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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 66

Man Fatally Injured Struck by Motor Car Police Search for Youths SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 1

Detectives are searching for three youths who are said to have decamped from a car after it was responsible for the death of a man in…

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Joy-ride Tragedy Three Killed in Crash Collision in Mid-air Two Sisters are Victims LONDON, September 7

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 September 1935 · page 1

Thousands of holiday-makers [?] Blackpool, the famous English Scas[?] resort, were horrifled [?] [?] to day of a mid-air…

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Man Injured and Robbed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 2

While William Richards, 38, was adjusting the tall light of his truck at Carlton early this morning he was savagely attacked by two men, one…

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Lift Fatality Girl’s Tragic Death MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 3

When an elevator the stepped into suddenly ascended, at A. G. Healings Ltd. on September 2, Josephine Churchill, £0, clerk, of Pakington…

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Wedding Guests in Accident Seven Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 39

Seven persons who had been attending the wedding of a relative were injured when their car crashed with great force into the parapet of the…

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Honeymoon Couple Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 39

A young Sydney couple who were married in Sydney were injured in a head-on collision between two cars near Dunkeld, about eight miles from…

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Political Pistol Duel Mexican Member killed Three Are Injured Mexico City, September 11

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 4

Manual Baladez, a member of the national Congress, from the State of [?] was shot dead this evening in she Chamber of Deputies, and three…

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Early Morning Fatality Truck Driver for Trial Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 1

In the early morning of August 27 a motor truck driven by Phillip Favalera collided with a market gardener’s wagon on Heidelberg road,…

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Deck Hand Drowned Falls Into Lake Lakes Entrance

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 1

Falling from a boat on Lake Victoria to-day Selwyn Mitchelson deck band, employed by Mr. E. [?] of Lake’s Entrance was drowned…

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Unconscious for 36 DAYS Boy Now Recovering Head Was Injured Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 September 1935 · page 5

After having been unconscious for 36 days, the longest period recalled by medical men here, Ray Britain, whose head was injured in an…

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Brothers Injured Accident at Velodrome Motor Bicycle Crashes Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 1

Two brothers, Leslie and Ronald Reynolds, were injured to-day when a motor cycle got out of control on the velodrome at Canterbury, and…

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Motor Car Overturns Two Are Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 1

When a motor car overturned in Plenty road, Whittlesea, this afternoon, the two occupants were injured. They were Ivan Deague, 18,…

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Boy’s Brave Rescue Attempt Brother Saved from Drowning Fell Into River Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 1

Jumping into the River Yarra at Kew yesterday afternoon. Jim McNeilly, 8. of Park crescent. Kew, rescued his brother, Brian, 6, from…

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Woman Killed by Car Driver is Charged Another Critically Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 1

One woman was killed and another was seriously injured when they were knocked down by a car, said to have been…

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HURTLED 100 FEET Track’s Escapade 21 People Aboard Remarkable Escapes; Accident on way to Buffalo

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 September 1935 · page 1

A truck, carrying 21 people up Mt. Buffalo yesterday morning dropped over a steep bank, rolled over several times, and came to a…

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Forty Sheep Drowned

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 3

Mr. C. Ciegg, of Portland Form, near Wagga, lost 40 sheep, which had taken shelter in gullies and were drowned by a rush of storm-water…

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Fatal Motor Accident. a Lorry Overturns. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 2

Sylvia Mildred Hoffrichter (19) and Archibald Ernest Trimming (35) were killed and six others injured, when a motor lorry continuing 20 people…

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Fatal Accident Near Wagga

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 2

Stanley Geaghan started for Weja in a motor car to pick up two passengers to attend a funeral. When taking a sharp tum on the road the…

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Miner Dies Is Accident Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 5

A heavy fall of ore entombed a t miner, Frederick George Sealey, married at the Ml. Morgan mine last night, killing him instantly . He was…

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Injured in Accident Librarian Wins Damages Claim AWARDED £349 MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 September 1935 · page 1

The owner of a “library on wheels” claimed £499 damages in the County Court to-day for injuries received in an accident outside his home on…

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