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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Wagga Man Killed Motor Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 5

About 10.45 o'clock on Wednesday night a motor car driven by Mr. Norman Edney, employed at the Wagga Municipal Council Chambers, and who…

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Jumping Accident at Walbundrie Show Horse and Rider Fall

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 October 1930 · page 2

Just as the show at Walbundrie on Wednesday was being brought to a close, an accident, which tended to mar the success of the…

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Double Fatality at Moulamein Young Man and Woman Struck by a Train

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 2

According to a message received at the Railways offices in Melbourne on Sunday (says the "Argus"), a young man and a woman were struck and…

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Railway Accident at Cairns. Train Derailed. CAIRNS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 3

Twelve trucks, containing cattle, sugar, corn, and timber, were derailed and the contents scattered on both sides of the, line, when a train from…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 October 1930 · page 2

On his way home to lunch on Thursday last, a youth named William Bailey, of Wahgunyah, had the misfortune to meet with a serious…

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Motor Fatality Near Newcastle

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 7

One person was killed and two others_ injured when a car skidded and overturned near Wyee. The victims, were:—Christopher Martinson, aged…

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Colac Draper Found Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 33

On Monday evening the body of Mr. H. A. Frick, draper, who has been missing since September 16, was found on the bank of Colae Lake (Vic), a…

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Holiday Disaster Three Killed, 40 Injured Buses Collide in Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 9

The worst holiday disaster in Sydney for many years occurred at Rockdale on Monday night, when two buses heavily laden with homeward-bound…

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Accident at Sandy Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 October 1930 · page 3

An unfortunate accident befell Mr. Jack Benzio, of Sandy Crook, last Monday. Whilst cutting wood the axe mishit and inflicted a painful wound on…

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Painful Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 October 1930 · page 2

Leonard Rogers, a son of Mr. L. Rogers of the Napier Cafe, was a victim of a painful accident on Saturday, whilst playing cricket. One of…

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Fearful Burning Fatality. An Aged Woman's Death. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 1

Hearing agonising cries of "Edie! Edie!" Mrs. Osborne, at Penrith, was awakened, yesterday morning, and rushing to a bedroom found her agedadmission to hospital…

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Shooting Tragedy at Camberwell. Husband Dead, Wife Injured. MELBOURNE, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 October 1930 · page 2

James Alexander McIntosh, 49, a milk carter, who shot dead, and his wife, Gertrude May Alexander McIntosh, 48, received a bullet wound in…

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Mulwala Two Schoolboys Meet with Accidents School Picnic Postponed Personal and General Items

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 21 October 1930 · page 3

Friends are congratulating Mr. and Mrs. W. McMillan on the arrival of a son. Miss Angela has gone to Albury…

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Double Drowning Fatality Near Cunnamulla CUNNAMULLA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 1

In a vain effort to save Daisy Murphy (33). an assistant teacher, who was seized by cramp while swimming in the Warrego River yesterday…

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Escape From Drowning Rescued by Passing Motorist

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 34

W. Sealey, aged 35 years, of Carlton, had a narrow escape from drowning in the Goulburn River, at Shepparton (Vic) on Sunday afternoon. In…

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Car Collision Car Driver's Appeal Dismissed by Judge

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 8

On May 17, 1930, a collision occurred between a motor car driven by William Tribolet, of Hume Weir, and a motor cycle, driven by Alfred…

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Bravery Rewarded Rescued Two Youths From Drowning Presented with Certificate of Merit

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 1

A very happy and representative social evening was held in the Howlong School of Arts on Tuesday last, under the…

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Appalling Mine Disaster 24 KILLED; 60 INJURED Aix-la-Chapelle, October 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 47

Twenty-two miners were killed and thirty injured, while several hundreds are still entombed, as the result of an appalling explosion in a coal mine near…

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Two Motor Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 October 1930 · page 11

Two cars collided at St. Peters. Mrs. Gladys Lennon, 28 years, of Campsie, and her two-year-old son Max, were thrown through the wind screen. The…

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Rifle Accident at Piangil Mr. Keith McNABB DIES

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 25 October 1930 · page 4

Mr. Keith McNabb, garage proprietor of Piangil, the victim of a pea-rifle accident recently, died on the 8th inst., in the Swan Hill Hospital. Deceased…

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