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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 66

Crushed by Stone Man Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 4

With the assistance, of a jury of seven the City Coroner (Mr. L Grant) recorded a finding of accidental death at the inquest into the…

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“Driver Not to Blame” Dying Man’s Statement Car and Cycle Collide Accident Bear Mullengandra

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 5

Mr C. W. Swiney District [?] held an [?] at the Albury Court House yesterday concerning the death in the…

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Boy Critically Hurt Cycle Collides With Car Accident at Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 4

As a result of n .collision between a motor car slid a cycle, on which were riding two boys. in Wagga yesterday afternoon, William Boyton, 14, son…

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Road Accidents Toll in England Figures for 1934 LONDON January 14

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 January 1935 · page 4

Road accidents in Great Britain in 1934 number 204,500 an increase of 13,018 over last year. The killed comforted 273 compared with 7202…

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Hume council Foreman Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 2

On Tuesday afternoon Mr. C. A. Fietz, foreman for Hums Shire Council, was adjusting a dislodged steel rope on the 4 ton road maintainer…

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5 Youths Believed Drowned Portion of Yacht Found Conclusive Evidence of a Tragedy Perth

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

The discovery of a large portion of the front part of a yacht with a piece of new rope on the bowsprit near the beach 20 miles north of…

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Motor Accidents Human Element Important Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 January 1935 · page 3

“It Is most. alarming and discouraging to find that 84 per cent, of the motor accidents involving deaths are attributable to human failure,” said…

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Talgarno Resident Injured, in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. P. Ryan, of Talgarno, and Miss V. Ellwood, of Gundowring, were driving in a car along Gundowring-Huon road on Wednesday evening…

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E. Menzel Injured in Motor Car Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 33

Roderick Menzel, the Czechoslovakian tennis player, was injured in a motor accident. Menzel left Melbourne early Sunday morning in a car driven…

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Tumut Resident Fatally Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 12

Descending Wyangle Hill, on the way to Tumut, a motor car driven by W. Eccleston, with Hugh Cameron, 79 years, of Tumut, as passenger…

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Mr. C. A. Fietz Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon Mr. C. A. Fietz, foreman for Hume Shire Council, was adjusting a dislodged steel rope on the 4½ ton road maintainer…

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Boy Badly Injured at Wagga

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 8

A serious accident occurred at the intersection of Baylis and Tompson streets, Wagga, shortly before 6 o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, when a motor…

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Boy Drowned at Gunnedah. Crossing Flood Waters. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 2

John Allen (12), was riding his pony through the floodwaters, at Gunnedah, when the animal stumbled in a deep hole. The boy, who was…

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Man Drowned Swept From Car in Swirling Flood Waters

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 33

When a motor car was enveloped by flood waters in a creek on the outskirts of Bathurst curly Monday evening, Ernest Flynn, of Bathurst, was…

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Tasmanian Premier Injured Car Collides with Tram

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 11

The Premier of Tasmania (Mr. A. G. Ogilvie) and his private secretary (Mr. Harry George Smith), who was recently appointed Registrar-General in…

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Buy Injured--riding on Bar of Bicycle

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

A serious accident occurred at the intersection of Baylis and Thompson Streets, Wagga, on Tuesday afternoon, when a motor car struck a…

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Man Drowned at Little Billabong Worst Flood in History of District

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 5

When the cloudburst occurred in the Little Billabong district on Sunday afternoon last ever three inches of rain fell in less than an…

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Chase Near Sutherland. a Car Driver Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 1

Said to have been struck in the back by a bullet fired by a constable during a chase near Sutherland, last night, a man named Richard Thirling…

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Car Somersaults and Bursts Into Flames Six People Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 31

When the car in which they were riding, left the road, somersaulted, and burst into flames on the Dubbo-Narromine road, six persons had a…

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News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. Berlin Tackles Accident Problem

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 28

In an endeavor to reduce the great number of road accidents in Germany, the Berlin police have introduced an accident investigation flying squad…

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