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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

373 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 19

Motor Racing at Cowes Five Spectators Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 5

As was the case last year—a remarkable coincidence the 200 mile light car race, the Australian Grand Prix, held at Phillip Island, Cowes,…

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Brisbane to Sydney Motor Record. "Wizard" Smith Establishes New Figures. a Competitor Meets with an Accident. Sydney, Thursday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 March 1933 · page 2

While Ted Patterson, the well-known racing motorist, was attempting to break the Brisbane-Sydney record his car crashed into a fence on…

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Foot Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 3

The first accidental the Edward weir camp occurred yesterday afternoon Reginald Dunn laborer was employed unloading iron from a truck…

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Serious Gas Explosion in England. Six Killed; Seventeen Injured. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 2

Six were killed and 17 injured in an explosion at Gateshead, believed to be due to a steam excavator in the roadway damaging the gas main…

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Man's Foot Crushed First Accident at Wakool Weir Works

The Independent · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 1

The first accident on the Wakool weir construction works occurred morning. Reginald Dunn, of Macauley Street…

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Burning Accident at Carrathool

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 2

When Mr. Jack McKenna, of Carrathool, was priming the plugs of a tractor he was working on the Goolgowl-Rankin's Springs road with…

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Fatal Shooting Accident Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 March 1933 · page 3

Geo. Burdekin (19), died at Bulahdelah, last night, from a gunshot wound. According to the report of the shooting party, Ernest Newman…

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Saw Mill Fatality Near Shepparton

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 3

An Inquest was hold on Tuesday in connection with the death of David William Brown, 37 years, of Shepparton, who was employed at Carry…

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Crane Used to Rescue Injured Man

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 16

There was an unusual scene in Liverpool street, Sydney, on Monday, when two members of the Central District Ambulance were swung aloft by…

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Racing Car in Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 15

While travelling at a high speed in an attempt to create a record between Brisbane and Sydney, a motor car driven by Tom Patterson, a…

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Service Car Overtuens Accident Near Moama Passengers’ Miraculous Escape

The Pastoral Times · Friday 31 March 1933 · page 2

The Great Northern service car, when travelling from Melbourne to Deniliquin on Wednesday afternoon, skidded on the wet road on…

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Remarkable Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 1 April 1933 · page 1

A remarkable and serious accident occurred to Mr. Alan Woodyard, while employed on a woolpress at Mr. R. McCornell's property some days ago…

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Howlong Resident Killed Motor Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 1

Henry Moore Walter, 89, an old resident of Howlong, was knocked down and killed by a motor car at 7.30 on Thursday evening when he…

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Injured by Sliding Gravel

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 3

[?]HumPhreys, of Rutherglen, [?]loading gravel into a railway [?] at the Consols siding when he [?] caught by some sliding gravel…

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Dangerous Electric Light Pole Motor Car Accident at Wahgunyah. Driver's Fortunate Escape

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 4 April 1933 · page 3

Attention was drawn on February 10, in this paper, to the menace to traffic that an electric light pole constitutes in Wahgunyah, on…

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Father Found Drowned After Daughter's Death

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 12

The inquiry at Singleton, on Monday, into the death of Mary Joyce Moffit, aged 2 years and 7 months, who died in hospital on March 28 from…

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Howlong Fatality Old Resident's Death Coroner's Finding

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 1

Mr. C. W. Swiney, District Coroner, concluded the inquest at Howlong on Monday into the death of Henry Moore Walter. The inquest was…

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Two Injured in Motor Smash Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at Rhodes early this morning, when a motor car crashed through a fence to the railway line. William…

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Serious Accident at Rhodes. Car Falls Over Embankment. Train Then Crashes Into It. One Man Killed; Another Seriously Injured. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on the railway line at Rhodes, early this morning, when a goods train crashed into a motor car which had fallen…

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Subsidence of Coal Buries Two Men. One Dead: One Injured. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 3

A subsidence of coal on board the British freighter, Millais, which was alongside a wharf, at Jones' Bay, this morning, buried two men, who were…

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