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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 57 of 66

Fire Fatality at Shepparton Two Lives Lost. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 1

Trapped by flames, when their homestead, at Yabba North, near Sheppartion, caught fire last night, Kathleen Shiels (24), unmarried, and…

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1000 Believed Drowned in Haiti New York, October 26

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 11

A message from Port an Prince (Haiti) says that belated reports from remote sections of the island indicate that the aftermath of the tropical…

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Two Boys Drowned. In Muddy Creek SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 3

Two boys, John Spears (13) and Lionel Snodgrass (13) both of Marrickville, were drowned in Wolli Creek, Undercliffe, this afternoon…

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WOMAN M. L. A. Injured Perth

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 6

When her car collided with a motor truck in East Perth to-day Miss May Holman. M. L. A. received a slight injury to the forehead. Her condition…

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Two Boys Drowned Tragedy in Creek Fell Into 14 Feet of Water SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 5

Two boys were drowned in Wolli creek Under[?] this afternoon The boys sank in 14 met of [?] water and disapproval…

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Wapiti Plane Crashes Pilot Seriously Injured Hurled From Cockpit When Machine Strikes Ground

The Pastoral Times · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 1

Crashing on the Echuca Aerodrome about 1 p.m. on Wednesday, a Royal Australian Air Force Wapiti plane was completely destroyed. Portions of were strewn along the ground for a distance of 250 yards…

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Killed by Fall of Earth Accident at Wangaratta

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 19

Edward Bridge, 30 years, was killed at Wangaratta (Vic.) by a fall of earth in a trench leading to one of the pumping stations of the sewerage…

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Crushed Between Trucks While Hand Shunting Accident at Wahgunyah Station

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 2

Early yesterday morning, while engaged in trucking operations at the Wahgunyah Railway Station yards, Mr. James King, a well-known…

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Well-known Jockey Dies Mr. "Andy" Clark Sequel to Track Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 November 1935 · page 2

The death occurred suddenly on Tuesday afternoon last of Mr. Andrew Clark, aged 28 years, who was known throughout the district for…

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Trams Collide Three Persons Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 5

Three persons were injured this morning when two trams collided in MacPherson street, Waverley. The [?] of one tram snapped, leaving the…

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Cyclist in Crash Thrown Through Car’s Windscreen Is Seriously Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 1

When a motor car and a bicycle collided in William street, Granville, to-day, James Loughran, 46 was thrown head first through the windscreen of…

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Fatal Accident on Road Near Balranald

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 2 November 1935 · page 3

On Tuesday evening last, residents of Balranald received a shock when it became known that a motor accident had occurred on the Swan Hill…

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Little Boy Drowned After Motor Car Accident Father and Children in Smash Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 4

When a motor car driven by James Butle struck a cow on the bridge at Belmont it sheered off into the railings and Butler and the two…

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Eight People Injured Maitland

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 4

Two cars collided on the great northern highway near Rutherford last night and eight district residents were taken to hospital several in a…

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Killed by Train Wife of Race Club Secretary Level Crossing Fatality Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 4

As Mrs. P. Hickey, of Werribee, was crossing a level crossing this morning on her way to mass at St. Andrew’s Church, Werribee, she was…

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Accident Victim Dies Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 November 1935 · page 4

Bernard O’Malley, 44, of North Sydney, who was critically injured at Dee Why last night, when pinned beneath in overturned car, died in hospital…

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Youth’s Death in Collision Business Man Cleared Manslaughter Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 November 1935 · page 1

Tho City Coronor returned a verdict of accidental death at an inquest on Leslie Stanton. [?] and discharged Theodore Frey Stewart, a city…

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Paint Bursts Into Flames Three Workers Burnt a Girl Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 November 1935 · page 2

When [?]quering a table in the picture frame works of Broadwood’s Ltd., at Waterloo, the paint burst into the flames this afternoon. Three…

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Accident Ends Fatally Mr. James King the Victim

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 November 1935 · page 3

Mr. James King of Wahgunyah, who was caught between the couplings of trucks in the Wahgunyah railway yards at an early hour on Thursday…

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Abyssinian Commander Killed in Motor Accident Addis Abafa, November 3

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 November 1935 · page 2

Commander Dedja Smatch Kibrat, who arrived at the capital with 1000 warriors, was riding down the main street in a taxi with three companions…

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