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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

624 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 32

Motor Cyclist Killed Machine in Second Fatality

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 5

Following his custom of going to Adelong to join his brothers, Oscar and Reginald, for Christmas, Frank Walsh, 31 years, started from Wagga…

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Three Drowned in Colliery Dam Mother and Two Children

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

A mother and her two children were drowned in a colliery dam at Helensburgh on Boxing Day, in Circumstances that were both dramatic…

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Four Drowned Boat Overtukns Mother, Two Children and Niece

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 6

Tragedy attended a picnic touting at Kelly's Bay a young woman and three children, members of a family…

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Lorry, Out of Control, Overturns Eleven Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 30

Eleven persons, nine being members of one family, were injured when a motor lorry overturned while descending Bulli Pass on Saturday…

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The Fate of Two Little Girls. Drowned in Brick Pit. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

While helping their grandfather to gather firewood at Enoggera, to-day, Marjorie Osborne (9), and her sister, Jean (11), were warned not to go…

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Fatal Silos Accident Man Caught in Fly-wheel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 27

At the Mangoplah silos on Monday afternoon about 3 o'clock, James Sloan, aged 39 years, slipped into the revolving machinery and received…

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Naval Officer Killed Car's Double Somersault Accident Near Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 25

With his neck fractured, Percival G. Jones, 28, a petty officer of H.M.A.S. Cerberus, was found dead lying near a sports car about seven…

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Christmas Morning Accident Man's Leg Broken Struck by Motor Cycle

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 2

Christmas Day dawned rather disastrously for Mr. John Joyce, of Strathfield. Soon after midnight he was struck by a motor cycle and sustained…

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Road Accidents Increase Last Year Excessive Speed a Major Cause

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 January 1936 · page 3

The toll of road accidents in New South Wales for the year ended June 30 last showed an increase m the number of victims killed and insured above…

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Struck on Head Clerk Seriously Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 4

Mr. H. E. Mees, weighbridge clerk at the Finley railway yards, met with a serious accident on New Year’s Day. He was conducting some friends over…

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Bathers in Difficulties Holiday Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 3

ON New Year’s Day Mrs F. Hargraves (nee Miss Nell Wellsford) got into difficulties when bathing in the river at the old cattle crossing…

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Man’s Memory Returns After Accident Three Months’ Roaming

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 7 January 1936 · page 2

THE cases of people having lost their memories and [?] in strange circumstances or by coincidence recovered them, have been the themes of many…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 3

Mr Eric M'Pherson, son of Mr and Mrs F. A. M’Pherson, of Jerilderie, met with a serious shooting accident on their property near…

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Drowned in Murray. Late Licensee Op City Hotel

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1936 · page 3

On Friday, Thomas James Holmes late licensee of the Sablonicre Hotel, Queen Street, Melbourne, was drowned in the Murray. Holmes,…

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Man's Memory Returns After Accident Found at Jerilderie

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1936 · page 3

The cases of people having lost their memories, and then in strange circumstances or by coincidence recovering them, have been the…

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Boy Drowned at Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 2

Raymond Duell, aged 9, who lived with his mother, Mrs. Robert Duell, in Dight street, Monument Hill, Albury, and whose father is employed…

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Boy Drowned Companion Rescued

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 14

In shallow water, whi[?]h reached only to their wastes, one boy was drowned and another suffered severely from immersion at Elwood (Vic.) on…

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Man Drowned in Murray

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 19

Thomas James Holmes, former licensee of the Sabloniere Hotel, Queen-street, Melbourne, was drowned in the Murray River at Yarrawonga…

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Motors Collide Shire Clerk Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 1

As the result of a collision on the road near Adelong on Monday afternoon, Mr. R. J. Barrett (Berrigan Shire Clerk), his son Jim, aged about three…

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Youth Killed Car Fatality on Calder Highway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1936 · page 11

One youth received fatal injuries and two others were seriously injured when a sedan car in which they were travelling somersaulted five times near…

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