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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

373 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 19

Fatal Motor Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 35

When a car that he was driving crashed over an embankment in the Mogalong Valley, in the Blue Mountains, Frank Hunt, 19 years, of…

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Motor Car Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 April 1933 · page 5

A motor car accident occurred near Uranquinty on Tuesday afternoon, which fortunately did not have any serious results. Mr. and Mrs. T. Daly,…

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Peculiar Accident Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 April 1933 · page 3

When an incinerator blew out at the factory of W. Crookham, in Enison Street, Ultimo, this morning, John Glasson (54), a sawyer, was so…

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Accidents Patients in Hospital

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 13 April 1933 · page 2

Thomas Gordon (67), an employee at Boonoke station, was admitted to Deniliquin Hospital on Tuesday suffering from injuries received when he fell…

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Child Fatally Injured at Yass

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 43

John Beck, aged seven years, was fatally injured when he was knocked down by a motor car in the main street at Yass on Saturday night…

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Warracknabeal Fatality. The Coroner's Verdict. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 1

The inquest concerning the death of Herbert George Toner, who was found dead at Warracknabeal, has been concluded. The Coroner found…

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Harbour Collision. Between Motor Ship and Trawler SYDNEY, Wednesday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 2

The wooden motor ship, Bolton, and the trawler, Baeramul, collided in the Harbour this afternoon. A huge hole was torn in the bows of the Bolton,…

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Drowned in India. Sixteen Lost in Hoogly River. CALCUTTA

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 1

Sixteen were drowned on the Hoogly river, when two boats crowded with Indians, were caught in a swirl and capsized…

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Man and Child Killed Motor Cycle Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 37

A police constable and a baby were killed in an accident on the Erskineville-road, - Newtown, on Saturday night. The victims were: Constable…

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304 Deaths Due to Motor Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 25

Deaths resulting from motor accidents in New South Wales last year numbered 304, compared with 318 the previous year. Of the 304 deaths, 176…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Botany Storekeeper Killed at Bathurst. BATHURST

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 1

J. E. Jeffs, storekeeper, of Botany, Sydney, was killed almost immediately, last night, when he was thrown from a car which capsized after…

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Shot Dead at Bong Bong. Accident at a Fence. SYDNEY, Wednesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 1

Leonard Pavitt (47), was found shot dead at Bong Bong, near Moss Vale. It appeared that when he was passing through a fence his gun…

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Accidentally Shot. Boy's Death Near Hartley. LITHGOW

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 April 1933 · page 1

James Peat (15), accidentally shot himself when on a shooting expedition with two companion, near Hartley. He died shortly after admission to…

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The Air Accidents Miss Batten Crashes. CALCUTTA

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 April 1933 · page 3

Miss Jean Batten, the Auckland girl, who is flying to Australia, smashed her aeroplane in a forced landing near Karachi. She had previously…

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Motor Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 19 April 1933 · page 3

On Monday evening, 3rd [?]. Mr J. Wardrop and Mr J. Kenny, of Oaklands, who were In Urana on business, set out on the return…

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Woman Killed: Six Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 16

Seven residents of Stockton (Newcastle) were injured when a motor car overturned after two tyres had blown out on the Buladelah road, five miles…

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Holiday Accidents and Tragedies. Girl Killed by Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 16

Doreen Robinson, 14 years, was crossing the railway line at Rooty Hill, when she was run down by a passenger train and killed instantly…

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Air Accidents Robbiano Missing 'Plane Wreckage Found. Calcutta, April 17

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 3

Captain Leonida Robbiano, the Italian aviator, who is flying to Australia, is again missing, this time between Calcutta and Victoria Point,…

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Child Accidentally Shot. By Its Own Father. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 April 1933 · page 2

While playing with his two-year-old daughter, at his home at Riverstone, to-day, Stanley Sennell pointed a double-barrelled shot-gun at her…

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Found Drowned Edward J. Duncan Inquiry

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 22 April 1933 · page 2

At the Balranald Court House on Friday, Mr. C. Soady, district coroner, held an inquiry into the death of man named Duncan whose body was…

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