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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Gale Off South Africa. Fourteen Fishermen Drowned. CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 August 1930 · page 1

Fishing boats were caught in a heavy gale, off East London, last night. Three were wrecked and fourteen fishermen were drowned. Rescue…

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Railway Accident at CENTRAL Three Carriages Leave the Rails. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 August 1930 · page 2

Three carriages of an electric train left the rails near the Central Station, last night. The permanent way was badly torn up and the under…

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General News a Serious Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 16 August 1930 · page 2

A rather serious accident happened to Mr. Charles Cations at Glen Rye, Booligal, which led to his being brought to the Hay Hospital during the week…

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Fall Under Motor Truck Man Seriously Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 3

Arthur Brooks, aged 44 years, white proceeding to work with a number of other men in the municipal motortruck to Hurdle Flat, was thrown out…

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Motor Car Accident Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 August 1930 · page 3

Charles Millard, 19, and Dulcie Faul aged 20, were shockingly injured when a motor cycle on which they were riding crashed into a motor car at…

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Two Men Thrown From Gig Accident Near Oaklands

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 3

Mr. Harry Ronnfeldt, accompanied by Mr. Jim Jackson, of Urana, was returning home from Oaklands at about midnight on Saturday last,…

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Fatal Burning Accident Death of Boorhaman Resident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 August 1930 · page 5

As the result of a burning accident at his home, Boorhaman on [?] night last, Mr. Michael Byrne died in a private hospital at Wangaratta…

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Eye Knocked Out Shocking Accident Golf Club Strikes Matron in Eye

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 August 1930 · page 1

A shocking accident happened at the Gundagai Hospital. Matron Forbes-Robertson and one of the nursing staff were practising…

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Fatality at Garage Fire. Man's Charred Remains Found. MELBOURNE. Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 August 1930 · page 3

The search of ruins after a fire that destroyed a large garage at Elwood, Vic, resulted in the discovery of the charred body of David Fels (28),…

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Telegrams Collision Sydney Horbor Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 3

A collision occurred at Berry's Bay this morning between the German freighter. Stassfurt, and the trawler Millimumul. Both vessels were…

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Road Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 2

Last week one of the roadsmen employed by Contractor Trickey, named Archer, while travelling on the Norong. road with horses, to Bundalodg,…

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Fatal Accident Noorong Grazier Killed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 September 1930 · page 2

A motor accident which resulted in the death of Mr Charles Martin of “Wyam,” Noorong occurred on Wednesday evening. Mr Martin had been…

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Serious Motor Collision. Side Car Smashed to Pieces. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 2

Albert Groth, 19, and Edna Lewis, 14, were seriously injured yesterday, when their motor cycle and side-car crashed into the rear of a motor car…

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A Schoolteacher Injured. By Shot Gun Pellets. GOULBURN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

Shot at close range from the darkness outside his home, Cecil Chapman, schoolteacher, of Woodhouselee, is now in hospital with shot gun…

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Well-known Grazier Kille. in Motor Accident Melbourne, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

Fatal injuries were sustained by William Joseph Muhlebach. (57), a grazier, of Batesford, last night, when his motor truck capsized, following a…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Two People Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

Joseph Banks (29), single, and an unknown girl companion, were killed when their motor car struck a motor cycle, in Heretaunga, a suburb of…

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Serious Accident Three Fingers Blown Off Corowa Youth's Misfortune

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 5 September 1930 · page 1

Master Cyril Hillas, whose parents reside in Albert street. Corowa, was the victim of a somewhat sensational accident on…

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Aviators Injured Pertth

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 September 1930 · page 2

Two brothers named Clarke sustained severe injuries when a plane made a forced landing near Colona. West Australia, and turned over. The…

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Serious Indian Railway Accident. Forty-Four Lives Lost. CALCUTTA

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 September 1930 · page 3

Four were killed and 54 injured, all Indians, when a mail train for Dacca was wrecked 72 miles from Calcutta, through the removal of the fish plates…

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Fatal Motor Accident Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 September 1930 · page 2

Nine men were injured, one fatally, this morning, when a lorry skidded on Liverpool Road, near Rankstown, and overturned down an embankment. The…

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