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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

624 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 32

Truck Strikes Bridge Two Men Seriously Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 3

Two Italians, Romeo Cimarostl, 15 years Lygon street,Carlton and Giacino Rangin 42 years,Faraday street,Carlton, were seriously…

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Six Persons Drowned. Cars Plunge Off Jetty. Party Trapped Under Water. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

Six members of a fishing party of eight were drowned and the other two had to struggle for their lives when two motor cars carrying the…

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Intelligence [?]Mbing Raid. [?]Cross Hospitals. [?]Killed; 120 Injured. Addis Ababa

The Independent · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 3

[?]byssinian Egyptian and Cross hospitals were bombing attack by 37 [?] planes on Harrar to-day…

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Accident at Sewerage Treatment Works

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 March 1936 · page 2

On Friday last at about midday, Mr. James Pass was the victim of an accident at the Sewerage Treatment Works at South Corowa, as a result…

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Train Tragedy Ta[?] Men Attacked Two Die; Other Critically Injured. Brisbane

The Independent · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 3

When the Rockhampton train arrived at Brisbara this morning a porter named Shaw, upon entering a first-class carriage, discovered the…

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Fatal Car Accident. Woman Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 2

Miss Dennis was killed, a man seriously injured, and another woman suffered severe shock, early this morning, when a car left the road…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 3 April 1936 · page 5

Whilst employed grape- picking on Corona Vineyard last week a man named Harvey Armstrong met with an uneviable experience. In stooping…

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Six Persons Drowned Cars Plunge Off Jetty Party Trapped Under Water

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 4 April 1936 · page 4

Six members of a fishing party of eight were drowned and the other two had to struggle for their lives when two motor cars carrying the party left…

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Fatality at Goulburn. Sydney, Tuesday Noon

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 April 1936 · page 2

Raymond Waldron (19), fell from a bridge into the Mulwaree River, at Brisbane Grove, Goulburn, last night, and was drowned. He had climbed…

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UNREGISTERED Motor Vehicle in Collision

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 1

At the Police Court on Tuesday, before Mr. Beavers, P. M., Richard Irving Mathewson pleaded guilty to driving an unregistered motor vehicle…

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Unregistered Truck Involved in Collision. Driver Fined £2

The Independent · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

For having driven an unregistered motor vehicle in Napier street on February 24, Richard Irving Matthewson was proceeded against in the…

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Fatality [?]Rsons Killed Air Liner Crashes. New York

The Independent · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

[?]sons, nine of them pas[?] the Transcontinental air[?] killed to-day when the [?] leaying Newark airport,…

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[?]Erican Tornadoes [?] KILLED; 2,000 Injured. [?]Amage Estimated at 25 Million Dollars. New York

The Independent · Thursday 9 April 1936 · page 3

[?] rising rivers added a threat of read floods to the distress ol southern States which were hy tornadoes, and which are…

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Fatality at Cricket Ground. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

Charles Johnson was killed at the Sydney Cricket Ground to-day, when the top of a crane on the top of the new stand fell, hurling the dog-box…

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Daughter Killed; Mother Injured in Smash Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 6

Enid Wright, aged 10, was killed and her mother, Mrs. A. S. Wright, was injured to-day in a motor smash at Lakemba…

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Hotel Balcony Collapses. Many People Injured. SYDNEY, Wednesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 2

Thirty-five persons were injured this afternoon when the front balcony of the MacQuarie View Hotel collapsed, precipitating the occupants 20 feet to…

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Road Accidents Alarming Number in N.s.w

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 31

Speaking at the unveiling of a safety-first campaign poster in Sydney, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. Haddocks) said that road…

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Wangaratta Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 8

Mr. E. Hoy was driving to Wangaratta in a motor car which he had had specially equipped for the coining 100 miles race at Benalla. He had with…

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Fatal Car Accident. a Woman Killed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 5

A car driven by Robert Spark (37), of Hawthorn, fell 250 feet over cliffs into the river off the new Yarra boulevard. Mrs. R. Spark (25), was…

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Yerong Creek Motor Accident

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 4

Whilst motoring from Albury to Yerong Creek on Monday evening, Mrs. Burt of the Yerong Creek Hotel, met with an accident between Henty…

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