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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Stone Strikes Youth Is Critically Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 5

Said to have been hit on the head by a stone thrown from the top of a cliff at Tamarama to-day, Edward Rochford, 2[?] of Rozelle, was…

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Girl Badly Injured Father’s Car in Smash Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

Kathleen Lowe, aged 20, of Lamboth avenue. Malvern, was brought to Alfred Hospital early to-night suffering from a possible fracture of the…

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Boy of 6 MISSING Believed to Have Been Drowned an Unsuccessful Search Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

A large pos[?] of police, assisted by a police, Alsatian dog and a number of citizens, made an unsuccessful search in Parramatta and env[?]…

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Staff Officer Killed Military Men in Smash Three Seriously Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

Captain [?] of the Australian Staff Corps. Victoria Barracks, Sydney, was killed, and three fellow-officers were injured early this…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Car’s Wild Dash After Collision Goes Through Side of House Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

After colliding with a motor cycle ridden by William Lloyd, 42, of Claremont, who was killed, a motor car, driven by Edmund [?]urt, got out of…

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Week-end Accidents Man and Woman Killed Toll of the Road SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 October 1934 · page 2

Two fatal motor accidents occurred to-day. Mrs. Jack[?] of Pacific Highway, Gordon, was killed while crossing the…

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Tram Collision Victim Dies Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 2

Mark Rosenberg, 65, of Cremorne, who sustained severe head and chest injuries in a head-on collision between two trams in Elizabeth street…

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Week-end Accidents Four Killed, 25 Seriously Injured. in Sydney and Suburbs. Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 3

The accident toll in Sydney and suburbs over the week-end included four persons killed and at least 25 seriously injured. The majority of…

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With Injured Spine Man Lingers 12 Months Death in Albury Hospital; Story told at Inquest

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 2

The story of a young man who [?]gered in hospital for 12 months with a dislocated spine was told in the Albury Coroner’s Court yesterday, when…

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Girl Flyer in Accident Machine Strikes Tree Athens, October 1

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 2

The aeroplane which Moss Fred[?] Thompson is flying to Australia struck a free at Megara 20 miles from here at 7 p.m. on Sunday. The…

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Rochester Accident Car Overturns

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 October 1934 · page 1

Returning from a fishing trip to the Campaspe Weir, two men were seriously injured when the car in which they were travelling skidded and overturned…

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Air Liner's Forced Landing No One is Injured Pilot's Precaution London. October 1

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 October 1934 · page 1

This afternoon a Belgian air liner, whose eight passengers included viscountess [?], made a forced landing at the Royal Air Force aero…

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Injured in Collision Man Awarded £506 Much Litigation Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 4

A jury to-day returned a verdict for [?]14/ in favor of Reginald Lloyd Rowe against Leslie Malcolm Edwords, arising out of an accident on…

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Holbrook Man’s Spine Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 October 1934 · page 4

Mr. Joseph Jones, Holbrook, aged [?] years, was brought to Albury Hospital on Tuesday evening suffering with injuries to the spine. He does…

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Car Accident Collision with Pole

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 3

A CAR driven by Mr. D. Swaffer, of Elwood (Vic.), who -was accompanied by his daughter, Miss Pearl Swaffer when ret[?] from Albury…

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Fourteen Killed in Train Collision Forty Others Injured London, September 29

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 14

A railway disaster, resulting in the death of 14 persons and injuries to 40 others, which made their detention in hospital necessary, occurred on the…

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Holbrook Man's Spine Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 5

Mr. Joseph Jones, Holbrook, aged 69 years, was brought to Albury Hospital on Tuesday, evening suffering with injuries to the spine. He does…

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Irresponsible Stone Throwers Man Critically Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 9

Edward Rochford, aged 20 years, of Graham-street, Rozelle, received serious injuries when he was struck on the head by a stone which had been…

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Struck by Train Ganger Killed Instantly Shocking Accident at Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 October 1934 · page 5

Sixty-four years of age and due to retire next January, Patrick James Hogan, a railway ganger, was run down and…

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Drowned in Edward River

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 4

A young man named Eric Edwards, (25), was drowned in the Edward River, just below Woorooma East homestead recently. The body was…

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