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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

770 stories in Murray's papers · page 35 of 39

Boy Gets £850 Sequel to Accident Hotelkeeper Sued Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1934 · page 1

Mr. Justice Gavan Duffy, by consent of the parties, to-day entered judgment for £850 for Edward Graham Kewley, 17, of Brands street,…

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Man’s Leg Severed Fell Under Tram Accident in City Street Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1934 · page 3

A 44-year-old shearer, P. McKerihan, Belmore, had his right leg severed above the knee when he slipped under a moving tram in the city…

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Man Killed; 3 HURT Car-Trap Collision Accident After Dance ADELAIDE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 December 1934 · page 1

As the result of a collision between a motor car and a horse-drawn trap on Anzac Highway, St. Leonard’s, late last night Frank…

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Amateur Riders Accident Benefits Corowa Picnic Race Club Discussion

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 December 1934 · page 8

At a committee meeting of the Corowa Picnic Race Club there were present: . Messrs. D. MaeDonald (chairman), A. F. Culle, F. H…

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Recent Disasters Here Accident Committee’s Report 16 Lives Were Lost Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 December 1934 · page 4

What caused the disappearance of the aeroplane, Miss Hobart and the cras[?] of the D. H. 86 Qantas aeroplane, could not be found by…

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Rescues From Drowning Two Men's Good Work. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 2

At Ettalong, near Woy Woy, last night, when the screams of a child were heard coming from deep water. Sydney Nott, journalist, and another…

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Man Killed Outright Car-truck Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 6

Hurled from his seat and them crushed between his own car and a stationary car after a collision with a truck at the intersection of Point…

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Brick Wall Crashes on Cottage Man Celled, Wife Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 14

The brick wall of a burning furniture store in Vincent street, Cessnock, fell outward and crashed upon a small weatherboard cottage in which Mr…

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Tram Collides with Waggon Near Taronga Park Ferry. Passenger Injured. Sydney

The Independent · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 3

When a tram with a number of passengers on board was travelling to the ferry wharf near Taronga Park this morning, the driver saw a…

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Between Boiler and Truck Boy is Jammed Knees and Ankle Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 6

At Enfield marshalling yards, to-day a boy, aged about 14, was found jammed between a five ton boiler and the side of a goods truck in which he…

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Corowa Picnic Race Club Accident Insurance Discussed Donation to Racecourse Trustees

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 7 December 1934 · page 4

A meeting of the committee of the Above club was held on Thursday of last week at the Globe Hotel. Mr. D. Macdonald, the president,…

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Crushed to Death Fatality at Quarry Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 December 1934 · page 2

Ten tons of earth and rock from the top of the face fell into a parry at Dartmore to-day, on two men, Joe Saunders 21, and Ken O’Brien, who…

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Boy Drowned School Picnic Tragedy Body Recovered Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 5

A nightlong search by parties of police and civilians failed to locate an eight-year-old boy, Thomas Griffith, of Hurstville, who was missed during…

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Turf Jottings Chiltern Entries Anton Cost Injured; Blue Tick Unlucky

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 8

Owners and trainers are reminded that entries for the Chiltern Cup races close at 10 p.m. on Monday, December 17, and may be left with…

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In Tragic Crash Father and Son One Killed Other Critically Injured Coff’s Harbor

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 5

A 15-year-old boy was killed and his father was seriously injured when a lorry struck a culvert four miles from here…

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Two Horses Killed Training Track Accident Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 December 1934 · page 8

When training on the tracks at Ascot this morning the mare, Perfect Weather, ridden by R. Stone, collided with Amphelia (J. Russell),…

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Pea Rifle Accident at Rutherglen

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 December 1934 · page 2

While taking part in a shoot at Rutherglen, in which pea rifles were used, a bullet from one lodged in the thigh of Leonard Harrison, aged 20…

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Bricklayer’s Eye Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 1

Mr. James Gleason, a bricklayer in the employ of Mr Anderson, contractor for the new Bank of Australasia building by a brick splinter. He was using a…

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Peculiar Accident. School Floor Collapses. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 December 1934 · page 2

Without warning, save for the extinction of lights, while performers were singing "The Minatrel Boy," the first floor of St. Clemenfa School…

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