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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

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Flood at Murrumburrah Torrential Rain. Two Towns Flooded and Many Stock Drowned. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

Thousands of pounds worth of damage was done by a torrential downpour of rain at Murrumburrah, yesterday. Three inches of rain fell…

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A Man Fatally Injured. Through Falling Down an Old Shaft. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 1

Gus Fleming (60), while walking with a friend near a disused shaft of a colliery, at Glebe, near Newcastle, disappeared down an old shaft. He…

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Strange Motor Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 14

Mr. William Daish, master butcher, of Shepparton (Vic.), was motoring along the Shepparton-Mooroopna high road, when in response to a request he…

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Fatal Boxing Accident. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

While engaged in a boxing bout with a friend at Cranbrook, near Penrith, a sixteen-year-old Barnardo boy George Henderson, was fatally…

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Man's Terrible Death a Yallourn Accident. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 2

While working in the boiler house at the Yallourn power station, Ernest Heard (30), slipped into a coal shute and fell into the coal dryer, where his…

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Peculiar Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 3

William Murray, aged seven years was the Victim of a peculiar accident on Saturday afternoon, as a result of which he is now an inmate of the…

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Wagga Accidents Child Struck by Car

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1930 · page 3

Frank Ritzau, aged eight and a hall years, was knocked down in Bayllss-street on Saturday by a motor car. He was crossing the street and…

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Bather's Peculiar Fatality. Head Wedged Between Stones. BATHURST

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 2

Alter diving into the Fish, River, James Smith (24), a miner, disappeared, and all efforts by his mates to locate his body failed. The police…

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Latest Telegrams. the Newtown Stabbing Fatality. Reward Offered for Murderer. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 3

The Cabinet, to-day, decided to offer a reward of £250 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of the Italian. Domenco…

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The Death of Norman Brown. Verdict of Accidental Death. Some Plain Speaking by the Coroner. West Maitland

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1930 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr. Reed), at the inquest into the death of Norman Brown, the victim of the…

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Latest Telegrams. Serious Tram Collision Twenty-Five Passengers Injured. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 2

Over 25 people were injured, six of them, being taken to hospital, as the result of a collision between two trams, at Marrickville, to-night. One…

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Young Girl Drowned. In Temora Waterhole. SYDNEY. Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1930 · page 3

Robina Mary Tucker (15), was drowned while bathing in a water hole 20 miles from Temora. Her brother had previously warned her not to go…

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Spectacular Fire at Newcastle. An Oil Tanker Ablaze. Several Members of the Crew Injured. NEWCASTLE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 2

A sensational fire occurred on the oil tanker, British Honor, in the harbour, this morning, and before it was extinguished the upper part of the vessel…

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Shocking Accident Youth Loses Hand. Mr. Colin McLACHLAN the Victim

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 February 1930 · page 3

Friends of Mr. Colin McLachian, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. McLachian, will be sorry to hear that was a result of an accident…

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Double Fatality in a Dam. Hunchback's Plucky Effort at Rescue

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

Alfred Hanlon (15), got into difficulties while swimming in a dam, to-day, and Joseph Dyer, an elderly hunchback, went to his assistance. The…

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Explosion at Quarry. Three Men Injured. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

A premature explosion at the Southern Blue Metal Quarries, Berrima, dislodged a ton of rock and injured three Serbs, two seriously…

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Latest Telegrams. Motor Car Fatality. Airman Killed While Trying to Avoid Sheep

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

Swerving to avoid a flock of sheey which were crossing the road, a motor car driven by Aircraftsman Hare Williams (33), a member of the Royal…

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Children Shockingly Injured Dragged on Barb-Wire Fence. WANGARATTA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 2

As the result of an accident, this morning, Bruce Diffy, aged 11 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Diffy, of Boralma, died in Lister Hospital…

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Shocking Accident at Wagga Man's Face Cleaved Operation Performed Immediately

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 February 1930 · page 4

Charles Sandora, [?]laughtorman, of Wigga had to put a bull in a pen, at the yards of O. King, butcher, when the animal made for the…

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Drowning Fatality at Swan Hill. Mother and Daughter the Victims

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 4 March 1930 · page 3

Mrs. Irene Elizabeth Bennett (33), and her daughter, Irene (13), were drowned in the river at Swan Hill, Vic. It appears that the former's…

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