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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 33 of 66

Liner in Collision But Escapes Lightly London, June 17

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 4

No serious damage has held sustained by the Empress of [?] which came into collision with the Newcastle collier Kafiristan late last…

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Fire in Building Man Jumps 20 Feet Seriously Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 2

When Los[?] Martin [?] carrier was awakened early this morning by the crackling of flames and found his room on the second storey of a [?]…

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Sea Tragedy Two Men Drowned Launch Swamped Horror-stricken Eye Witness Three Men Missing in Another Craft SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 June 1935 · page 3

Powerless to render assistance in any possible way a handful of people at Norah Head lighthouse this afternoon were eye witness…

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Double Drowning Feared Man’s Body Found Son Believed Perished Too Hobart

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 3

A river tragedy was discovered to-day, when the body of Ralph Witticombe Combe Crouch, 55, a returned soldier, was found on the beach near a creek…

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Strikers in Clash a Serious Situation Many Injured Vancouve[?] June 18

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 3

Striking longshoremen and their sympathisers, including women, staged a pitched battle with the police for three hours on…

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Albury Street Accident Council to Be Sued

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 June 1935 · page 2

Mr. J. C. McKenzie-McHarg, Wodonga, solicitor, and agent for Perry Henshaw, on his behalf, formally [?] Albury Municipal Council last…

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V.C. Injured Involved in Car Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 5

When his car came into collision with another car at the intersection of Exhibition and Rathdown streets this morning Corporal [?] Smith…

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Car Accident at Tumut Three Occupants Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 4

A serious motor accident occurred in Capper-street, Tumut, about 7 o'clock on Wednesday night, when a motor car came into contact with a large silky…

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Sea Tragedy Two Men Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 3

Powerless to render assistance in any possible way, a handful of people at Norah Head Lighthouse on Tuesday afternoon were the…

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Two Men Drowned. North Coast Storms. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

Two men were drowned when an auxiliary yacht was overwhelmed in a terrific sea off Norah Head, 20 miles south of Newcastle. For two hours a…

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MR. J. Walker Killed In Tragic Accident Was Prominent In Pastoral Circles Another Man Also Fatally Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 4

Mr. James Walker, president of the Graziers’ Association of N.S.W. and one of the best known pastoralists in Australia…

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Nurse's Heroism in Railway Disaster Passenger Sleeps Through Collision London, June 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 33

Toiling through a heavy thunderstorm, breakdown gangs cleared by 4 p.m. to-day the lines at Welwyn garden city, where late on Saturday night a…

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News by Cable Railway Disaster Collision Near London Heavy Loss of Life London, June 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 11

Shortly before midnight a parcels express train, laden chiefly with Sunday newspapers, crashed into the second division at Welwyn Garden…

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Fierce Gales Along N.S.W. Coast Two Men Drowned People Watch Yacht Sink Sydney

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 3

It is feared that five men have perished in the terrific seas which have swept the coast of New South Wales in the last few days. The…

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CRASHED 180 FEET. Fatal Accident at Maroubra. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 June 1935 · page 1

Christopher Wilson ('55) crashed 150ft. to death when a control cage broke away in a sewerage shaft at Maroubra. The cage crashed to the…

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Triple Car Collision Girl Fatally Injuried Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 June 1935 · page 8

A triple car collision on Point Nepean road, near Moorabbin, on April when a car overturned, .resulting in the death of Myora Jane Leonaru…

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Mother and Son Hurt in Car Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 June 1935 · page 4

A motor car travelling on the Melbourne road falled to take the turn on the Glenrowan hill on the Glenrowan side of the railway crossing 10 miles…

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Cars in Collision Four People Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 3

Three men and a woman were injured early this morning when two motor cars collided in Point Nepean road, Moorabbin…

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Jockey Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 6

E. Smith, rider of Picador, sustained, concussion when he fell from that gelding in the Wanda Steeple at Caulfield to-day and he was taken to the…

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Man’s Neck Broken But is Still Alive More Road Accidents PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 June 1935 · page 3

Four people were injured in road accidents in Perth over the week-end. James Pollot, of Claremont, had his neck broken when a truck in which…

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