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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Golf Instructor Injured While Teaching Pupil

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 3

While he was showing a pupil the correct method of holding a golf club, at Junee, Mr. F. Hughes was struck on the mouth with the club…

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Accidentally Stabbed

The Independent · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 2

Mr. Alex Clark, skin buyer, of Deniliquin, met with a painful accident on Saturday last. He was removing the hide from the carcase of a horse…

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Chapter of Accidents Jockey Inkson's Misfortune His Share of Thrills

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 June 1929 · page 6

R. lnkson, the jockey who was on Nyangay when he fall and broke his neck in the Wanda Steeplechase at Caulfield on…

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Motor Car Accident. Miss Peggy Mills Killed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 4 July 1929 · page 5

Miss Peggy Mills, aged 25 years, of Heyington Place, Toorak, Melbourne, was killed at Robertson on Thursday, when the motor car in…

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Jockey Injured. Sydney, Thrusday

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 2

H. G. Russell, an apprenticed lockey, was injured at Randwick this morning, when his mount, Bonoroon, fell on the course proper. On…

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Motor Accident Two Racehorses on Board

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 July 1929 · page 5

While returning from Wodonga to Yarr[?]wonga, with two racehorses be longing to Mr. F. Duncan on board, Mr. G. James met with an accident…

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Motor Accident Car Overturns : Two Men Injured. Both Admitted to Albury Hospital

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 2

As a result of a motor accident on the Howlong road three miles from Albury, during last week, Mr. Horace Weeding, of Brockies…

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Man Injured Truck and Gig Collide

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 2

On Saturday night, a motor truck driven by Mr. Grant Whittakers, of Cornalla Station collided with a horse in a gig driven by Mr. Barney Kieran…

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Driving Accident Elderly Man [?]

The Independent · Tuesday 9 July 1929 · page 1

Following on a collison between a motor truck and a horse and gig on the Tocumwal road on Saturday evening, the driver of the gig, an elderly…

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Accident in Beechworth Factory. Melbourne, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 1

Two men, William Clarke and Albert Williams, received serious injuries when a large chemical drum exploded at a coachbuilding factory…

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Broken Limbs Chapter of Accidents Albury Residents Suffer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 July 1929 · page 4

George Gordon Cox, a well-known bookmaker of Albury, tripped over a stone in the roadway, and fractured his ankle…

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A Bunnerong Fatality. Sydney, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 3

William Dawson (30), electrical fitter, received a severe shock while working at Bunnerong powerhouse, to-day, and was hurled from the…

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Aeroplane Fatality at Adelaide. Adelaide

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 2

Leslie Napier Birks, aged 24, was killed when a Moth aeroplane crashed at Parafleid aerodrome, Adelaide, yesterday afternoon. The machine…

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Motor Fatality in Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 2

When a motor car overturned and burst into flames, on the Melbourne-Ballarat Road, Allan McLean (30), was killed outright and Josep[?]…

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Fatal Motor Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 July 1929 · page 2

When a motor lorry ran backwards down a 12 feet ramp, during excavation in a city building, this morning, it ran down Thomas O'Connor (45)…

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Accident Well-known Oaklands Foot-baller Injured Plough Passed Over Leg

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 4

M. McKellar, one of the loading footballers in the Oaklands team, who is in the employ of Mr J. Nixon, met with a painful…

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Shocking Accident Farmer's Son Killed Loaded Waggon Passes Over Body

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 3

Archibald Exton, aged 17 years met his death in tragic circumstance on his father's farm at Yuluma during the week…

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Man Burned Accident at Corowa Vineyard

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 July 1929 · page 2

Mr. Jim Yates Was the victim of an accident while working a tractor at the "Corona" Vineyard on Wednesday last…

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Bus Fatality. London

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

Three women were killed and thirty seriously injured at White Bay when a bus descending a steep hill became uncontrollable and [?]not through a…

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Sensational 'Bus Accident. Three Killed; Thirty Injured. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 July 1929 · page 2

Three women were killed and 30 seriously injured at Whitby, when a 'bus descending a steep hill became uncontrollable and shot through a…

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