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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Terrible Railway Smash North-western Mail-wrecked Wool Waggons Break Away and Crash Into the Mail. Twenty-Five Persons Killed. Over Forty Injured. SYDNEY, Tuesday Morning

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

Another bad railway accident took place at 11.35 last night, near Blandford and Murrurundi. The north-west mail was wrecked…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 3

While returning from Corowa to Albury on Saturday night, after the grand final of the O. and M. League, n large Bulck car, with six…

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Telegrams Frightful Railway Smash 25 Killed 50 Injured Terrible Scenes Sydney

The Corowa Chronicle · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

The worst railway accident in the history of New South Wales occurred about midnight, last night, about a mille from M[?]a and six miles from…

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Murrurundi Train Smash 27 Killed 47 Injured Three Women Unidentified Driver and Fireman Escape Sydney

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

The official list of killed in the Murrundi train smash is 27, and 17 were injured. Mr. J. Kennedy, solicitor, Moree…

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Disastrous Railway Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 1

The most disastrous railway smash in the history of the State occurred at 11.35 o'clock on Monday evening near Murrurundi, when…

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Greg. Stockdale Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 2

Greg. Stockdale, Essendon's crack goal kicker was injured seriously on Tuesday night last, and will not play again this season. He collided with…

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Big Railway Accident. Near Murrurundi 25 Killed. 40 Injured. SYDNEY

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 4

The Merce mail train to Sydney collided with a goods train at 11.30 p. m. last night, near Murrurundi. About 25 persons were killed and 40…

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Dreadful Railway Disaster Twenty-six Killed—many Injured Fearful Smash in North-west Moree Mail Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 28

Murrurundl was the scene of an appalling railway disaster late on Monday night. It is reported that 20 people were killed and about 50 injured when the north-west mail, coming from Moree to Sydney, crashed into a goods train…

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Country Edition Terrible Railway Smash Latest Particulars. Difficulties of Rescue Work and Fortitude of Injured. The Luckless Rich Family. SYDNEY, Tuesday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 1

The official list of the killed in the Murrella train smash is: 26 killed and 38 injured. Another unofficial list states that 27 were killed and 46…

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The Railway Accident Further Details. The Inquiry Opened

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 2

A preliminary inquiry into the disaster was begun at the former residence of the stationmaster at Murrurundi on Wednesday in horrifying…

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Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 September 1926 · page 6

A sensational motor accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon of last week in Faithful-street, Wangaratta, Mr. G. Dinsdale, of Rutherglen,…

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Driving Accident

The Independent · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 2

Mr. J. Pearce has been admitted to Deniliquin District Hospital, suffering from concussion and abrahions, as a result of a pony bolting while he…

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Recreation Reserves Liability for Accidents

The Independent · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 4

The views of the Lands Department in regard to Recreation and other Reserves — risk of liability by trustees for accidents — are as follows:…

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The Marrar Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 4

Mr. A. W. Stinson, J.P., district coroner at Coolamon, conducted an inquiry into the death of Mrs., Amy Harper, of Marrar, who, on September…

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Motor Driver Fatally Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 20

When proceeding along Boundary road, Mortdale, towards Oatley, a car skidded on loose metal and crashed into a telegraph post. The driver…

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Fatal Accident at Windsor

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 September 1926 · page 44

As Thomas Harris, of Orrong road, East St. Kilda, was driving a motorcar in a southerly direction along Chapel-street, Windsor, near the…

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Cars' in Collision

The Corowa Chronicle · Saturday 25 September 1926 · page 2

Two cars came into collision at the intersection of Church and Sanger Streets on Wednesday, Mr. W. J. Clark was driving round the cop at…

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Shocking fatality Contractor Shot Dead

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

When driving along the Terraces road in a motor car on Thursday evening, Albion R. Whitfield, a well known Echuca contractor, was shot…

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Latest Telegrams Another Railway Accident. Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

A railway accident occurred yesterday between Byrock and Brewarrma 396 miles from Sydney, when two trucks of a ballast train were…

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Latest Telegrams Yachtsman Drowned Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

Mr. A. C. Sexton, a well-known yachtsman and business man, was drowned yesterday off Newport He and others were having a…

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