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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

271 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 14

Fatal Motor Collision. Man Killed at Preston. MELBOURNE, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

Harold Collins (35), was killed and two others were injured last night, when two motor trucks collided at Preston. Both the injured are in a…

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Peculiar Accident. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

When Walter Williams (32), caretaker of a building in Spring Street, attempted to eject a foreign hawker who was on the premises without…

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Motor Car Accident Truck Backs Into Shop Window

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 May 1929 · page 2

An accident of rather a peculiar kind took place on Friday night about 9 o'clock, in Lachlan Street. It was raining at the time and there were…

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A Son's Bravery Saves His Aged Father from Drowning. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2

When a boat capsized near Bermague River, a man aged 70 was rescued from drowning by his son, who swam with him 150 yards to…

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Fearful Happenings at a Hospital the Result of a Gas Explosion. One Hundred Patients Meet a Terrible Death. Over a Hundred Injured. CLEVELAND (Ohio)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2

Three successive gas explosions have wrecked the Cleveland Clinic Hospital, killed 95 defenceless inmates and injured over a hundred…

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Fatal Airplane Accidents Three Deaths in Two Flights. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 May 1929 · page 2

Flight-Lieut. Schofield, one of the first pilots of england and the chief test pilot for Vickers, was killed to-day at Weybridge when testing a…

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Fatal Accident at Vacation Camp. Melbourne, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 2

Austin Woods (15), while attending a vacation camp at Rosebud (V.) fell over the cliffs on to the rocks below, a distance of 30 feet. He was…

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Fatal Shooting Accident in New Zealand. Auckland

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 May 1929 · page 2

Charles Moseley was out with a party near Auckland (N.Z.), when a companion took him for a wild pig in the dense undergrowth, and fired…

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"The Hit and Run" Motorist. Man Badly Injured in City. SYDNEY, Tuesday. Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 May 1929 · page 2

John McNamara ((49), was knocked down by a car in Liverpool Street, City, late last night, and badly injured. The car had been driven off, but…

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Man Drowned Motor-car in Waterhole Drop of Twenty Feet

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 5

Ernest Sutherland, railway employee, who worked at Spencer- street, was drowned at 2 o'clock last Thursday morning. when a…

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Fatal Fall From Scaffolding. Result of an Accidental Push. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 1

John Perryman (36), was killed, and Rex Stevens (23), was seriously injured, when they fell 40 feet from the scaffolding on which they were…

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Motor Cycle Accident Driver Before, Rutherglen Police Court Defendant Fined

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 May 1929 · page 4

Fred, Peadthre was charged at the Rutherglen' Police Court on Wednesday last, before Mr. Williams, P.M., with having on March…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 2

Joseph Thomas was killed by the Kempsey passenger train, his body being cut in two. It is supposed that he fell out of the carriage of the…

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Pig Shooting Fatality. Man Throws Gun at the Animal MOREE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 3

While pig shooting yesterday Jeffrey William Neich was accidentally shot in the head at Boonilldoon. Neich sighted a sucking pig close at hand and made…

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Motor Cars Collide. Three Persons Seriously Injured. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 2

Three persons were seriously injured when a touring car and a sedan collided at Fitzroy, near Melbourne, the latter crashing into an electric…

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Infant Dies From Burns Verdict of Accidental Death

The Independent · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 4

On Thursday last an inquest—was held by the coroner (Mr. M. Wyse) into the circumstances connected with the death of liance Charleston, aged…

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Carrier Killed in Road Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 June 1929 · page 3

Edward Ramsden, motor[?] proprietor and carrier, of Walgett, was taking a load of corn arid other goods along the Brewan-road, when a back…

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Collision on Albury Road Motor, Cyclist in Hospital

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 2

At about 6 o'clock on Tuesday morning last, a col[?]on occurred between a carf, owned by Mr. G. Phipps, butcher, of Corowa,…

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Prince Henry Meets with an Accident. Vancouver

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 June 1929 · page 3

Physicians attending Prince Henry, who slipped from his mount while playing Polo at Vancouver, and fractured his collar bone, stated that he…

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Electric Train Partly Derailed. Five Persons Injured. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 June 1929 · page 3

Five people were injured when two cars of an empty electric train became derailed at Elsternwick station this morning, and dragged down the…

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