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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

228 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 12

Three Young Men Drowned. a Fatal Camping Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 1

Leo Comer (21), Luke Comer (16), sons of an Axedale (Vic.) farmer, and Lawrence Madden (20), were drowned in the Goulburn River at Arcadia…

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Motoring Fatality Mishap Near 12-Mile Reserve

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 January 1932 · page 3

A fatal motor accident occurred on the Howlong road, opposite the 12-mile reserve about 3.30 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, when a car…

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Drowning at Culcairn Man Seized with Cramp

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

When duck shooting on the property of Mr. George Lane, at Culcairn at 8.30 o'clock on Saturday morning, Bert Taylor aged 26 years, a son of…

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Greek Drowned in Murray at Lake Moodemere

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

On Saturday Cecil Conson, aged 19 years, a Greek went to the Murray River, at Lake Moodemere, to swim, informing his employer that he would…

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Local Cyclist Injured G. Phipps Had Nasty Fall at Wangaratta Two Stitches in Lip

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 3

George Phipps, the Corowa cyclist had a nasty fall at the Wangaratta Hospital Sports on New Year's Day…

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Fearful Accident at Chewton. Man Dragged to Death. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 1

When getting into a buggy, at Chewton (Vic), Patrick Hegarty (56), slipped and fell. The horse bolted. Hegarty was unable to free his foot and…

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Coalminers Entombed Fatal Accident in Germany. BERLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 January 1932 · page 4

It is believed that due to a earth tremor, the underground galleries in the Karsten coalmine, near Beuthen, have collapsed, entombing 15 men in…

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Drowning Fatality at Hay

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 9 January 1932 · page 4

The coroner held an inquest at Hay into the deaths of Arthur Charles West aged six years, and Harold Norman's West, aged five years, who were…

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Sucked Into Pipe Tragic End to Honeymoon Extraordinary Drowning

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 January 1932 · page 3

Details of the tragic drowning of Mrs, Marjorie McAuly aged 27 Years while bathing in the Shannon River (Tasmania), show…

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Tragic Accident Little Girl Killed

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1932 · page 3

On Friday evening last the town was shocked and grieved, when the sad news was received that Miss Ray Whitby, daughter of…

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Cootamundra Tragedy Bank Manager's Wife Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

Mrs. Julia Rankin, wife of Mr. George Rankin, manager of the Cootamundra branch of the Commercial Banking Company of…

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Accident at Garden Island. Two Plumbers Fall 60 Feet. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 January 1932 · page 1

E. G. Seymour and J. J. Berg, plumbers, overbalanced while on the rood of the gun-mounting shop at Garden Island, and were precipated 60…

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Terrible Fatality Three Girls Drowned at Yarrawonga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

A gloom has been cast over Yarrawonga town and district as the result of a triple drowning fatality at the junction of the…

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Accident at Finley Three Men Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

Vivid lightning followed by a particularly heavy clap of thunder, was responsible for a nasty accident which occurred at the Finley silos on…

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Boy Drowned at Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

John Campbell, the 11-year-old son of Mr. M. C, Campbell, clerk of courts at Wahgaratta, was drowned in the swimming pool at the junction of the…

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A Dapto Tragedy. Mother Killed; Son Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 3

Mrs. Louisa Maud Shelden, aged 47 years, wife of the station master at Dapto, received fatal injuries on Saturday afternoon, when she was…

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Stolen Motor Car Causes Tragedy. One Man Killed; Another Badly Injured. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 3

A thrilling chase by a police motor patrol after a stolen motor car ended tragically last night, when the patrol car collided with a large motor van…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Moscow. Sixty-Eight Passengers Killed. MOSCOW

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 January 1932 · page 2

News has just been released of a railway distaster, in which 68 were killed and 130 injured, near Moscow, on the evening of January 2nd…

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Drowning Fatality Narandera Picnic Party Three Persons Lose Lives Nabandera

The Independent · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

Three people were[?]d, including a married couple, in full view of their two children, when six members of a picnic party got into difficulties…

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Another Triple-Drowning Tragedy at Narandera Children See Rafents Sink

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 January 1932 · page 1

Another shocking drowning tragedy resulting in the death of three people occurred in the Muruamblddge River at Narandera on…

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