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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

325 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 17

Motor Accidents Four People Killed When Car Crashes Into Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 15

About 8 o'clock on Saturday evening four people were killed and a child was critically injured when a car driven by Frederick H. Mustoe, of…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Four People Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 January 1931 · page 1

A shocking motor fatality occurred at Daylesford on Sunday, resulting in the death of four people…

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Finley Motor Smash Verdict of Accidental Death

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1931 · page 1

The adjourned inquiry concerning the death of Maude Isobel Stubbs, which occurred as a result of a motor accident' on the Finicy-Tocumwal road…

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Finley Motor Fatality. the Inquest

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1931 · page 3

The adjourned inquiry concerning the death of Maude Lsobel Stubbs, which occurred as a result of a motor accident on the Finley-Tocumwal…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 16

Donald Malcolm Hart, aged 12 years, was drowned in a dam at his father's farm at Bruce Rock (,W.A.). With his father he was carting water…

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Car Strikes Tree. Man Injured at Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

Mr. C., Bruce Morrison, engineer, of the shire of Wangaratta received injuries in a car accident on Sunday last, for which he is being…

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Wall Falls on Girls One Dead; Three Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 11

One little girl was killed and three were injured when a wall suddenly collapsed at the corner of Australia-street and Parramatta-road…

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Fatality at Geelong Aerodrome. Plane Nosedives 1,000 Feet. Two Persons Killed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 1

Nosediving from a height of 1,000 feet, at Geelong Aerodrome, a Moth plane crashed. The occupants, Eric Morris (passenger), and Jack Pauldin…

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Week-end Accidents Car Dives Into Water

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 January 1931 · page 16

When a car somersaulted from the narrow crossway into the water at National Park, Sydney, Sidney Davies (28 years), of Hurlstone Park…

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Motor Accident James Patrick McDONALD Killed Noel Drake Seriously Injured

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 31 January 1931 · page 3

Word was received in Balranald on Tuesday that Mr. J. P. McDonald, of Kyalite was fatally injured in a motor accident at Nyahwest on the previous…

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Double Drowning Fatality. At Nyngan. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

A double drowning accident occurred in the Bogan River, at Nyngan, yesterday, the victims being Mrs. Florence Murray, and Mrs. Rose…

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Car and Tram Collision

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 2

Thomas Scott, aged 35 years, fruiterer, of Hawthorn road, Caulfield, met with a shocking death on Tuesday, when the car in which he was…

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Child Drowned in Queensland. While Crossing Flooded Gully. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 February 1931 · page 3

Thelma Oliver (4 1/2), while crossing a flooded gully with her mother, at Gin Gin, Queensland, slipped, and was washed away. Her body was…

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Diving Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1931 · page 2

Mr. Jack Bufford sustained injuries to his side on Sunday afternoon while engaged, in bathing, at Belmont Bench. In diving, he struck a snag,…

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Collision in Japanese Harbor Tokio

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

The steamer Porthos, leaving Kobe, collided in a snowstorm with the Kikussi Maru, bound for Shanghai. The latter sank, and 49 passengers are…

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Deaths Total 212 1950 Persons Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

In a cable message to the Secretary of State for the Dominions (Mr. Thomas) the Governor General of New Zealand (Lord…

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A Dredge Founders. Captain Reported Drowned. LAUNCESTON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 2

The dredge Naraus, which, left Eden (N.S.W.) last week in tow of a tug, for Tasmania, foundered. The master is believed to have been drowned, and…

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Fatality at Maroubra. Canvasser Wades to His Death. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 1

During a party on Maroubra beach at 5.30 this morning, Samuel Rosenthal (38), a canvasser, waded partly clothed into the surf. After…

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Gun Accidentally Discharged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 33

While harvesting on the property of Mr. R. W. Chamberlain, at Strathallan near Echuca, Leslie Lloyd and Richard Burke were accidentally…

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Preventing Motor Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 February 1931 · page 6

The Vacuum Oil Company has just issued an interesting 64-page profusely illustrated booklet called "Modern Motoring," an important section of…

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