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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Killed on Crane Dog-box Hurled 60 Feet Accident at Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 April 1936 · page 5

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

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Collision at Mascot Two Planes Wrecked. SYDNEY, Tuesday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 2

Two planes met in a head-on collision at Mascot aerodrome this afternoon. Three men were injured. A Fox moth plane, flown by B…

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Fatality at Griffith. Man Buried in Sewer Tunnel. GRIFFITH

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 2

A man named Broughton, who had been engaged on excavation work for the local sewerage scheme, was killed yesterday, when a fall of…

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Another Car Plunges Into a River. Four Persons Drowned at Taree

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 2

On a wet dark night on Saturday the driver of a car, William Jackson, who was probably unable to distinguish the surface of the water from…

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Relief Worker's Accident Falls into a Quarry SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 April 1936 · page 2

While making the rounds of his rabbit traps at Minnemurra, near Kiama, last night, Thomas Roberts (55), a relief worker fell into a quarry…

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A Very Sad Fatality. Four Berrigan Residents Drowned

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 15 April 1936 · page 3

On Friday morning last Mr James Jackson, Mrs Jackson, their son William, and Mrs W. J. Clements, [?] Berrigan on a motor tour, with…

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Four Drowned in River Motor Car's Plunge

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 3

Four persons were drowned, three of them without a chance of escape, when a sedan car left the main road at a point served by a…

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Shooting Accident near Bundure

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 16 April 1936 · page 3

A sad shooting fatality occurred near Silver Pines, Bundure, on Monday last, as a result of which a young lad named John Alford…

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Sad Fatality Four Berrigan Residents Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 3

ON Friday morning last Mr. James Jackson, Mrs. Jackson, them son William, and Mrs. W. J. Clements, left Berrigan on a motor tour, with the…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Fatality Near Mulwala Collision with Truck

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 5

Shortly after 7 p.m. on Saturday evening last a fatal accident occurred at the intersection of Melbourne and [?] Streets Mulwala, the victim…

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Train Fatality at Walla One Dead; Four Injured Tragedy at Crossing

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 12

A child was killed, a lorry driver and another child were critically injured, and two other children suffered serious injuries when a motor-lorry…

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Cars in Collision at Narandera

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 12

Mr. J. Molloy, a well-known bookmaker; Mr. J. Saxby, superintendent of Yanco High School, and Miss M. Wright, a nurse at Griffith Hospital…

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Fatal Accident Motor Train Hits Truck One Killed; Four Injured

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 2

A serious accident occurred when a motor truck, driven by Mr. Carl Klemke, was struck by the Corowa to Junee motor train, at the…

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Albury Police Court Sequel to Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 3

As the result of a collision at the intersection of Townsend and Smollett Streets, Albury, on March 1, between a car driven by Dr. G. Paton, of…

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Motor Vehicles Collide Man Seriously Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 12

A collision occurred near the intersection of Gormly avenue and the Albury road, which resulted in two persons being admitted to the Wagga…

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Fifty Injured Balcony Collapses During Sale

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 10

Nearly 50 persons—men, women and children—were injured when the balcony of the Macquarie View Hotel, at the corner of Talbregar and…

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Man Seriously Injured in Stabbing Affray

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 5

A stabbing affray occurred on a property 17 miles from Finley near Langtry Pary, on Wednesday when James Cavanagh, 34 years labourer…

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Punt Disaster Berrigan Residents Drowned Tragedy Near Taree

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 5

Four Berrigan residents were drowned on Saturday night last when a ear they were in plunged in to the Manning River at Tonemee…

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Four Drowned in River Motor Car's Plunge Passengers Trapped

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 35

Four persons were drowned, three of them without a chance of escape, when a s[?]dan car left the main road at a point served by a vehicle ferry and…

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ALBURY & DISTRICT Fell from Car and Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1936 · page 9

Mr. John Griffith, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Griffith, "Delaware," Howlong road, Albury, had his face and both hands badly grazed on…

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