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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

431 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 22

Young Man Injured at Albury When Motor Car and Cycle Collide

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 3

The collision of a motor cycle and motor car near Albury on Sunday resulted in shocking injuries to Edmond Hartag, aged 23…

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Hillston Motor Fatality Two Old Residents Killed. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Blondino. HILLSTON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

A motor accident, by which two old and much respected residents, lost their lives took place on Saturday night…

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Sensational Motor Car Accident. Runaway Car Falls Over Cliff on to Children. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 May 1930 · page 2

When a motor car, which was parked near Sublime Point, ran down an incline and crashed over the cliff into the valley 500 feet below, at…

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Double Fatality at Hillston

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 35

Who driving home from Hillston on Saturday afternoon, Mr. Peter Blondino and his wife, very old residents, met with an accident. It appears that…

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Boxing Fatality Boy Settles a Difference

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 5

To settle a dispute, George Fitzmaurice, 17 of Windsor, and Alfred Stumbles, another boy, agreed to fightt it out with boxing gloves…

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Motor Car Strikes Tree Two Men Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 1

When Mr. Joseph Lewis, of Moyhu, and Mr. W. Dinning, of Hansonville, were motoring from Wangaratta, their car struck a…

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Air Accidents Authorities Investigating

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 11

The Air Force Board of Inquiry and the Air Accidents Investigation Committee are both seeking the cause of the accident at Point Cook (Vic.)…

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Peculiar Circus Accident. Section of Seats Collapse. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 3

During a performance of Wirth's Circus, at Maitland, a section of the seating collapsed. About 700 people were thrown in a struggling heap…

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Victorian Grazier's Death. Apparent Accident. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 2

The body of Archbale McInnes (47) grazier, was found yesterday in a dam near Geelong. The charred remains of a motor car were in the roadway…

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Fractured Leg A, R. Bailey’s Death Injuries Accidentally-Received

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 May 1930 · page 2

Although Dr. Hosking expressed the definite opinion that the injuries to his leg which were responsible for the death of Alfred Robert Bailey were…

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Fatal Motor Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 3

One man was killed and three others injured in a collision at 8.30 p.m., on Saturday between a motor car and a carrier's motor van in Sydney Road…

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A Co[?]en Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 2

The deputy coroner's inquiry into the death of Mr. C. Strong, who was killed in a motoring accident, was held last week. The evidence…

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Railway Employee Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 2

Norman Brown, engine cleaner was at work, at Culcairn, on Friday underneath an engine, when it moved ran over one of his feet and severely…

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Railway Workers Injured Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 3

Ten men were proceeding homewards on railway truck, when the truck, together with a hut which had been erected on it was hurled into…

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Fire at Tom Ugly's Point. Firemen Injured. SYDNEY. Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 2

Station-officer Fraser, and three firemen, Rutherford, Roch, and Crooney, were badly burned in attempting to subdue a fire which…

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Fall From Scaffolding Fell 12 Feet on to Concrete Floor Verdict of Accidental Death

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 3

Eric Dunt, who was admitted to the Wagga District Hospital on Friday with a fractured skull, the result of falling from a 12ft…

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Eve Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 2

Mr. J. S. Smith, of Mi Fortuna. [?] with serious injury to an eye [?] week. When cutting wood a chip [?] up and struck him near the eye…

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Accident Buggy Collides with Tree Aged Man Receives Severe Injuries

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 1

Mr. Albert Thomas, aged 63 years, who has been employed by Mr. G. Fenton, of Oaklands, for the last two years, met with a…

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Accidents at Junee Boy's Fingers Blown Off Man Has Ten Stitches in Face Wound

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 4

Two shocking accidents occurred at Junee during last week-end, one resulting in a young boy named Norman Duck being…

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Fatal Collision at Sea. Swedish Steamer Sunk. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 3

The Swedish steamer Inger was sunk, and 15 of the crew were drowned in consequence of a collision in a fog off Beachy Head, with the Italian…

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