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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

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Woodcutter Injured

The Independent · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

Mr. Tom Clancy, junr., of George Street, Deniliquin, who is employed by Mr. W. Marshall, woodcacrter, sustained a severe gash in the big toe…

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Fatally Injured in Motor Accident Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

When a motor car crashed into an embankment at Helensburgh and overturned late last night, the driver Francis Dunmore, 25. was fatally…

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Horseman Injured in Fall at S.r.p.t.c. Meeting. Topweight Comes to Grief

The Independent · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 2

Mr. Harry Hermiston, of Mansfield, the well-known amateur horseman, sustained injuries to his back when Crimson Dawn, the…

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Bombs in Havana One Man Killed; 3 Injured. New Wave of Political Terrorism. Havana

The Independent · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

In a new wave of political terrorism, apparently directed at the Government and President Mendieta, five bombs were exploded early this…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Brisbane

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

When a train was drawing into the Charters Towers Station, Queensland, last night, Edward Griffin (76), an old age pensioner, jumped in front…

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Daysdale Residents Death Coroner Holds Inquest Accidental Death Recorded

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 April 1934 · page 3

An inquest was held at the Court House yesterday afternoon by the Corner, Mr. T.H. Wade. into the death of John Henry Brady. 76…

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Car Hits Tree. Mayor of Manly Injured Admitted to Hospital Sydney

The Independent · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 3

The Mayor of Manly, Alderman Alfred Sellar, 54, was injured early today when his motor car skidded and hit a tree near his home in…

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Bombay Disturbance Cotton Workers and Police Many on Both Sides Injured Calcutta

The Independent · Friday 27 April 1934 · page 3

A grave situation developed at Bombay where fierce fighting between cotton mill strikers and the police followed the former's defiance of…

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Grazier Seriously Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 4

Mr Alan V. Bell, of Alma station, in Balranald district, met with a very serious accident, on Monday afternoon (states Hay “Grazier”). He was…

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Train Bolts Through Gates Gatekeeper Acts Quickly and Saves Serious Collision Melbourne

The Independent · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 5

A city-bound train crashed through the gates at a level crossing at Coburg this morning, narrowly escaping running down vehicular traffic…

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Accident at Weir

The Independent · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

While working at the Stevens Weir on Tuesday, Frederick Hutchinson, married, of Denillquin, had three fingers of one hand severely crushed…

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A Motor Accident Dangerous Level Crossing Car Struck by Goods Train

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 4 May 1934 · page 2

What might easily have been a fatal accident occurred at the level crossing over the railway in Sladen Street, Henty, on Friday last. Mr. A. J…

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Injured by a Cow Incident at Tracking Yards

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 May 1934 · page 1

WHEN at the railway yards untrucking stua cows for Mr. T. Millear, of Stud Park, J. Mcphee, an employee of the station, put up his leg to ward off…

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Over Embankment Deniliquin Transport Driver Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 1

THE driver of a heavy Deniliquin Melbourne transport who was faced with a head-on collision with a baby cat or a plunge over an…

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Collision Near Buraja Inquest by Coroner Buggy Driver Charged with Manslaughter

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 5

An inquest was held by the Coroner, Mr. T. H. Wade, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Walter James Wye, aged 27, which…

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Narrow Escape Wheel Came Off Trailer But Racehorses and Attendants Were Not Injured

The Independent · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 3

Two racehorses and their attendants going to Hay races from Deniliquin on Wednesday morning had a narrow escape from serious injury…

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Weir Employee's Second Accident

The Independent · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 3

The unluckiest employee on the Stevens Weir works must be Colin Campbell of Deniliquin, as he met with his second serious mishan on…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 May 1934 · page 2

On Tuesday evening last, whlist indulging in football practice on the Recreation Ground, Mr. Carhey Phipps, a member of the Corowa…

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Popular Footballer Killed Five Other Men Injured Car Overturns on Echuca Road

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 1

AS the result of injuries received when a car overturned on Rochester road on Saturday night, Mr. Phillip Nolan, of Mathoura, died early on Monday morning in Echuca Hospital. Five other young men were seriously injured…

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One Dead and Five Injured in Shocking Road Sma[?] Popular Mathoura Sportsman Dies From Fractured Skull Car Skids for 170 Feet and Eventually Topples Over

The Independent · Tuesday 15 May 1934 · page 2

A[?] a result of a shocking motor accident on the Rochester road, 9 miles from Echuca, early on Saturday night last, Phillip Joseph Nolan, the champion centre-forward of the Echuca Football League, lost his life and four of his five companions were…

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