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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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

Three Injured When Car Rolls Down Bank

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 6

Returning to Clear Springs from an entertainment given by pupils of the Jingellic State School, a party of eight in a motor car driven by Mr…

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Lorry Through Bridge Crashed and Then Caught Fire Driver Seriously Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 3

Crashing through a bridge over Rocky Creek, between Chiltern and Springhurst, on Tuesday afternoon, a motor van owned by O. Gilpin Ltd…

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Shocking Fatality Woman's Mutilated Body on Railway Line a Heart-Broken Mother Well Known Resident of Henty

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 3

A shocking tragedy revealed itself early on Saturday morning last, when the mutilated body of a woman was found on the railway line near the Henty railway station. The body was later identified as that of Mrs. Ethel May Piltz, a…

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Lorry Catches Fire Accident Near Chiltern

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 8

Crashing through a bridge over Rocky Creek, between Chiltern and Springhurst, on Tuesday afternoon, a motor lorry, owned by O. Gilpin Ltd…

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Unusual Fatal Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 2

Sydney Ray, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Lord, of Peechelba, died in peculiar circumstances on Saturday last. The children had been…

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Car Accidents Sad for Hospitals

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 December 1933 · page 6

Hospitals are losing thousands of pounds each year because they are unable to collect fees from motor-car accident victims treated at hospitals…

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Child Drowned in a Tub

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 23 December 1933 · page 1

A sad drowning accident occurred ul Barham on Tuesday evening last. Yvonne Arrol. 19 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. Arrol, was playing…

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Boy Drowned Near Leeton

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 27

While swimming in the Hay canal at Wamoon, seven miles from Leeton, Dudley James Webb, aged 10 years, became exhausted and sank. Webb…

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Motor Mishaps Fatality Near Holbrook

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 3

Mrs. Minnes Blanche Fisher, 53 years old, of Wilson Avenue, Belmore, Sydney, was killed on Saturday after noon as the result of a car accident…

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Fell From a Boat. Father and Son Drowned. ADEDAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 3

Herbert William Yeeand (32), and his son (25), were drowned in Ral Ril creek, near Chaffey. Yeeand was in a rowing boat with relatives…

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French Railway Disaster 203 KILLED; 300 INJURED London, December 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 8

An appalling railway disaster occurred at Lagny, 10 miles from Paris, on, Saturday evening, when the Paris Strasbourg express crashed into the…

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Appalling Railway Disaster. Two Expresses Collide. in Fog Near Paris. 195 Persons Killed and 300 Injured. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 4

An appalling railway disaster, believed to be without parallel, occurred at Lagny, 10 miles from Paris, on Saturday evening, when the Paris…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 29

At an inquest at Albury on Wednesday into the death of Minnie Blanche Fisher, 54, who died from injuries received in a motor accident…

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Holiday Accidents Woman Killed at Holbrook

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 7

As the result of a car somersaulting near Holbrook on Saturday afternoon, Mrs. Minnie Blanche Fisher, aged 53, of Wilson Avenue, Belmore, was killed…

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Accident Near Chiltern

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 December 1933 · page 3

A motor car driven by William Munro, of Victoria Street, West Brunswick, ran off the road between Springhurst and Chiltern on Monday, at a…

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