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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Two Brothers Killed Motor Cycle Fatality Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 1

Two brothers, Cyril and Th[?]re Eyre, aged 27 and 20., respectively. w[?] killed instantly at Burns' Bay Road Lane Cove, this morning, when…

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Fatal Airplane Accident. Passenger Killed at Bourke. SYDNEY. Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 3

When a Moth plane nose-dived a mile from Bourke, yesterday, a passenger, Harry McKinnon, an Englishman, living at Toralle Station, was…

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Accident at Wodonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 4

As, the result of an accident on the Wodonga-Albury road, Mr. John G. Boyes a inndowner in the Leneva district, who resides in Albury, is…

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Road Accident Police Court Sequel

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 July 1930 · page 2

An echo of the recent collision on the Deniliquin-road was heard in the Jerilderie Police Court before Mr. Cohen (relieving PM) on Thursday…

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Tragic Festival Forty Merrymakers Drowned Cobenz. July 23

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 2

A tragic disaster, involving the loss of 40 lives, has clouded the celebrations attendant upon the withdrawal of French troops from the Rhineland and…

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Hook Feared Drowned Recent Floods May Have Washed Him Away Search Continues Rangoon

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 3

A further careful search has been made far Mr. Eric Hook, who was left by his flying companion, Mr. J. Matthews, near the Bali River, but…

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Latest Particulars. Official Report of Casualties. Dead 1778; Injured, 4265. Over 5000 Housse Destroyed or Damaged. ROME

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 2

The official list of earthquake casualties is as follows: 1778 dead, 4265 injured. Three thousand one hundred and thirty-eight houses were…

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Motor Accident Case at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 5

Robert William Wormall, of Sydney, formerly a taxi-driver in Wagga, sued Frank Egan, of Wagga, to recover £400 damages in the Wagga District…

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Tumbarumba Accident Claim for £400 Fails

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 July 1930 · page 7

At the Wagga District Court, before Judge Coyle, James O'Brien, tram, driver, of Tumbarumba, brought an action against Hardys Limited…

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A Peculiar Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 26 July 1930 · page 3

What might have easily been a serious accident befel Mrs Carvill, of Ouyen, on Friday last. She was coming into town by car with Mr. C. Carrolan…

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Collision with Horse Mulwala Residents Lucky to Escape Injury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 4

When Mr. Dave, Cuthbert and a party of friends were returning by car from a concert at M[?] Gwynne hall, they had the…

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Footballers Injured by Hit and Bun Motorist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 August 1930 · page 12

A number of footballers , were injured on Sunday whilst returning from Cootamundra to Bethungra. The footballers were sitting, on a motor lorry…

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Workman Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 2

William Adnie of Warragul, an employee of the Victorian Electricity Commission, suffered severe shock about 4 o’clock on Friday afternoon when…

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Fatal Motor Collision. Young Child Killed. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 3

An eighteen mouths' old child, Donald Swain, was killed this afternoon, when a collision occurred at Gladesville, between a car in which…

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Car Falls Into Creek. a Woman Drowned. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 3

Mrs. James Gavin, of Toowoomba, was drowned when a car, also containing other persons, fell into Saltwater Creek…

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Fearful Accident on Line. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 August 1930 · page 3

With his feet caught in the points, William Bick (59), was run down by a train at Scarborough, yesterday. Both legs were so badly crushed that…

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Two Priests Killed Shocking Motor Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 1

At the result of a motor accident, which occurred at six o'clock on Tuesday evening about seven miles from Benalla on the…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Two Priests Killed. MELBOURNE, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 1

Two priests, Rev. Father Tehan, of Beechworth, and Rev. Father O'Sullivan, of Yarrawonga, were killed instantly, last night, when a…

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Painful Accident. Man's Hand Crushed in Wheel. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

For four hours' yesterday Thomas Nolan, of Bondi, suffered intense agony while engineers drilled through a section of a type-casting machine…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Strathfield Doctor Killed. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 August 1930 · page 3

Dr. John Darton (33), of Strathfield, was fatally injured when a motor car, driven by Mrs. Dorothy Witlocke, overturned, at Baulkham Hills…

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