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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

1,311 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 66

Rail Motor Collision Mast Is Hurt Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 3

Late yesterday a rail motor inspection car and a Casey Jones patrol trolley collided head on between Annuello and Margooya. Noel Laity, of…

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Had Narrow Escape Family Almost Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 January 1935 · page 3

A family named Smith, of Emerald (Qld.), had a narrow escape from drowning when flood-waters rose to the seats of a car in which they…

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Road Accidents the Human Factor

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 January 1935 · page 4

The N.S.W. Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks), has kept a careful check on road accidents and the manner in…

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Bee Causes Accident Two Women Injured When Car Hits Tree

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 16

While travelling from Melbourne to Wangaratta, Miss E. R. Calvert, and Mrs. F. Rayward, both of Toorak, were involved in an accident three…

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'Plane Dives Into Sea Pilot Drowned; Passenger Swims Ashore

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 11

A Moth 'plane, which was flying from Blenheim to Christchurch (N.Z.), crashed into the sea, four miles north of Christchurch and the pilot, N…

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Tram Conductor Injured. Swept off Footboard. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 3

Keith Giles (35), while collecting tickets on an old type tramcar, at Waverley, was swept off the footboard receiving a fractured right thigh and…

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Level Crossing Accident. Near Temora. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

When a motor lorry collided with a train at a level crossing near Temora the petrol tank of the wrecked lorry caught fire. The flames destroyed…

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Accident at Rand

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 2

While repairing the roof of his house at Rand, Joseph Johnson, aged 35 years slipped and tell to the ground. He sustained a deep…

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Electric Shock “Live” Wire Accidents How to Rescue Contacts

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 January 1935 · page 3

The experience of three brothers who narrowly escaped electrocution at Dubbo recently after the roof of their home became charged with electricity…

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Eleven Workers Drowned Calcutta, Jan . 25

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 4

Eleven underground workers, were drowned by a sudden inrush of water from the old working the Loyabad colliery, in the…

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Motor Car Crashes Three Occupants Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 January 1935 · page 7

Three occupants of a motor car were injured late last night when it crashed through the level crossing gates on the Parramatta road at…

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Cyclist Killed Sidecar Passenger Injured Collision with Milk Cart Melbourne, Saturday

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

A young man was killed and his companion critically injured when a motor-cycle and side car came into collision with a milk cart at the…

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Albury Nurse Helps to Revive Drowning Men Caught in Undertow Young Man Drowned Two Others Rescued Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Caught in a very severe undertow on North Curl Curl beach this afternoon a young man was drowned while two at his…

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Albury Artilleryman Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 2

Gunner R. Ross, a member of the 40th battery team, which left Albury on Saturday to participate in a rifle shooting meeting at Wagga during the…

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Neck Fractured Albury Lad Injured Accident at little River

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

While attempting to dive from an improvised springboard into a pool at Little River yesterday, pool at Hutchison, 17, slipped off,…

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T. Dynon Injured Fractured Leg and Jaw Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 6

When Lucky Saint fell at the second hurdle in the Tweed side Hurdle at Moonee Valley to-day T. Dynon the well-known cross…

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Lorry Capsizes Six Persons Injured But None Seriously . SYDNEY, Sunday

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

Six persons were injured, but none seriously when a lorry got of control near Mona vale to-day and left the road and capsized over an…

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Motor Cycling Title Won by B. Wilkinson Ruder Injured Sydney Sunday

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

B. Wilkinson (N.S.W.) won the motor cycling championship of Australia at the showground last night, defeating “Tiger” Stevenson…

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Train Strikes Car. Six Occupants Injured One in Serious Condition Hobart

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 1

When a car crashed into a picnic train at Valleyfield level crossing near New Norfolk this evening the six occupants of the car were injured…

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Tragic Sea Collision Lives Lost Off American Coast 35 Bodies Recovered Steering Gear of Steamer Fails New York, January 26

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 January 1935 · page 3

At first believed that no lives had been lost the collision between the Steamers Mohawk and Talisman off the coast of New Lersey on Thursday night has turned out to be a tragic affair An inquiry into the disaster was opened to-day with the death list,…

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