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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 66

Cricketer Injured O’reilly Oct of Shield Side Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

Bill O’Reilly, the well-known Cricketer, was pushing a lawn mower at his home at [?] this morning when the index finger of the right…

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’Plane’s Fatal Dive 15 Soldiers Killed and Eleven Injured Calcutta, January 8

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 3

[?] men of the Fourth and Tenth [?] were Killed and eleven were injured when an aeroplane of the Indian…

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Explosion in Well Two Men Seriously Injured One Had Hand Blown Off Dorrigo

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

When a rock drill encountered an old charge of [?] in a Well at Dorrigo buttery factory to-day two men were badly injured. They were…

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Prevention of Accidents NEARLY 250 Children Killed Last Year

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 4

"What are you doing to prevent accidents? Nothing? But perhaps your indifference arises from a lack of…

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Man Shot Dead Accident Near Beechworth Was in Line of Fire

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 January 1935 · page 2

William MacKinley aged about 50 years, attendant at [?] Mental Hospital was fatally wounded by [?] about…

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Children Drowned While Bathing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 18

Two children were drowned while bathing at South Melbourne. The bodies of two of the children were found within 20 yards of each other…

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Beechworth Fatality a Man Shot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 8

William M'Kinley, aged about 50 years, attendant at Beechworth Mental Hospital, was fatally wounded by gunshot about 7 o'clock on Wednesday…

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Fatal Train Collision. Moscow

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

Sixteen persons were killed and 67 injured when two trains collided, 140 miles south of Leningrade. Both trains were derailed and one caught…

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Jockey Fatally Injured at Flemington

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday. -- The jockey, [?]ver, was in fatally injured on the Flemington track this morning while riding the two-years-old…

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Shooting Fatality Wyalong Tailor the Victim Well-known Henty Visitor

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

Mr. Norman Smith, aged 45, who will be remembered as a frequent visitor to Henty as a shooting enthusiast, died as a result of gunshot wounds at…

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Double Tragedy at Griffith Two Brothers Drowned in Irrigation Canal

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 32

"The bodies of two boys were found in an irrigation canal at Griffith. They were Rotiert Henry Rowley, aged 9 years, and James Henry Rowley, aged…

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Expresses Collide Sixteen Killed, 67 INJURED Moscow, January 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 8

Frozen signals are believed to be the cause of two sleeping car expresses crashing on the main line 140 miles south of Leningrad. Both trains were…

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Death of Apprentice Fall at Flemington Another Rider Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

Geoffrey Oliver, apprentice jockey, attached to the stable of J. M. Murphy, at Flemington, died in the Melbourne Hospital this morning an hour…

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Police Fire on Crowd 9 Killed; 20 Injured Two Women Victims Calcutta, January 10

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

Nino Moslems, including two women, were killed, and over 20 injured at Ajra, a small town in [?]alkaran[?] a pe[?] feudatory…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. a Bomb Outrage. Suburban Tram Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 1

When a tram, bound from Circular Quay to Rosebery, was nearing the Epsom Street stopping place, a bomb exploded, badly injuring a woman and…

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Constable Killed Pistol Accidentally Discharged

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 39

While Constable Clyde James Smith, aged 34 years, of Plenty road, Heidelberg (Vic), was conversing with Constable Alexander Alfred Kelly outside…

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Wagga Pea Rifle Accident Boy Collapses After Struggling Towards House

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

With a pea rifle bullet through his chest, Leslie Deabert, 11 years, of Wagga, on Wednesday afternoon staggered three-quarters of a mile towards…

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Plane Accident 15 Soldiers Killed Calcutta, January 8

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

"Fifteen men of the Fourth and Tenth Baluch regiments were killed and eleven were injured when an aeroplane of the Indian, Air Force, not the…

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Rail Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 4

Eleven trucks of a thousand ton freight train left the rails near Douglas Park, completely blocking up and down tracks. The derailment was…

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Fearful Rail Accident Woman Cut to Pieces. Baby's Miraculous Escape. Goulburn

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 January 1935 · page 2

Flung from its mother's arms by the force of the impact, a baby was thrown clear of the train which knocked down and cut to pieces Mrs…

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