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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Serious Street Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 September 1929 · page 2

Clifford Bingham, 31, and an tin known woman, were found lying in the roadway at Croydon last night Both were badly injured. A motor…

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Drowned While Anchoring Boat. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 2

John Calvert, 47, commercial traveller, was drowned while fishing at Pittwater, yesterday. When the body was recovered the anchor rope…

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Peculiar Accident Sheep Got Between Horses Legs Occupants Thrown Out on to Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 September 1929 · page 1

Recently Mrs. Clohessy, son and daughter, while driving from Ruthergien to Corowa in a gig, met with a simple accident…

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Steamer Sinks After Collision. London

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 2

The Belgian steamer Estalla, of 759 tons, sank in the Scheldt, after a collision with a German steamer. Two of the crew were saved, and 13…

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"Accidentally Killed" Coroner's Inquiry Into Death of Mr. J. C. Klemke

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 September 1929 · page 5

ON Thursday afternoon Mr. W. W. Graham, Deputy Coroner held an inquest into the death of Mr. Klemke, when the following…

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Accident Man’s Ribs Fractured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 September 1929 · page 2

Albert Mildenhall (27) was engaged in Junction Street this morning removing wires from one of the company’s electric light poles, when the…

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Motor Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 3

Further details in connection with the recent motoring accident, by which Mr. Rhys David Griffiths, solicitor, of Borrigan, lost has life, go to…

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Wagga Fatality Motor Car Strikes Cyclist Death Almost Instantaneous "Hurled 20 Feet Into the Air" Car Driver Arrested

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 September 1929 · page 3

Struck by a motor car, Oscar Samuel Bethuel, aged 24 years, was huried from his bicycle near the Strand Theatre, Wagga, on…

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Motor Fatality. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

When a motor car and motorcycle collided head-on at Sandgate, near Newcastle, yesterday, Joyce Harvey, aged 2 years, was killed, and…

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Yachting Fatality. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

When an auxiliary yacht capsized near Turtle Bay (Q.), yesterday, two men, named Vincent Elrington and Ronald Brown, were drowned. A…

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Remarkable Aerial Accident. Warsaw

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 September 1929 · page 2

There was an extraordinary aeroplane accident at the military manoeuvres. Two machines collided and the pilots jumped out. The…

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Injured Men Improving

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 2

Messrs. W. Garrett and J. [?] hall, who met with accidents last week, are steadily improving under treatment at the Deniliquin Hospital…

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Wagga Collisions Man and Boy Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 4

A head-on collision occurred on Hampden-bridge, Wagga, on Sunday morning, between a motor car and a motor cycle…

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Fatal Failway Accident. Moscow-Siberia Express. MOSCOW

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 1

Forty-five were killed and 26 seriously injured when the Moscow-Siberia express was derailed, near Viatka. Two carriages were demolished…

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Both Legs Broken Extraordinary Accident Little Girl's Sufferings

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 September 1929 · page 5

It was in a most extraordinary way that little Frances Galvin, the five-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Galvin, of Gundagal, was…

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Three Killed in Motor Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 October 1929 · page 2

Two swagmen, who were killed in a motor lorry accident at West Maitland are believed to be John Murphy, about 50 who was employed at…

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Aeroplane Fatality. Adelaide

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 October 1929 · page 5

When a Gipsy Moth plane nosedived at Ardressan South Australia. H. Dendall, 28, was killed, and Captain Stall Loarmonth, pilot,…

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Country Edition Telegrams. Car Falls Into Creek. The Driver Drowned. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 October 1929 · page 1

When the steering gear failed, near Bargo, yesterday, a car dashed over an embankment into a creek. The driver, Robert Dodd (51), of Enfield…

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Car Accident in Queensland. Brisbane, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 October 1929 · page 3

Detective Wilson, of Queensland, was killed, and a woman named Carody, shockingly injured when a touring car overturned…

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Motor Fatality in South Australia. Woman and Child Killed. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 October 1929 · page 2

A woman named Mayfield, and her eight-months' old son, were killed at Mile End (South Australia), when a motor cycle and sidecar, in which…

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