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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 32 of 66

Two Simple Rules. to Avoid Accidents with Electrical Appliances

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 4

The Safety League of New South Wales, in its anxiety to reduce the vast amount of sickness and the great number of deaths due to…

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Buried by Fall of Earth Man’s Thigh Fractured Accident in Gold Mine Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 June 1935 · page 1

A fall of [?] in a gold mine -at Moonee. neer coff’s Harbor, to-day buried Andrew Laurie under several feet of earth, but be was dug out an…

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Elderly Woman Killed Struck by Motor Car Shockingly Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 1

Miss Teresa Hickey,. 79 of Woollahra was lulled almost instantly when she stepped from the footpath into the path of a fast, moving car near…

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Faints in Car Driver Fatally Injured Mother Lives at Albury MELBOURNE .Wednesday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 June 1935 · page 1

When driving to work through the dense traffic of the city this morning shortly before 9 o'clock, Mr. Herbert J. Pollard of…

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Sad Fatality in Melbourne

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

When driving to work through the dense traffic of Melbourne on Wednesday morning, shortly before 9 o'clock, Mr. Herbert J. Pollard, of…

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CULCAIRN Footballer Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 7

Whist playing for the Trojans against the Rovers in the Culcairn junior football competition, J. Myors broke a bone in his wrist…

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Four Maoris Drowned Craft Overturns in River Auckland (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 1

A punt containing seven Maoris overturned while crossing a wide stretch of the river near [?] (North Auckland) last night and…

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Explosion on Ship Two Sailors Killed Others Injured London, June 12

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 5

Two Finnish sailors, Mustonen and Hellsrtrom, were killed when the boiler of a donkey engine aboard the Herzogin Ceclile, which…

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Quiet at Quetta All Injured Evacuated City Getting Back to Normal CALCUTTA, June 13

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 5

The administration of the devasted area of Quetta is expected to revert to the civil authorities to-morrow…

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Accident at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 2

While engaged in relief work in Wahgunyah on Wednesday afternoon, Mr. Wm. Bartlett was kicked by a horse on the left leg, He was…

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Accident Toll Grows People Who Are Ostriches! Police Chief’s Comments Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 June 1935 · page 4

While other countries; are reducing their road accident figures, there are people in Melbourne who prefer “to bury their heads in the sand.”…

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Drowned in Drain a Child’s [?] MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 4

Overbalancing into an unfinished drain at Parkdale on May 27, Percy John Nicholls, aged 5, of Parkdale, was drowned in five feet of water. At…

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Head-on Collision Lorries in Crash Man’s Unenviable Experience. Casino

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 1

Four persons were injured last night in a head-on collision between two lorries, one heavily laden with timber, on the Killarney road, near…

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Duke As Train Driver Nearly a Collision Presence of Mind Diverts It. LONDON. June 14

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 6

The Duke of Kent, accompanied by Lord Ashfield, to-day drove an ordinary tube train, crowded with passengers. The train was about to…

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Tragic Explosion in Munition Factory 50 Workmen Killed AND 300 Odd Injured Most Modem Works in Germany. BERLIN, June 14

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 2

One of the worst disasters in Central Germany occurred yesterday when the munition factory at Reinsdorf blew up while…

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Mishap to Southern Cross Air Accident Committee’s Finding Captain Taylor Praised Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 June 1935 · page 1

The Minister for Defence (Mr. Parkhill) stated to-day that the Air Accidents investigation Committee had found that the accident to the…

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Tracic —Train—smash 14 Travellers Killed 40 Injured Carriages Telescoped Accident on English Railways LONDON, June 16

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 June 1935 · page 2

In a train disaster before midnight last night 14 persons were killed including a child aged two, while 40 people were injured many seriously. The smash occurred at Welwyn garden city The crash was the worst in the history of-the London North-Eastern…

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Wanted to See Byrd’s Boat Two Drowned When Dinghy Capsizes. Jamaica Bay Tragedy New York, June 16

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 4

Seven men, anxious for a close view of Admiral Byrd’s expedition ship the Jacob Rubbert anchored in Jamaica Ray rented a rowing boat. When…

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Accident at North Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 June 1935 · page 1

Joseph Erickson, a driver in the employ of Mr Mathewson, butcher, had a miraculous escape from injury yesterday morning. When crossing a…

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Aged Former Boxer Injured Auckland

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 6

Billy Murphy, a former world’s featherweight champion, was Seriously injured when he was knocked [?]own by a motor cycle to-day…

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