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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 40 of 66

Two Cyclists Crash Both Critically Injured Skulls Fractured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 1

Emil Catch, 11, was critically injured last night when his bicycle hit the kerbstone in Weston road, Rozelle. and then crashed into a. telegraph…

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Elderly Chinese Injured Found in Room at Joss House Believed to Have Fallen Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 1

A Chinese Yet Hong, 74 caretaker of a Joss house in Edward street, Glebe, was found early this morning with a wound in the head in a room…

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Bad Mix-up at Rosehill Two Horses Killed Fire Jockeys Injured and Are Admitted to Hospital ,Champion Greensea’s Victory Hurdle SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 July 1935 · page 6

Eight horses fell in the Maiden Threo and Four Year Old Handicap at Rosehill to-day, making the third serious Sydney race…

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Woman Seriously Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 5

Mrs. W. Alchin was driving a horse and sulky along Tarcutta-road, Wagga, when the horse shied and went over a low embankment. Mrs. Alchin was…

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Frightful Accident at Walla Well-known Farmer Seriously Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 3

When an eight-horse team he was working in a plough bolted on Wednesday afternoon, about 5 o'clock, Mr. Harold Wogener…

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Shocking Accident Horse Team Bolts Walla Farmer Badly Injured

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 2

Mr. Harold Wegener, a well-known fanner at Walla, met with a most painful accident on Wednesday afternoon when a team of horses with…

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Farmer Injured When Plough Team Bolts Accident at Walla Walla

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 5

A very painful accident befel Mr. Harold Wagener, farmer, of Walla Walla, on Wednesday last while he was driving an eight-horse team lu…

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Farmer Injured. Plough Team Bolts. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 3

A farmer named Harold Wegener, of Walla, was shockingly injured when an eight-horse team he was working in a plough, bolted. Before…

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Struck by Tram Boy Critically Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 3

Struck by an electric tram in North Melbourne to-night, Clive Hawkey, 13, of North Melbourne, was admitted to hospital in a serious condition with a…

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Collision at Sea Both Vessels Make Port San Francisco, July 24

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 4

With a hole 20ft. deep amidships on the starboard side, the Calmar, which collided with the Koryu Mara. 10 miles south of San Francisco last…

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Four-greyhounds Killed Struck By Motor Car Two Men Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 3

Four speed coursing greyhounds were lulled and the men who were leading them were injured when struck by a motor car on the Ballarat…

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Big Floods in N.Z. Boats Used to Rescue Farmers One Believed Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 4

Boats are being, used to rescue marooned farmers in the vicinity of Hikurangi swamp, north of Auckland. Heavy stock losses are feared. The…

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Serious Turf Accident Two Horses Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 44

Eight horses fell in the Maiden Three and Four-year-old Handicap at Rosehill on Wednesday, making the third serious Sydney race smash in less…

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Vice-admiral Astley-rushton Killed in Accident London, July 20

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 11

Vice-Admiral E. Astley-Rushton, who commanded H.M.A.S. Melbourne when it was attached to the Grand Fleet from 1916 until 1919, crashed…

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Accident at Young. Verandah Collapses with 50 People. SYDNEY, Friday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 July 1935 · page 2

Nearly 50 men, women and children were flung in a heap from a ver[?] and at Young, yesterday, on which an auction sale was being held, when…

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Trapped Under Car Three Months Old Child Drowned

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 3

The three months old son of Thomas Irwin, of Myall, farmer, was drowned last night when a touring car, driven by Irwin and containing his wife,…

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Tragic Colliery Disaster 3[?] KILLED; 76 Injured Calcutta, July 25

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 July 1935 · page 1

India’s biggest colliery disaster occurred at Giridih, where 36 were killed and 76 injured when an explosion followed the ignition of…

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Petrol Drum Explodes Channel Worker Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 2

Giovanni de Paoli, who was working on the Berriquin irrigation channels, was seriously injured when an explosion occurred in an empty petrol…

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Two Brothers Drowned Rapt Overturns on Dame Allah At

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 2

When an improvised raft on the imperial Dam overturned this after Leonard Hargreaves, 16 of Kyneton and his brother John 12…

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A Miner Killed Companion Critically Injured a Premature Explosion Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 July 1935 · page 2

Ottorini Corrobio, 34, was killed, and Tony- Grassenis, 35, was seriously injured in an accident to the Great Boulder mine on Saturday. They…

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