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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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General News Items Drowned During a Fit

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 3

Douglas Theodore Tasker, aged 9 years, som of Mr. Tasker, of Yoogali, near Griffith, was found by his sister drowned in a dam close to his home…

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Native Rising In New Guinea 19 Killed; 17 Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 2

Nineteen natives were killed and 17 injured in a fight which took place in the Morobe district, 800 miles from Rabaul…

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250 Cases Dynamite Explode and Cause Fire 100 Persons Killed Many Injured San Salvador

The Independent · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 3

A hundred persons were killed and many were injured when 250 cases of dynamite, which were stored in a cellar at Port [?]bertad, exploded,…

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"The Shaky Isles" Earthquake in New Zealand Severe Damage to Property, But No One Injured Sydney

The Independent · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 4

An alarming earthquake occurred over the lower half of the North Island of New Zealand, shortly before midnight…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Independent · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 2

To suffer her eighteenth fracture of a limb was the misfortune of Roma Logan, who is only 15 years of age, of Mooroopna. Recovering from an…

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Russian Railway Accidents. a Public Outcry. MOSCOW

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 1

As a result of the public outcry against the alarming frequency of railway accidents, four courts will shortly try batches in which culpable…

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Extraordinary Accident. Taxi Drivers Fined

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 4

A case which came before the Police Magistrate at Wagga on Monday presented unusual features. Ronald Boyton and Frank Binfield,…

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Girls 16Th Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 3

Roma, 15, the daughter of Mr. O. Logan, of Mooroopna, has suffered her 18th fracture of a limb. The girl was recovering from an accident in which…

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Recent Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 March 1934 · page 2

According to a report in the Pastoral Times (Denillquiz) Mr. Alex Warren of 33 Albert street, Corowa was more seriously-injured than in…

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Clergyman's Car Wrecked Two Injured Returning From Mission

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 3

Returning from Avenel where they had been conducting a mission, the Rev. R. N. Morrison, rector of Seymour, and the Rev. W. Macfarlane,…

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Death of William Edwick Well-known Tocumwal Grazier As Result Op Motor Accident Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 3

Advice was received from Tocumwal, this morning, to the effect thai William Edwick, 23, grazier of "Woodsome Lees" and other estates, had died in…

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Burning Accident

The Independent · Tuesday 13 March 1934 · page 5

As the result of a burning accident at the Stevens Weir on Wednesday an employee named Cullen, from Matho[?], was admitted to the…

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Sleeper Cutter Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 2

While cutting sleepers near Mulwala on Tuesday, Mr. Michael True, of Lowesdale, had the misfortune to severely gash his foot. He was brought…

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Accident to Sleeper-squarer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 2

On Monday last as Mr. John Towers a former resident of Chiltern and who is now living with his son in-law (Mr. Steel) in Albert street, Corowa…

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Accidents Fall From Sulky

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 March 1934 · page 1

A young man named Roy Harrison of Deniliquin, suffered injuries to his back and a deep wound in the back of his leg as the result of a fall front a…

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To the Rescue Hall and McMILLAN Drowning Fatality Averted

The Independent · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 2

Another exciting rescue from drowning occurred at the Edward Street swimming pool in Deniliquin on Tuesday night…

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Brisbane Car Collision Death of Wagga Resident Nephew of Mrs. G. W. Phipps (Corowa)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 March 1934 · page 3

A motor accident, involving the death of a bank official and Injuries to two others, occurred at South Brisbane on Saturday night. The men…

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Believed Drowned Former Deniliquin Bank Manager

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 2

MR. EDWARD BATES COTTON, aged 76 years, retired bank manager, who was a passenger by the steamer Hunter from Newcastle, was…

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Man Found Drowned Another Murrumbidgee River Mystery

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 23 March 1934 · page 1

About 10 o'clock on Saturday morning last a man was swimming in the Murrumbidgee at a spot known as Johnson's Cornor on the outskirta of…

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Serious Charge Against Motor Driver Two Persons Injured; One Dies. Sydney

The Independent · Tuesday 27 March 1934 · page 3

At the Manly Police Court to-day William Andrew Grose, 34, carrier, was charged with having feloniously slain Wallace Proudfoot, who died as…

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