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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

325 stories in Murray's papers · page 12 of 17

The Chinese Floods Fearful Loss of Life. Three Hundred Thousand Drowned. SHANGHAI

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 2

Official reports from Nanking have estimated the total loss of life along the grand canal at 300,000, as a result of the collapse of dykes in…

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Sensational Racehorse Accident. Horse Drops Dead and Fatally Injures Rider. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 3

Richard Howard, a jockey, was riding a race horse at Carmilla (Q.), when the animal suddenly dropped dead. Howard was thrown to the…

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Scalp Torn Off Struck Sharp Beam in Shearing Shed Accident at "Saffron Estate" Daysdale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 September 1931 · page 3

Mr. Frank Castle, 35 years of age, who is employed by Mr. W. R. McPherson, of "Saffron Estate," Daysdale, was the victim of a…

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Men Injured in Mine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 10

Shocking injuries to the head were suffered by one man and minor injuries by another as a result of an explosion at the Box Flat colliery, near Ipswich…

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Bus Overturns. on Mt. Buffalo Road. Five Passengers Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 3

Five of 18 passengers in a motor bus were injured early on Monday morning, when the bus, which was travelling from the Mount Buffalo…

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Terrific Storm in Sydney Great Damage by Wind. Woman Drowned at Jamberoo Coastal Vessels in Difficulties. Sydney, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 September 1931 · page 2

Sydney and suburbs were visited by a terrific storm during the night, which was responsible for a great deal of damage. Many people had…

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Appalling Accident. Racing Car Plunges Amongst Spectators. ROME

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 September 1931 · page 3

Four were killed and 15 seriously injured in an appalling accident on the Monzia racing track, when a giant Alfa-Romeo racer lept. across…

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Body on Snag Traveller's Point Drowning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 3

After a lapse of over two months, the body of Charles Woodhouse, aged 30, labourer, who was drowned at Traveller's Point on…

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Man and Woman Injured Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 3

Robert Millard (50), had his hand blown off, and Bertha Baker (45), received severe injuries to her arms and back, as the result of an…

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Ammonia Tube Explodes Accident at Albury Show Three Men Affected

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 September 1931 · page 3

On Wednesday morning as a refrigerating plant owned by the Gippsland and Northern. Agency Company was being dismantled in…

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Tea Rifle Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 September 1931 · page 2

A lad named Robert Irvine, aged 12, son of Mrs. E. Irvine, chef employed at the Royal Hotel, Moulamein, was the victim of a pea-rifle accident. He was…

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River Tragedy Man and Son Drowned. Wife Still Missing

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1931 · page 3

The bodies of William Baskwell, aged 36 years, and his son, aged 8 years, were recovered from the Murrumbidgee River on Sunday. Mrs…

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Youth Injured by Oven

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 8

Allen Smith, aged 19 years, narrowly escaped death lit Goulburn when a baker's oven in which ho was working collapsed and he was buried by the…

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ALBURY & DISTRICT Boy Injured at Rand

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 9

While bird nesting, a lad named Robert Godde, aged 15, who lives at Hand, fell thirty feet from a tree, and broke his left arm. He was taken to…

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Carrathool Tragedy Father and Son Drowned Wife Still Missing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 3

The fears of the Carrathool police for the safety of William Baskshell, his wife and young son, aged about eight years, whose home was a camp…

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Air Accidents. Liner Crashes. Six Persons Incinerated

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 September 1931 · page 2

BUCHAREST, Wednesday. -- When a Fokker airliner from Paris crashed in flames at Balachuca, six occupants were incinerated. The "Panama…

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Fearful Accident. Two Petrol Laden Trains Collide. A Continental Catastrophe. BUCHAREST

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 2

Two petrol-loaded trains collided at high speed, near Plosoti. Fifty waggon loads of petrol caught fire. Five railway men were incinerated and…

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Horse Stumbles Accident on Albury, Road Elderly Woman Thrown Heavily to Ground Little Girl Leaps From Sulky

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 September 1931 · page 3

An accident which occurred on Albury road at about 12.40 p.m. on Friday last resulted in an elderly lady being admitted to Corowa…

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Tree Climber Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 4

Reginakl Gordon, a schoolboy, who resides with his parents at Lavington; was the victim of an accident on Wednesday. He had climbed a tree…

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Serious Bleeding Accident. Result of a Fight. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 September 1931 · page 2

George Carter (41), was found lying in a pool of blood in a gutter outside his house at Rozelle, last night, with a jagged wound in the left arm and…

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