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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 66

Youth Fatally Injured at Wahgunyah

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 5

Emerging from a side street on to the main road near Wahgunyah on Wednesday, George Hall, aged 19 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry…

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Cyclist Killed Fatality at Wahgunyah Turned in Front of Car

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 July 1935 · page 4

Shortly after 3.30 on Wednesday afternoon George Hall, aged 17, who was riding bicycle in Victoria street Wahgunyah, was…

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Fatal Collision Hay Service 'Bus and Car Near Ravenswood

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 3

Telegrams from Bendigo and Custlemaine to Melbourne papers state that on Sunday, about 8.30 p.m., one man was killed, two men seriously…

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952 Killed in Traffic Accidents; Mostly by Cars

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 3

Official figures show that 952 persons were killed and 18,309 injured in traffic accidents in 1934. The greatest toll was taken my…

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Man Found Dead Accident Is Police View Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 2

Henry Dunn, 33, of Franklin street, city, was found dead in a washhouse at the rear of his home last night with head injuries. Police are now…

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Death Follows Accident Wonthaggi

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 6

Struck by a flying rock in the State [?] mine during blasting operations on July 4. Charles White, 50, miner, was injured. Today he collapsed…

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Fatal Road Accident Coroner’s Advice to Pedestrians. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 4

“Pedestrians using the roadway should always walk on the side of the road, facing oncoming traffic, said Mr. Grant, P.M., the City…

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Toll of the Road Many Accidents in N.S.W. 95 Killed in Three Months Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 July 1935 · page 4

Statistics of road accidents in N.S.W. during the quarter ended March 31 last were made available to-day by the Commissioner of Road…

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Head-on Collision Six Persons Injured One Is Politician’s Son Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

Five men and a girl were injured early this morning when two motor-cars collided head-on in Alexandra Avenue…

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Star Rover Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 4

In the Wangaratta-Border United match on Saturday. Wangaratta’ star rover. T. Ferguson, fell in a crush, and severely dislocated his ankle. He…

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Child Gravely Injured Grafton

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

Petty Earle, aged three, was gravely injured when struck on the head by a golf club, with which her father was practising. Her skull was…

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Youth Fatally Injured Bus Collides with Cycle Mildura

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

When a bus carrying footballers, after colliding with a motor cycle, overturned last night, George Gale, 18, of Coomealla, was fatally injured…

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Balloon Collapses No One Injured Rapid City (South Dakota), July 12

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 1

The National Geographical Society and American Army Air Corps stratosphere balloon collapsed for an unexplained cause an hour before it was…

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Left Girl Dead on Road Motorist Speeds Away Man Seriously Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

When a car crashed into a motor cycle at Petersham early this morning the driver sped away, leaving a girl dead on the roadway and a man…

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Toll of the Road An Hour of Smashes Two Men Fatally Injured Seven Others Hurt MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 2

An epidemic of road smashes occurred within little over an hour last night, involving injuries to [?] In two cases, according to…

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Fierce Riots in Belfast Four Killed; Many Injured Pipers Fired on in Street Military Called Out LONDON, July 13

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1935 · page 3

Hardly had Viscount Craigavon, the prime Minister, told Orangemen at Gilford that the prospects in Northern Ireland…

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Eleven Passengers Drowned Antwerp

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 2

Ten passengers and Dr. Iver were drowned, and ten were saved, when a motor bus overturned and pitched [?] a canal to-day white attempting…

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Struck by Engine Man Fatally Injured Accident at Wangaratta WANGARATTA

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 2

James Tucker, storeman in the employ of Messrs. W. and P. Smith, flour millers, was killed instantly when he was struck…

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Trapped in Bus 10 Passengers Drowned Antwerp, July 14

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 1

Ten passengers and the driver were drowned to-day and 10 were saved when a motor ’bus overturned into a canal when…

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Thrown From Horse Jockey Badly Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 July 1935 · page 6

Peter Kenny, 26, who has had several mounts in cross-country races recently, was thrown from a horse he was schooling at Flemington this…

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