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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 13 of 66

Hood-renown Collision Hood Repair’s Cost £8000 LONDON, February 20

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 6

Sir [?] Eyres Monseil, First Lord of the Admiralty, answering a question in the House of Lords to-day, said the approximate cost of…

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Little Girl Drowned After Swimming Lesson Three-day Search for Body

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 5

A very sad drowning fatality occurred on Monday last, when Violet Richardson, aged 9, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J…

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Little Girl’s Body Recovered, Was Drowned in the Murray Corowa

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 3

Constable Teagup, of the Corowa police, to-day recovered the body of Violet Richardson, 9, who was drowned in the River Murray on Monday…

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Porter Injured Jammed Between Truck and Platform Taken to Hospital Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 6

While endeavoring to drop a brake on a railway truck at Woodend at 9.40 a.m., to-day, a yard porter named A. H. Geary misjudged the…

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Level Crossing Accident. Motorist Killed. ADELAIDE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 2

Thos. Alfred Hargreaves (57), a farmer, of Mount Barker, was fatally injured when his car was struck by a rail motor at a level crossing…

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Chaffcutter Accident

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 2

Another distressing chaffcutter accident occurred on Tuesday, when Mr. Dan Connors, working on a chaffcutting plant for Mr. J. S. Lewington on…

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Tiny Tot’s Death Tragic Circumstances Rifle Accidentally Explodes YASS

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 February 1935 · page 6

A three year-old girl Barbara Power, Inst her life in tragic circumstances to-day. The girl, who is the daughter of…

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Truck Overturns One Killed; Two Injured Cow Causes Accident Drouin

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

Caused through striking a cow on the Princes Highway near Drouin to-day a motor truck overturned, with the result that Charles Atkinson,…

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Show Horsewoman Injured Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

Miss Winifred Wilson, a well-known Sydney horsewoman, was seriously injured this afternoon in the [?] event at the Newcastle…

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Injured Motorist Suffers Severely from Shock

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 4

Andrew James Jackson, of Wangaratta, who was admitted to Albury Hospital on Thursday evening after his car overturned near Rand, is still…

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Racing Car Overturns Driver Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

When his racing car went into a skid on the Alexandra avenue near Como Park this afternoon Charles Maxwell, 22, son of Dr. Maxwell, of…

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Tragic Capsize Asylum Attendant Killed Employed at Beechworth Another Occupant of Car Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 February 1935 · page 1

When the car he was driving to Melbourne capsized near E[?] yesterday, Ee[?] S[?]ddon, 49, of Stanley near Beechworth, was…

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Woman’s Back Broken Four Others Injured Cars in Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

Five passengers in a car which overturned at Murrumbeena to-night were injured and one, a young woman. had her back broken. She…

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Cars in Collision in Dean Street

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 2

On Saturday morning- cars driven by Henry Andrews, Mitta Mitta, and Wilton Thompson, Olive street Albury, were involved in a collision…

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Youth Drowned Tragedy at Beach Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

Peter Irvine Baker, 16. of Goodwood, was drowned at Henley Beach South ,this morning, in view of several hundred swimmers He…

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’Plane Crash Pilot Badly Injured Launceston

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

When his plane crashed at Western Junction yesterday Pilot W. McCauseland was seriously Injured and the machine was considerably damaged…

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Fractured Skull Motor Cyclist Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

When the motor-cycle he was riding collided with a motor truck in Point Nepean road. Carrum this afternoon Ruben Johnstone 22 of…

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Princesses in Motor Smash Both Are Injured Rome, Feb. 2

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 3

Princess Helen of Roumania, and Princess Irene of Greece, when motoring near St. Angelia, in the province of Padau, were involved in an…

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Hood-renown Collision Court Martial on Tuesday. (British Official Wireless) . LONDON, February 22

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 3

The courts-martial, in accordance with the usual practice following such accidents, will be held on Tuesday at Portsmouth in connection with the…

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Drowned in Murray Tragedy Near Howlong Young Man is Victim Valiant Rescue Attempt

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 February 1935 · page 1

Before the eyes of a horrified crowd, of picnickers and bathers Patrick Tenncy, about 22, was drowned in the Murray River…

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