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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Shooting Accident Near Yass Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 October 1928 · page 2

While a youth, Max Wobke, was out rabbiting, near Yass, he was endeavouring to separate two dogs, which were fighting, when his gun…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Shocking Accident Near Springhurst. Victim's Leg Amputated

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 30 October 1928 · page 3

On Tuesday evening last at about 10 o'clock two brothers were returning on a motor cycle to farms where they were…

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Double Burning Fatality. Melbourne, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 November 1928 · page 2

A child, aged four years, was burnt to death, and an infant died from burns as the result of a fire which destroyed a sleep-out attached to a…

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W.A. Surfing Fatality. Perth

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 2

Geoffery Grubb (20), was drowned while surfing at Scarborough (West Australia) as the result of being carried out by the undertow. The tragedy…

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Wind-storm Causes Motor Accident. Two Men Injured. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 2

During a heavy wind storm at Nyngan, seven cattle trucks rolled down the line and struck a sedan car, containing two men, who were injured…

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Fatality in Gravel Pit. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 2

Clyde Hetherington (22), was killed and Frank Burton badly injured by a fall of gravel in the Mumbulla Shire Council's quarry, near Bega…

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Lorry and Bus in Collision. One Man Killed. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 November 1928 · page 2

Henry Young (18), was killed, and William McEwan (85) is not expected to live, as the result of a collision between a timber lorry and a motor bus…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Victim Lies Three Hours on Road. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 November 1928 · page 1

Crashing from a motor cycle into fence, Edgar Charles Steven, of Kurri Kurri, lay in a dying condition on the Newcastle road, near Taroo, for…

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A New Zealand Boating Fatality. Wellington (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 2

Through being caught in a squall in Otago Harbour, this afternoon, a 16-foot boat overturned, and six lives were lost. Those drowned were:—…

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Film Fire at Theatre. No One Injured. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 November 1928 · page 2

While the audience was leaving a picture theatre, at Brighton-le-Sands, last night, a lire broke out amongst some films in the operating box. Many…

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Drowning Fatality. at Belmont Beach

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 7

On Monday evening last, while swimming in the Murray River, at Belmont Beach, Corowa, Harry Brooking, aged 33, who for some…

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Sixteen Fishermen Drowned London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 2

A lifeboat was swamped when returning from an attempt to succour a Latvian steamer, and 16 of the crew were drowned. The crew constituted…

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A Remarkable Coincidence. Claimed by Two Young Men Regarding Gun Accident. BATHURST

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 November 1928 · page 2

The police inquiry into the mysterious circumstances surrounding the shooting of Fred Ritchie (21), and Leonard Bryce (25), revealed that…

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Latest Telegrams Two Brothers Drowned. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 2

Two brothers, George Henry Honnor, aged 2l years, and Albert Aubrey Honnor, aged 19 years, were drowned at Botany Bay. Albert Honnor fell…

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Fatal Tram and Motor Collision. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 2

In a collision between an electric tram and a motor-car, at the junction of Anzac Parade and Maroubra Bay Road, Randwick, last evening, a child…

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Fatal Accident Near Cairns Cane Train Derailed. CAIRNS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 November 1928 · page 2

As a result of trucks, on a cane train, leaving the rails, and capsizing, at Woree, William Lloyd and William Walsh were killed. Two other were…

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Horse Struck by Lightning; Driver Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Thursday 22 November 1928 · page 2

Edward Alchin, teams[?] was picked up with a fractured leg after he had been run over by his own waggon near Croolwell on Monday last…

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Motor Car Collision. Five Men Injured. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 November 1928 · page 1

Five men were injured, two seriously, in collision between a car and a taxi, at Randwick. Two of the victims are policemen, who were given a…

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Serious Accident Feet and Back Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 2

A serious accident happened yesterday to Mr. John B. Farrell, as the result of which ho is now a patient in the Deniliquin Hospital,…

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New Zealand Motor Fatality. Auckland

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 November 1928 · page 2

Throe persons were killed and four injured when a motor car capsized and fell down a steep bank at Coromandel, during the week-end. Those…

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