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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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Priest Drowned Rowing Master at Xavier College Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 5

Rev. Father Felix Conlon, aged 40, [?]rowing master at Xavier College, Kew (Victoria) was drowned when the boat in which he and two other men…

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Girl Critically Injured at Wagga River Bank Crumbles

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 4

A serious accident occurred in peculiar circumstances on Sunday evening at the Wagga bathing beach, a girl receiving dangerous injuries…

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A Priest Drowned. In Attempting Rescue of Pupil. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

The Rev. Father Felix Conlon (40), rowing master of Xavier College, Melbourne, was drowned to-day while attempting to rescue a boy who had…

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Wagga News Accident to Swimmers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 6

Miss Meg Clout, aged about 18 years, and a friend, swam across, the Murrumbidgeo River at the bathing beach Wagga, on Sunday, and when…

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A Level Crossing Accident. Three Victorian Business Men Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

A motor car in which three Colac business men were travelling to Melbourne was wrecked in collision with a petrol-electric rail motor at…

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Painful Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 3

While cutting firewood at .a saw bench, Mr Ralph Wilson, of Moulamein, met with a serious and painful accident During operations the…

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A Peculiar Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 January 1933 · page 2

Mr. Jas. Taig, foreman of the Koondrook Sawmill, met with a painful and peculiar accident this week. While chasing a horse he slipped and fell, and…

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Local and General Former Resident in Collision

The Independent · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

A former Deniliquin resident was involved in a collision between a motor train and motor car at a level crossing near Werribee on Wednesday last…

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Drowned at Booligal a Young Stockman's Death

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

On Friday, at about 11 a.m., as reported in our last issue, a young man was seen driving a horse in a sulky across the bridge at Booligal, and a…

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Motor Car Fatality. Overturns and is Destroyed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

When a motor car overturned at Broadford, Victoria, yesterday, John J. Sydney was killed and two others seriously injured. The car burst into…

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The Irish Elections. Fifty Injured at a Meeting. Dublin

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 2

Fifty were injured at a Cosgrave meeting at Tralee, on Sunday night, during an orgy of stone throwing, largely because the road was under…

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Latest News Family Drowned Shocking Tragedy at Stanwell Park Rain Causes Dam to Burst Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 3

A shocking tragedy occurred at Stanwell Park last night when seven persons lost their lives as the result of the bursting of a dam. The…

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The Booligal Fatality the Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Drowning

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

The Deputy Coroner, Mr. J. Johnston, held an inquest, at Hay Courthouse, on Wednesday afternoon, in , respect to the death of Daniel…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 12

John Robert Charles, aged 14 years, and James William Charles, aged 13 years, the sons of Mr. and Mrs J. L. Charles, of Cardigan, Ballarat (Vic.)…

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Child Drowned in Tank

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 2

At Colbinabbin on Monday afternoon a child aged two years and 10 months, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Naef, was walking backwards when his foot…

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Priest Drowned Helping to Rescue Youth

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 27

Father Felix Conlon, S.J., a member of the staff of Xavier College, Melbourne, who was attached temporarily to the Jesuit novlate at…

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Storm at Toowoomba Five Inches of Rain; Stock Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 10

A severe storm swept Toowoomba (Qud.), when rain fell in torrents, and the water passed through a number of shops. Pour to five inches of rain were…

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Motor Car Overturns Driver Killed—two Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 47

The driver of a single-seated motor car was killed and two passengers were seriously injured when, after swerving violently, the car overturned…

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Seven Campers Drowned Overwhelmed by Flood Waters Landslide Buries Hut

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 8

Overwhelmed by flood waters in the middle of Sunday night, seven persons were drowned at the Stanwell Park camping ground, and their bodies…

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Motor Fatality Nangus Man Killed When Returning Home Fob Week-end

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 39

Ingleby James Paton, aged 27 years, of Nangus, who leaves a wife and two children, wan returning home at the week-eud with the first wages…

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