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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Railway Accident at Euston. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 August 1928 · page 2

The Manchester express crashed into the buffer stop at Euston Station. Two carriages were partly telescoped and 30 people injured, including the…

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Seven Drowned in 'Plane Accident. Washington

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 3

The bodies of seven victims who were drowned when a plane travelling from Victoria to Seattle, crashed, have been recovered from the cabin…

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Three Injured in Motor Smash

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 3

Herbert Chalk. (21), James Walker (20), and Miss. Vera Yates (24), all received severe injuries when a motor cycle crashed into the side…

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Visitor to Eucharistic Congress Severely Injured. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 3

Sister Teresa (76), a nun, of St. Joseph's Convent, Kensington, Adelaide, who it is stated was on her way to Sydney for the Eucharistic…

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Fatal Building Accident. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 August 1928 · page 3

Bees Sigvart (15), plasterer's labourer, was killed, and four men more or less seriously injured when a scaffolding collapsed at the new…

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Melbourne Motor Fatality. Doctor's Car Wrecked. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 2

A motor car, driven by Dr. Sidney Plowman, jun., of Frankston, and containing his mother, aged 60, got out of cotrol near Mentone, and…

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Found Drowned in Harbour. a Traveller's Death. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 2

The body of George Nicholls (40), a traveller, was found floating in the Sydney Harbour last night. He had been drinking heavily. He had in…

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Train Accidents at Quirindi Two Men Arrested. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 September 1928 · page 2

Two men have been arrested in connection with the alleged attempt to wreck railway trains near Quirindi last week, when sleepers were…

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St. Kilda Fatality. Grazier to Pay Maximum Fine

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 September 1928 · page 5

A tragic happening at St. Kilda Junction on tho morning of 11th February, when a woman was knocked down by a motor car…

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Motor Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 September 1928 · page 1

A serious motor accident occurred near Conargo on Sunday afternoon last, as a result of which Mr Thos. Costello is in a serious condition in…

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Two Drowning Fatalities. Through Falls into Rivers

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 1

Two drowning fatalities occurred this (morning. Albert Sylvester (27) while fishing fell into the Lane Cove River, while a woman, who has not…

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An Enfield Incident. An Injured Returned Soldier. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 2

Alfred William Boness (50), a returned soldier, of Enfield, was found lying on the back verandah of his home this morning, with a bullet…

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Aeroplane Accident Near Adelaide. a Passenger Killed. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1928 · page 1

The Quantas 'plane, which was used by Sir John Salmond, air marshal, on his overland flight, crashed at. Golden Grove, near Adelaide…

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Collision with Car

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 September 1928 · page 4

A motor truck, driven in Wyndham-street, Shopparton, by Charles Adams, collided with motor car in which were Mrs. A. H. Green, of…

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Terrible Railway Collision. At Lundenburg, Austria. Twenty-five Killed; 83 Injured. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 1

A Vienna message states that a terrible collision took place at Lundenburg, where the Berlin-Vienna express, at great speed, crashed into…

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Injured in Safety Zone. Melbourne, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

Four people were injured, two of them seriously, about 7.30 p.m. yesterday, when it is alleged that a motor car travelling towards the city…

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A Drover's Accident. Compensation Awarded. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

In April last, while attending some sheep at Warren, Richard Perry, a drover, while getting through a fence fell on his back, injuring a kidney…

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Peculiar Army Accident. Infantry Charged by Cavalry. WARSAW

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

Forty soldiers were wounded iu army manoeuvres, near Cracow. Cavalry, charging instead of pulling up in 190 yards distance, crashed into…

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Accident on Main Line. Axle of Wheat Truck Breaks. Passenger Trains Held Up. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 September 1928 · page 2

A goods trains, loaded with bulk wheat, was travelling from Junee to Sydney, when the axle of a truck broke, two miles from Cootamuudra…

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Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 15 September 1928 · page 2

Whilst returning from the football match held at Kyalite, on Saturday evening last, 8th inst., an accident, which may have proved more serious,…

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