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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Fell From Header Serious Accident Yesterday

The Independent · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 1

Mr. John B. Farrell, a farmer on the Finley road, met with a serious accident while driving a header on Mr. Frank Hindley's farm, also on…

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Motor Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 2

One man (Thomas Hinds) was killed and four others injured when a motor car crashed into a telegraph pole, on Liverpool Road, on Saturday…

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Assault on Constable Victim Seriously Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1928 · page 5

David Garsthorne [?] fore Mr D. F. Parker, P.M.. the Wagg’s police Court on Monday of last week , charged with…

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Fatal Motor Collision. Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 2

Ernest Bayley and Miss Davidson were killed and Rupert was seriously injured in a collision between a motor car and a market…

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Latest Telegrams Motor Car and Cart in Collision. Two People Killed. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1928 · page 2

Ernest Bagley and Miss Davidson were killed, and Rupert Ruwold seriously injured, in a collision between a motor car and a market gardener's…

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Motor Gar Accident Two Persons Killed

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 December 1928 · page 2

Miss Doris Alicia Davison, aged 20 years, a typist, and a daughter of Mr. Joe Davidson, tailor of Swan Hill, was Killed in a motor accident which…

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New Zealand Level Crossing Fatality. Auckland (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 3

Alexander Hamilton, a labourer, was killed, and Charles Scown (10), so seriously injured, that he is not expected to recover, when a train…

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Infant Drowned. Pathetic Tragedy at Glen Iris. MELBOURNE, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 3

A pathetic tragedy took place at Glen Iris, Victoria, on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Chas. Long came home to find his wife unconscious on the…

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Another Bomb Outrage in Melbourne the Greek Club Wrecked. Fifteen Men Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 2

Another bomb outrage took place in Melbourne, about 10 o'clock, on Saturday night, when two bombs were exploded in an unused room at the…

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Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 December 1928 · page 3

Mr. J. F. Conroy was the victim of a motor accident on Friday evening last, by which he sustained severe injuries, necessitating his immediate…

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Latest Telegrams Two Girls Drowned. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 2

Disappointed because a rough sea caused the abandonment of the usual school swimming day, four girls from the Albert Park State School decided…

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Peculiar Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 December 1928 · page 2

While Septimus Toohey, aged two, son of an hotel proprietor at Lewisham was playing in the yard, a heavy mater lorry wheel was thrown over the…

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Moulamein News The Woorooma Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 8 December 1928 · page 4

The lad Rooney, who met with a serious accident near Woorooma West recently through falling from a cart, is still an inmate of the Deniliquin…

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Serious Coaling Accident. Melbourne, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 December 1928 · page 2

Eight coal lumpers were injured, three seriously, when deck gear, including trowels and rails, collapsed and fell on them while coal was…

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Burning Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 December 1928 · page 2

Whilst standing alongside his car which was being filled with petrol from a bowser in Yarrawonga recently, Mr. F. Tricks met with a painful…

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Shocking Motor Car Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 December 1928 · page 2

A shocking motor car smash occurred on the road between Junee and Old Junee on Saturday afternoon resulling in the death of one man a…

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Pedestrian Injured at Chiltern

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 December 1928 · page 2

Through the failure of the steering gear a car driven by Mr. P. Mantelli ran off the road and knocked down a pedestrian named Arthur Horn…

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Mr. William Ainslie Mills Drowned in Murrumbidgee

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 December 1928 · page 2

We regret to have to report the death, by drowning, of Mr William Ainslie Mills, of Burrabogie, which took place at Mulberrygong, on Boxing…

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