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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

373 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 19

Accident at Shearing Shed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 August 1933 · page 2

Fitzherbert Clarkson, shearing expert at Barratta Station, was oiling a bearing when he was caught in the revolving shaft driving the shearing…

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Danger of Falls. Many Person Killed and Injured Every Year

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1933 · page 4

Falls constitute the second most prolific cause of fatal accidents. Some of these fatalities are due to faulty construction of dwellings, on…

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Salvation Army Party Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 8

Captain Dawkins, of Queenscliff, with his wife and three children, who were travelling to Sydney, met with a serious accident near Wangaratta on…

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Floods in Jamaica. Seventy Persons Drowned. KINGSTON (Jamaica)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 3

Seventy persons were drowned to-day in Hoods which swept the city and surrounding districts. Following a fearful six hours' downpour, water…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Telegraphic and Cable News. Knocked Down by Train. Fatality at Hurstville. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 1

Fatal injuries were received by Arthur Hopkinson (45), of Hurstville, when he was struck by an electric train at Allawah railway station…

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Police Sergeant's Car in Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 August 1933 · page 2

Sergeant Yardy, of the Albury police force, was lucky on Sunday afternoon, when a wheel of the car he was driving collapsed (says the…

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Motor Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 19 August 1933 · page 1

When a light delivery motor bus which he was driving, crushed into a tree at North Denlliquin, the driver Mr. Herbert Johnson received rather…

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Trams in Collision. Ten Persons Injured. Marvellous Escapes from Fatalities. SYDNEY, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 2

A tram car, bound from Coogee to Central Station, this morning, got out of control at the intersection of Cleveland and Chalmers Streets, Redfern,…

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Fatal Cycle Collision. Youth Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 3

James William Compton (18), was killed, and Frank Streeter (19), was seriously injured, when a motor cycle on which they were riding…

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How the Accident was Discovered. Body Found by Another Minister. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 2

A message from Lake Cargelligo states that while returning to Tullibigeal, last night, Mr. McLean, Presbyterian minister, found, on the…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Rev. J. R. Kay Shot. at Lake Cargelligo

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 August 1933 · page 2

Last evening, the Ven. Archdeacon Kitchen received a telegram from Lake Cargelligo advising him that the Rev. James Robin Kay, M.A., the…

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Detective Injured at Wangaratta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 4

As the result of a car overturning on the Hume Highway at South Wangaratta on Tuesday, Senior Constable Stynes, of Russell-street, Melbourne,…

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Clergyman's Death Tragic Shooting Accident at Lake Cargelligo

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 46

The Rev. James Robin Kay, rector of Lake Cargelligo, was accidentally killed in tragic circumstances late on Monday afternoon. He was lifting a…

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Service Oar in Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 38

Seven persons were injured, four seriously, when a service ear, travelling along Glen Osmond road, Glen Osmond (S.A.),at night, collided with a…

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Fatal Gun Accident Lake Cargellico Minister's Death

The Independent · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 1

A message was received from Lake [?]jellico on Tuesday advising of the [?] of Rev. James Robin Kay, M.A., Church of England minister in that…

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Senior Constable in Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 August 1933 · page 5

About 10 o' clock on Tuesday morning a car overturned on Hume Highway at South Wangaratta Sentor Constable Stynes of Russell Street…

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Swiss Airman Nauer. Drowned in Congo. CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 2

It has been definitely established that the Swiss airman, Nauer, was drowned in the Congo. Madame Schneider, an invalid, living at…

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Shooting Affray at Prahran Two Killed One Injured Melbourne

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 August 1933 · page 2

A man and woman are dead, and a second man is now in hospital in a serious condition, as the result of a shooting tragedy at East Prahran this…

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Fisherman Drowned at Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 47

John Clunie, aged 32 years, Trafalgar Street, Bronte, was drowned near Bondi, when his fishing boat was swamped in a treacherous sea. His…

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Motoring Fatality. Inquest Into Broadford Smash Truck Driver Committed on Manslaughter Charge

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 5

An inquest was held at the Melbourne City Morgue on Tuesday into a collision between a heavily laden motor truck and the Corowa…

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