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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Little Boy Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 4

Warren Goldsmith five, of Undercliffe, was drowned in a small water note, not far from his home yesterday. He toppled into the water when…

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Man’s Body in Dam a Cookardinia Drowning

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 4

The body of Hearty Cuthbert Nolan, 38, was recovered from a dam on the property of his father (Mr. Henry Nolan) at Cookardinia…

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How Did Accident Happen? Several Theories Advanced Inquiry to Be Held Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 October 1934 · page 5

No certain explanation has yet been found for the disaster in which pilot Chapman and two passengers last their lives. It is considered most…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision with Cart Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 1

When his motor-cycle collided with a milk cart in Moore street, Brighton, about 4 o'clock this morning, Connell Hair, of Hampton road, Brighton, received…

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Planes in Collision Pilots Parachute to Safety Milan Oct. 5

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 3

While awaiting the appearance of Signor Mussolini a large crowd saw two military aeroplanes, which, had been performing evolutions…

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Trapped in Tonne Woman is Killed Early Morning Accident MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 1

Mrs. Charlotte Clark, 67, Boslsto street. Richmond, was struck and killed by a train between Jolimont and West Richmond…

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Motor Cyclists Collide One Killed; Other Critically Hurt Accident in Race Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 October 1934 · page 1

When two motor cycles collided in a race at Nar Nar Goon to-day, George Corbett, 22, of Collingwood, the rider of one, was killed instantly, and Andrew…

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Motorist Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 1

When during home on Saturday, Mr. H. G. Winter of “Deville Wood met with an accident through his car colliding with a tree. A passing motorist…

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Dederang and Lavington Residents In Car Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 2

Whilst returning from Albury on Saturday night and approaching Wodonga, a motor car driven by Mr. Mervyn Piddington, Dederang, was…

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Fell Down Cliff Child Critically Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 1

Rita Darrell, 11, fell 40 feet from a cliff at Clifton Gardens today, and was so seriously injured that she is not expected to recover. The…

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Fatal Collision Baby Car and Bicycle View Obscured by Hedge Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 1

“I think the situation caused by the presence of this hedge, which I regard as the primary cause of the fatality, has been met by recent…

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Laborer Seriously Injured Fell Down Ship’s Hold Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 4

Falling 30 ft. down the hold of the steamer Mongolia at the Port Melbourne wharf this morning John Taylor, aged 38 years, of Albert…

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Man Critically Injured Skull is Fractured; Ear is Torn off Found in Shaft Cage Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 October 1934 · page 1

Water Board officials are mystified at the manner in which an employe at Maroubra, named Herbert Breen 52, was critically Injured this…

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Seriously Injured Border United’s Captain Accident at Hume Reservoir

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 October 1934 · page 2

Falling more than 36 feet on to the concrete wall at Hume Reservoir yesterday morning, Hugh James Cornell, one of…

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Head Caught in Lift Youth Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 October 1934 · page 8

Fatal injuries were sustained by Alfred Taylor, 20, warehouse assistant, of Richmond, this afternoon when his head was caught in the doorway of a…

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Cookardinia Drowning Death of Mr. H. C. Nolan

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 12

An inquest was held at Culcairn on Saturday afternoon by the District Coroner (Mr. W. W. Graham) into the death of Henry Cuthbert Nolan, whose…

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ALBURY & DISTRICT Man and Wife Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 9

At Albury on Saturday night a car, driven by Mr. M. Piddington, of Yackandandah, collided with another car while coming out of a lane. Mr…

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House Wrecked by Gale Four Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 31

Four members of a family, including a baby aged 18 months, were buried under bricks and wreckage at Wiloughby, a suburb of Sydney, when a strong…

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Fell From Train Woman Seriously Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 1

Falling from a moving tram at Kensington last night. Mrs. Jessie Templeton, 00, of Matraville, sustained a fractured skull, fractured right…

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Fatality at Cookardinia Death of Mr. H. C. Nolan Inquest at Culcairn

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 October 1934 · page 3

On Friday last the body of Mr. Henry Cutbbert Nolan (38), son of Mr. Henry Nolan, of Cookardinia; was found in a dam on his father's…

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