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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

228 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 12

Man Fatally Crushed. a Saw Mill Accident. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 March 1932 · page 1

An employee at Broomfield aud Gorman's timber mill, at Seaview, Chas. Stone (38) was fatally crushed in an unusual manner. He was felling…

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Fatal Cycle Collision. Two Men Killed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 March 1932 · page 3

When a motor cycle on which they were riding collided, with a car on the Stawell Road, near Ararat, Chas. Brent (35) and Kennett Reid (26)…

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Mother Killed; Daughter Injured. In a Motor Accident. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

Mrs. C. O. Howlett was killed and her daughter, Miss Dorothy Howlett, was severely injured, when their sedan car crashed into the rear of a…

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Severe Collision at Wagga Car and Motor Cycle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 1

Whilst holiday traffic was heavy in the principal business centre on Monday afternoon, a collision occurred between a motor cycle and a…

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Fatal Motor Collision. On the Penshurst Road. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

George Springfield was killed instantly, last night, when a motor lorry he was driving came into collision with a motor car at Penshurst. The…

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The Toll of the Easter Week-end. Five Killed; 100 Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 April 1932 · page 2

Easter week-end accidents took a toll of five lives in New South Wales while more than 100 persons were injured…

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Rider Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 2

Ernest McGregor met with an accident while schooling the horse Wee Cost over hurdles on the Wodonga racecourse. Several flights of…

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German Woman Flier Reaches Sydney. Landing Marred by Aeroplane Accident. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 3

Fraulein Elli Beinhorn, the intrepid aviatrix, who flew from Berlin to Australia, shot out of a rift in a rain cloud in her Klemm monoplane, at…

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Inquest Into Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 2

The deputy coroner at Benalla (Mr. J. Serpell, J.P.), held an inquest into the deaths of Thomas Patrick Costello, Matthew Peter Costello, and…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 April 1932 · page 3

Early on Saturday morning Teresa, the 12-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Mallphant, or Airlie st., Corowa, was the victim of an…

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Train Collision. Melbourne, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

An electric train, crowded with passengers, crashed into the rear of another electric train, standing in a cutting between Balaclava and…

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American Airman Injured. Captain Hawks Crashes. WORCESTER, (Mass.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 April 1932 · page 3

Captain Frank Hawks, a noted speed flyer, was seriously injured when his plane crashed as he was taking off. He received a fractured…

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Swagman Seriously Injured. While Riding on Top of Carriage. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 3

A swagman, riding on top of a carriage on the Brisbane express, last night, was struck by an overhead bridge between Aberdeen and Scone…

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BULL v. Rail Motor Queensland Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 April 1932 · page 2

When a fail motor on the Beaudesert (Q) line came into violent collision with a large red Illawarra Milking Shorthorn bull near Jimboomba,…

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Fearful Airplane Fatality. Young Australian Killed. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 2

Pilot Officer Adrian John Warfordmein (22), an Australian, attached to the Digby training school, crashed in a single-seater Avro, which burst…

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Riot in Auckland 1510 Persons Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 April 1932 · page 2

A message from Auckland (NZ) states that a serious riot occurred there last night when 160 persons were in jured and thousands of pounds worth…

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Cut to Pieces Shocking Fatality at Junee Railway Worker Run Down by Express

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

A shocking fatality occurred in the early hours of Friday morning at Junee, when Leonard James Mclnerney, aged 29 years,…

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Boy's Tragic Death Accident at Barnawartha

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 19 April 1932 · page 3

Reginaid Eric Cheasley, aged 15 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Cheacley, met his death in tragic circumatances in a vineyard at…

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Bull v. Rail Motor Queensland Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 April 1932 · page 3

When a rail motor on the Beaudesert (Q.) line came into violent collision with a large red Illawara Milking Shorthorn bull near…

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Accidents in Sydney. Yesterday's List of Casualties. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 April 1932 · page 2

William Hignall, who was run down by a tram, at Darlington, yesterday, died last night. Henry Jackson was admitted to…

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