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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Damages Claimed Collision in Street

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 2

In the District Court on Wednesday, before Judge- Coyle, Edward Patrick Kirwan claimed £30 from Edward John Priestley, for damages alleged to have…

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Gun Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 November 1929 · page 1

Recently, Frank Nugent, who has been working about the Rutherglen district for some time, met with a gun accident near the Howlong bridge…

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Attacked by Cow Junee Man Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 4

Mr. J. J. Smith, butcher of Harold-street, Junee, was yarding a five-year-old cow to slaughter when the animal charged him and…

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Fatal Car Accident. Woman Killed Near Yass. SYDNEY. Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 2

When a motor car capsized near Yass, yesterday, Mrs. H. Johnson, of Five Dock, was killed, and her husband, and their intended son-in-law…

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Accident Reports

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 December 1929 · page 4

Remember that when an accident happens it is the duty of every driver in any way implicated in a mishap to half and, if requested, to supply…

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Five Children Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 14

Children were victims in three drowning tragedies which occurred at Gosford, Corrimal and Brookvale. In the case at Brookvale Irene King, aged…

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Fisherman and Boy Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 37

Swept off the rocks at La Perouse, a fisherman was drowned and two others, after a strenuous battle with the heavy seas, regained shore. The…

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Six People Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 37

Six parsons were injured in a collision between two motor cars near Frankstown (Vic). Their names are:—Herbert Vincent Hunter, aged 37…

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Fatality on Way to Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 12

When a motor car overturned near Kilmore (Vic), Ernest Figgis, aged 53 years, a mining export, was killed, and others injured. The injured were…

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Wife Killed; Husband Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 9

Mrs. Johnson, of Five Dock, Sydney, was killed, and her husband was injured, when a motor car in which they were travelling to Sydney got…

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Detonator Explosion—girl Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 December 1929 · page 16

At Coff's Harbour the 17-year-old daughter of Mr. Arthur Johnson Bonville picked up some rubbish and throw it into the fire. There was a…

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A Booligal Fatality Drowned While Crossing the Weir

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan, on Saturday, held an inquest on the body of Patrick Middleton, at the Booligal Courthouse. The evidence…

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Grazier Sued Motor Collision Sequel

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 2

A claim for £499 damages against James Powell Flight, grazier, of Rang[?]more, was heard before Judge Wolnarski in the Melbourne county court [?]…

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Telegrams Miners and Police Clash at Rothbury. Police Fire on Miners. One Fatality Reported. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 2

Shortly after daybreak this morning a big body of miners raced into Rothbury colliery. The police used their batons…

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The Rothbury Mine A Serious Disturbance Police and Miners in Conflict. One Wan Killed; Over Fifty injured. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 2

One man was killed, and about 50 injured, as the result of a series of clashes between the miners and the police outside the Rathbury mine…

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Accident to Mr. S. P. Collings

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 December 1929 · page 2

On Monday last Mr. Collings and two assistants went to Albury to remove some machinery which be required. While working on a ladder…

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Fatal Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 34

Five persons were killed and 20 were injured at Enfield, a London suburb when a single-decker motor bus, swerving to avoid a cyclist…

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Children Drowned at Chiltern

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 32

The bodies of Colin Ross, 4, and Walter Ross, 3, sons of Mr. A. Ross, of Chiltern (Vic.), were found in a wator-hole. The children had been…

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Aeroplane Falls Into Sea Pilot and Passenger Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 27

A message from Auckland (N.Z.) states that Captain Donald E. Harkness was flying over the Rangitoto Channel in a Dornier Libelle…

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Fearful Burning Fatality. Four Children Lose Lives. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 December 1929 · page 1

Four children, the eldest 7, were burned to death when a tent was destroyed by fire, near Tumbarumba, last night. The mother was absent at…

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