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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Latest Telegrams. Fatal Accident at Newtown. Man Thrown From Lorry. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

James Wood, 35, a linesman, was riding on a lorry with a number of other man when he was thrown off, in Newtown. The lorry passed over…

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Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 August 1926 · page 2

A young man named J. Davey, aged 17. Is at present an inmate at the Deniliquin Hospital, suffering from Injuries received in a fall from…

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Test Match Captain. In Head-on Motor Collision. Narrow and Lucky Escape. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 August 1926 · page 2

Mr. A. P. F. Chapman, England's test skipper, had a most remarkable escape from death, near Folkestone, in the early hours of this morning. A…

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Shocking Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 15

James Orr, an old man living near Fish River, between Goulburn and Gunning, was ran down by a train. He was killed instantaneously, and his body…

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Broken Hill Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 31

In a motor accident on the Wilcannia road, Broken Hill, Stanley Gilmore Crabb, labourer, residing at 403 Cummins lane," was killed ; Harry Figg…

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Gas Explosion. Four Men Injured Sydney. [?]

The Independent · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 2

Four men employees of the [?] Gaslight Company were taken pital about 10 o'clock this stunned and fiercely burnt…

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Fatalities and Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 August 1926 · page 35

Miss Glover, a visitor from Sydney, got into difficulties while bathing at Napier (N.Z.), and was drowned. Her cries for help were heard, but life was…

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Gored by a Bull Springhurst Man Injured Ribs Broken

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 28 August 1926 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. J. D. [?], of Springhurat, the noted bree[?] of Jersey cattle, was severely in [?] through being gored by a…

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Escaped Drowning Two Station Hands

The Independent · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 3

At Euston Station last week two station hands named William Russell, overseer, und Cecil Park, narrowly escaped being drowned in the Murray…

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Two Men Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 2

Two men who were working at [?] tar boiler at Port Melbourne yesterday were severely burned. One lit a match, causing a mild explosion oil…

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Latest Telegrams Fatal Motor Accident. Child Killed in Street. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 August 1926 · page 2

Doris Collyer, 4, of Marrickville, was killed by a motor car while playing in the centre of the road in front of her home. Her neck was broken…

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Level Grossing Accident Ten Deaths Reported

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 2

The London and North-Eastern Express from Newcastle to Carlisle, collided yesterday with a charabanc at a level crossing…

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Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 1 September 1926 · page 2

Mr. Henry Emery, while driving his motor lorry loaded with produce for Canally woolshed on Friday last, struck a tree and with the force of…

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Railway Accident in China. Seventy-Six Killed SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 September 1926 · page 2

Seventy-six were killed and 140 injured, as a result of an accident on the Peking-Suiyuan railway, when a passenger train was derailed. Three…

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Latest Telegrams the Injured Jockey Lightfoot

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 September 1926 · page 2

Jockey Lightfoot, who sustained concussion and a broken jaw at Warwick Farm on Saturday, showed no improvement to-day…

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Man Injured at Woomargama

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 45

Leslie Irving, 34, was admitted to the Albury District Hospital on Wednesday suffering with a fractured skull. Irving, who is married, was…

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Horseman Drowned Forest Creek Accident

The Independent · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

James Colin Shaw crossed Forest Creek, Wangancilla Estate, for the last time on Friday. He was in search of horse…

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Drowned in Creek Young Scotchman’s End

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

James Shaw. (23) was found drowned in Forest Greek, on Wanganella Estate on Friday afternoon. It was stated in a paragraph in…

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Later Particulars. Partial List of Killed and Injured. The Official Report

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

The latest list of the killed, which have been identified, is as follows:—John, Dunbar, Scone Arthur Jurd, Moree…

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Railway Disaster 25 KILLED; 60 Injured Runaway Trucks Crash Into Mail Train. Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

Another bad railway accident occurred at 11 .35 last night, near, Blandford and Murrurundi. The North-West mail was wrecked. Four…

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