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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

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Accident at Flour Mill

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 3

A slight mishap occurred for the suction gas engine employed at the Corowa Milling Co.'s mill in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a clean…

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Cab Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 2

When Mr. Hector McKenzie— (Son of Mr. Hugh. F. Mckenzie, of Echuca) was driving a Ford truck from his residence, “Cumbagunda,” Cornalla, to…

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Rail Motor Derailed Collision with a Bullock

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 1

When the paymasters employed by the railway construction branch at Yarrawonga in connection with the Yarrawonga-Oaklands line were…

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Serious Mountaineering Accident. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 2

While two brothers, Cedrick aud Arthur Turner, were climbing Avalanche Peak, near Arthur's Pass, New Zealand, the former lost his balance…

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Accident at Spanish Republican Meeting Madrid

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1931 · page 2

Three persons were killed and 70 injured at Santao[?], when a motor lorry crashed at full speed into a re-publican meeting. The infuriated…

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Motor Overturns Accident on Glenrowan Road Turns Double Somersault

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 4

When rounding a turn on the hill on the Wangaratta side of Gldnrowan on Monday night, a car containing Mr. W. J. Hanson, a…

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Correspondence the Late Boating Accident in Wahgunyah (To the Editor)

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 3

Your report in your issue of June 30 of the boating accident, in which I unfortunately took a too prominent part, has missed some of the most…

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Drowning Fatality at Travellers' Point Fisherman Lost in Swollen River

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 1

The pursuit of a rabbit on the river flats below Mr. R B. Pearce's property, at the top end of Travellers Point on Sunday…

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Camper Believed Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 2

A Jerilderie message states that John Deverall, aged 28 years, who had been camping with two companions on the north side of the Billabong Creek for…

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The Glorious Fourth. The Annual Fatality List

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 3

The celebration of the fourth of July in the U.S.A. resulted iu 354 deaths from various causes…

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Hundreds of Sheep Drowned Farmers Forced to Leave Houses

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 July 1931 · page 4

Tho flood position has been serious in the Berrigan district. A large volume of water is flowing from the Murray River into the Berrlgan…

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Drowning Fatality at Jerilderie

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 July 1931 · page 2

On Friday evening last a drowning fatality occurred here between 5.30 and 6 p.m. by which a young man, John Charles Deverall, 31…

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Railway Fatality Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

The shockingly-mutilated body of Louis Adolphus Gawnthorpe was found on the railway line near Punchbowl Station this morning. He…

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Fatality At. Myer's Emporium Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

When a wall collapsed at Myer's Emporium, Melbourne, one man was killed and two seriously Injured…

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Two Men Missing Believed to Be Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

Inspector Bisley to-day received a message stating that-two men named David Taylor and . Terrick both residents at Moonacullah mission station…

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Child Drowned. Fell Down a Well. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 3

David Prentice (3) was drowned yesterday, when he fell down a well at his home at Gosford…

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Tragedy at Culcairn Drowned in Flooded Billabong Body of Mr. Hicks Recovered

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 3

The body of Mr. Edgar Alfred A. Hicks. 45, grazier, and owner of Morven homestead, Morvon, five miles from Culcairn, was…

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Accident Near Rutherglen Man and Woman Critical

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 2

A motor accident occurred on the Corowa Rutherglen road about 5.30 p. m. on Sunday to a Bluck car owned and driven by a man…

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Fatal Accident Man Killed by Falling Tree When Rope Gave Way

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1931 · page 1

Near Henty last week, Patrick Brady, of Violet Town, was killed by a falling tree. Brady had tied a rope from the…

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Drowning Fatality Two Half-castes Boat Overturns on Lagoon?

The Independent · Friday 17 July 1931 · page 1

Two half-castes, Watson Taylor and Johnny Terrick, residents of Moonacullah Mission Station, were drowned in a lagoon off the…

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