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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Motor Accident Balranald Residents Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

When Messrs. R. H. Malcolm and J. F. Linnett were motoring from Moulamein to Balranald on Thursday evening last week, the steering gear of…

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Men Injured at Balranald

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 15

After having attended a sitting of the Land Board at Moulamcin, Mr. R. H. Malcolm, auctioneer and land agent, of Balranald, and Mr. James F…

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Two Men Injured When Motor Runs Into Culvert

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 1

A motor transport driven by L. Dowd on Sunday night crashed into a culvert near Tullarook, owing to the ele[?]ring near falling…

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Thrown From Sulky Mr. J. McMAHON Has Arm Broken Accident at Collendina

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 4

Mr. J. McMahon, of Edward Street, Corowa, was the victim of a nasty accident on Tuesday last. He was endeavouring to catch two…

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A Painful Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 5 December 1931 · page 1

Our Darlington Point correspondent writes that during last week's fire on Gum Creek and Kooba, Mr. W. Knobel and party from Karwar had a narrow…

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Tumbarumba and Gundagai Youths Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 15

On Friday Leslie Albert Cheetham, 10, of Gundagai, who attempted to swim Adelong Creek, sank in 10 feet of water. The body was recovered one…

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Fatality Near Wodonga Youth Found on Road Dies in Aldury Hospital

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

About 4 a.m. on Wednesday a party of Albury motorists, who were returning from Melbourne, found Arthur M'Innes Easton, aged 18 years, lying…

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Dutch Air Tragedy Five Persons Killed Colonel Brismead Injured Singapore, December 7

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

Colonel H. C. Brinsmead, Commonwealth Controller of Civil Aviation, was seriously injured when a Dutch airmail aeroplane overturned on…

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River Fatality Near Hay Two Little Boys Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 2

This morning, two little boys named West, five and seven years of age, were drowned in the river at a spot about six miles downstream, from…

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Young Mother Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 16

While her husband was playing cricket in the town, Mrs. Richard Fitzsimmons, 21, of Limestone, was drowned in the Cudgegong River, near…

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Mother and Child Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 16

Mrs. Grace Bowen, aged 34, and her daughter, Grace, aged 14, were drowned in the Yarra at Toorak (Vic). Mrs. Bowen lost her life when she leapt into…

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A Tasmanian Fatality. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 3

Geo. Hyatt (24), of Hobart, told his brother, recently, that if he met with an accident in the bush, and found the pain unbearable, he would end it by…

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Inquest Into Wondonga Road Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 45

At the Albury Court on Wednesday, an inquest was held into the death of Arthur Arthur McGuinness Easton, aged 13 years, who was discovered on the main…

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Collision at Mulwaia Between Motor-car and Motorcycle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 3

A collision between a motor-car driven by Mr. W. Lawford, of Mulwala, and motor-cycle, occurred last Saturday [?]ear the…

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Missing Four Months Drowned Woman's Body Recovered. Inquest at Carrathool

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 2

It will be remembered that, in August last, a river fisherman named Backshell, his son, and a woman known as Mrs. Backshell, set out in…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Sydney, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 1

Thomas Arcott (60), caretaker at Fairfield School of Arts, was killed instantly when he was struck by a train at the local railway crossing…

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Two Boys Drowned the Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1931 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. N. L. C. Sheridan, yesterday morning, conducted an inquest on the deaths of Arthur Chas. West and Harold Norman West…

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Motor Accident Mr. W. Pollard Killed

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 24 December 1931 · page 2

A message was received by Mrs. E. B. Cable this morning stating that her brother, Mr. William Pollard, had been killed near Kyneton. No particulars…

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Two Men Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 12

Frederick Charles Jack, aged 42 years, and George Ernest Painter, aged 63 years, both of Inverall, were drowned in the Macintyre River on Saturday…

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Girl Killed Near Wagga Motoring Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1931 · page 37

A motor car overturned at Willow Creek, near Rowan, eight miles from Wagga, about 5 o'clock on Sunday afternoon. Killed: Thelma Nesbitt,…

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