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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Cricketer Injured Knee-cap Fractured

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 16

Mr. Will Probert, the popular young Deniliquin Sporrsman, met with an unfortunate mishap on Sunday last which it has been feared, will have an effect…

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Electrocrted Power House Fatality Attendant Falls on Motor

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 32

Just about wood on Thursday William Edward Robinson, an attendant at the Deniliquin electric power house, was electrocuted when he slipped and fell…

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Finding of Accidental Death

The Independent · Thursday 1 January 1931 · page 3

A finding of accidental death was Returned by the Coroner at the inquiry held on Monday last at Finley, into the death of Miss Stubbs, who received…

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Drowned in Albert Park. Young Boy's Death. MELBOURNE, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 3

Leaving the water at Albert Park, yesterday, with a dead boy in his arms, an unknown man walked up to a lifesaver and said, "Here, fix him…

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Holiday Fatalities Many Accidents in Country Tallangatta Settler Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 5

MANY accidents, some fatal, occurred in the country over the Christmas holidays. At Tallangatta (Vic.), a soldier…

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Motor Car Overturns Accident Near Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 4

As the result of an accident which occurred on the Mangoplah road yesterday, 1.6 miles from Wagga, Mrs. William Morgan, of Narandera, was…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 8

Frederick William Eberle, aged 36 years, who was found lying on the road seven and a half miles from Albury, in an unconscious condition at…

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To Prevent Railway Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 January 1931 · page 11

During the last few days some of the chiefs of the British railways have visited a laboratory in the West End of London to inspect one of the…

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Two Children Drowned. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

Two children, Reginald' Dimmock, 9, and Clara Schofield 5, were drowned while swimming in the Hunter River at Maitland, yesterday…

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Boy Drowned in Creek at Wagga a Sister Rescue

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 5

Herbt Desmond Lavis, 8 years, oldest son of Mr. W. D. Lavis, a farmer of Yerong Creek, 30 miles from Wagga, was drowned while…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Near Nowra. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 3

When a motor car overturned on the Prince's Highway, near Nowra, yesterday, Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Mildren were killed and their son, aged…

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Accidents Motor CYCLlST Dies From Injuries

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1931 · page 1

Frederick William Eberic, 36 years, was piked up in an unconscious con[?]ion on the Thurgoona road, seven miles from Albury, on Thursday…

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Double Bathing Fatality. Woman and Brother Drowned. MELBOURNE, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 2

When Mrs. Dorothy Elliott got into difficulties while bathing in the Thomson river, near Walhalla, Vic, her brother, James Murray (21), went…

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Boy Drowned Tragedy at Yerong Greek Injured Child's Presence Op Mind

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 11

A boy, aged five years, and handicapped by a broken arm, displayed wonderful presence of mind on Sunday when his sister and brother sank in a…

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Collision at Mornington

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 7

In a collision between a motor-truck and a motor-car at the inter-section of Point Nepean and Tyabb roads, Mornington, four members of a…

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Three Men Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 26

Three men were drowned when a fishing launch sank during a storm which, swept Tuncurry. The gale lashed the water into huge waves…

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Disfigured for Life Girl Terribly Injured by Vitriol

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 34

Disfigured terribly for life, a young woman whose head was swathed in bandages, and who was accompanied by a nurse, was present at the Old…

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Aeroplane in Flames. Occupants Injured. Spectacular Crash at Griffith. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 January 1931 · page 3

Although their Gipsy Moth aeroplane crashed, burst into flames, and was destroyed at Griffith to-day Mr Walter Lyell, the pilot, and a pupil…

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Sad Drowning Case at Wahqunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

William Dennison Pearce, 14 years of age, son of Mr. William Pearce, vigneron of "Crumplehorn," Wahgunyah, was drowned…

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Riot in Adelaide Follows Unemployed March. Attack on Police. Bars and Sticks Used. Thirteen Persons Injured. Adelaide

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 January 1931 · page 2

Rioting in which 13 persons, including eight police officers were injured, occurred near the Treasury Buildings at noon, to-day. The rioting…

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