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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

325 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 17

Head-on Collision at Benalla

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 33

A head on collision occurred near Bnddaginnie (Vic.) between motor ears driven by Mr. G. Bruce, of Wodonga, and by Mr. Harold Board, of Violet…

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Wangaratta Fatality Car Skids and Overturns

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 14

When a car overturned between Wangaratta and the Glenrowan (Vic.) railway crossing about 12 o'clock on Sunday a man was killed and two…

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Man Falls Through Culvert And is Seriously Injured. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 2

Thomas Murphy (50), described as a tramp, fell through the culvert on the railway line near Broadmeadows locomotive depot yesterday afternoon,…

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West Australian Incident. Station Overseer Injured. PERTH

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 October 1931 · page 3

Robert Graham (35), overseer on Liveringa Station, 80 miles from Derby, was found on Saturday with wounds in his left arm and lung. It…

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Drowned in River Near Hat

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

Early in July last, the body of Daniel Smith, otherwise known as Reilly, aged 71, of Hay, was found floating in the Murrumbidgee River…

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Young Man Terribly Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 37

A shocking accident occurred fit Chas. Anderson's butchery, at Harden, as a result of which Mr. Jack Williams, 38, of Albury, employed by…

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Victims of Motor Accidents Truck Out of Control

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 October 1931 · page 4

In leaping front a motor truck and trailer, which got out of control when descending a steep hill on the Melbourne-Ballarat road four miles…

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Excitement at Mulwala Car and Gig in Collision More Serious Accident Narrowly Averted

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 4

Some excitement was caused in Mulwala (Writes our correspondent) when a collision occurred on the Yarrawongs- Mulwala road, between a…

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Injured Bushworker Dog Goes for Help

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 October 1931 · page 4

Arthur Davis, an employee-of Mr. B. M. Wade, Bedwell Downs, Severn River, near Inverell, probably owes his life to the sagacity-of his sheep dog. He was…

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Another Unfortunate Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 October 1931 · page 4

NAPUS (welcoming an old friend back): “But you shouldn’t ha[?] robbed o poor crippled beggar ’Erbert.” [?] “But I didn’t know he was crippled. I thought ’e was blind.”…

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Two Men Killed Motor Fatality Near Wangaratta

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

Mr. John McNamara and Mr. Richard Killeen, two of the principals in the well known firm of John McNamara & Co Pty, Ltd, stock salesmen, were…

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Accident Near Temora

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 47

Thrown heavily against a tree from the horse he was riding home at Springdale, H. Crisp lay helpless for three hours on the road, part of the…

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Accident Near Chiltern

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 45

Whilst returning from Melbourne on a motor cycle at midnight on the 26th inst, Thos. Southon, 22, grocer, of Albury, collided with a motor car at…

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Two Stock Agents Killed Members of a Leading Firm Motor Accident in Victoria. Melbourne, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 October 1931 · page 2

John McNamara, junior, and Richard Killeen, members of a well known firm of stock and station agents, were killed, and three other presons injured…

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Communists at Mildura. Attempt to Hold Meeting Ends in General Melee. Eight Injured Men Admitted to Hospital

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 November 1931 · page 2

A serious disturbance occurred on the New South Wales side of the Mildura bridge on Sunday afternoon, when an attempt was made to hold a…

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Fatal Motor Accident Two Auctioneers Killed Near Wangaratta

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

A motor accident occurred on the Hume Highway, about two and a half miles south of Wangaratta, at half-past 9 o'clock on…

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Fatal Motoring Accident Well-known Stock and Station Agents Killed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1931 · page 3

A motor accident occurred on the Hume Highway, about two and a half miles south of Wangaratta (Vic), at half past nine o'clock on…

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Victim of Collision Dies

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 16

Mr. Murray Gibbs, a music composer, of Manly, who was injured in a collision near Lithgow on Sunday, died in Hospital, at Lithgow late on…

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Man Aged 102 Years Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 3

Mr. Michael O'Connell, aged 102 years, fell at his home in Thomas street, Geelong, West, and was admitted to the hospital with a possible…

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Another St. Kilda-road Fatality Young Woman Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1931 · page 11

Following the serious accident which occurred on St. Kilda-road, opposite the Shrine of Remembrance, in the early morning of October 23; fatally…

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