight and two unknown men…

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Riding Fatality. Young Woman Killed

The Independent · Friday 5 February 1926 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred on Wandook, a few miles from Deniliquin, yesterday morning, when Mrs Clarice Mary Still, wife of Mr William J. Still, was…

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Accidentally Killed Woman’s Skull Fractured

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 February 1926 · page 2

Mrs. Clarice Mary Stitt, wife of Mr. W. J. Stitt, grazier, of Poictiers Street. Deniliquin, was accidentally killed at her husband’s…

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Drowning Fatality. "The Last Dive."

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 3

Another drowning fatality occurred on Sunday afternoon last when Bright Kelsey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Keisey. of the Corowa railway staff, was…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Two Lives Lost at West Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 2

The long list of victims claimed by the Murrumbidgee was added to some time on Saturday—the exact hour will probably never be known—when a…

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Motor Car Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 February 1926 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last a motor car accident happened, at Wahgunyah which fortunately only resulted is minor injuries being received by the…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1926 · page 2

A man named Alfred Passfield (25) was found on Saturday morning lying in front of a house in West Street with a bullet wound…

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Last Year's Motor Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 February 1926 · page 2

During 1925, no less than 113 persons were killed as a result of the motor accidents, while over 2000 were injured…

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Bathing Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 February 1926 · page 2

Cornelius Cullen, 26, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee at Mundawey station, near Wagga, while bathing on Sunday…

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Sad Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 February 1926 · page 4

An accident attended with fatal consequences befel a well known resident of Walla Walla, in the person of Mr. William Heppner, on Friday evening…

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Found Drowned

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 27 February 1926 · page 3

On Monday evening last it was reported to the police at Oaklands that the dead body of a man was [?]ting in the Goonambil Creek near the…

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Drowning Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 March 1926 · page 4

A report from Goonambil stales that a farm laborer, named T. Ryan, lost his life by drowning in the Billabong Creek, near the Goonambill homestead…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Car and Sulky. Young Man Killed

The Independent · Friday 5 March 1926 · page 2

As a result of injuries received when a motor car and sulky collided at North Deniliquin at an early hour on Sunday morning last, a young man named Thomas…

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Drowning Case at Goonambil

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 4

The Coroner Mr. J. A. Taylor, on Saturday conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of a station hand named Thos…

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Local & General Motor Accident

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 6 March 1926 · page 2

On Thursday last the Chrysler car driven by Mr. G. Dines, of Oaklands, who, accompanied by Messrs. J. Murray and Wardrop, was on a trip to…

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