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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Woman Drowned in Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 28

Mrs. Mary Ellen Cooper, aged 64 years, was drowned in the Billabong Creek at Jerilderie. It appears that Mrs. Cooper visited friends who reside…

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Two Drowned Bescuer Loses Lute

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 11

Angel Georgi Nicholson, aged 20 years, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. B. Nicholson, of New Norfolk and Mr. Allan William Painton, aged…

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Six Dead in Road Accidents Truck Fatality Woman and Daughter Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 14

Crushed by full milk-cans, a woman and her daughter "were killed when a milk waggon overturned in Plenty-road, Bundoora (Vic), on Saturday…

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Forest Fatality Man Killed in Presence of Son

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 8

A shocking fatality occurred on Monday, when Frederick Steele (55), of Ganmain, was killed. He was loading pine logs on to a timber…

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Constable Injured Charged with Malicious Wounding Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 5

At the quarter sessions to-day five young men, Henry Burnett Stanton, 26; Reginald James Flanagan, 26; Cee[?] Ernest Flanagan, 30; Frederick…

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Derailment of Mixed Train. Accident Near Hay

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 43

A mixed train, carrying 13 passengers, was partially derailed about two miles on the Hay side of the Uardiy siding. None of the passengers was…

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Road Accidents Increased Patrols for the Country

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 28

Replying in the Legislative Assembly to Mr. A. Mair (U.A.P.), who asked that in view of the increase in road accidents patrol services should…

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In the Train Accident

The Independent · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 4

Mr. Ivo Bearers, police Magistrate, who was returning to Deniliquin from Darington Point, was one of the passengers on the mixed train to Hay…

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Car Accident. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 May 1936 · page 2

Three men injured and seven bullocks were killed, or had to be destroyed, early this morning, when a car, driven by Charles Wm. McLeod,…

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Miner Seriously Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 2

While working in the Homeward Bound Bon Accord gold mine, near Yackandandah, Mr. Reg. Day was struck on the leg by a piece of…

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Youth Injured When Ceiling Collopsed

The Independent · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 2

While engaged in demolition work on the old Bank of New South Wales building, Deniliquin, on Saturday morning, Charles Adams, a son of Mr…

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Fall Fom Ceiling Contractor’s Son Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 1

Charles and John Adams, junr., who were engaged in pulling down the old Bank of New South Wales premises, fell about 12 feet when a celling rafter…

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Motor Accident Loaded Truck Capsizes. Occupants Rescued Through Cabin Roof

The Independent · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 1

Messrs. W. Nell and G. Schremmer, and Schremmer's two children, Paul and Marie, were trapped in the cabin of a motor truck when it turned over…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 2

On Wednesday last, Mrs. W.J. Mortimer of South Corowa, sustained a broken arm through being thrown out of a sulky. As a patient…

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Accident Victim Succumbs

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 May 1936 · page 3

Darrell Gosper, one of the victims injured in a motor accident near Kerang died in “Glenarm” private hospital Kerang. The deceased young man was…

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Drowning Fatality

The Independent · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 2

A sad drowning, fatality occurred at Jerilderie when Mrs. Mary Ellen Cooper, aged 64 years, wife of Mr. Peter Cooper, lost her life. Mrs Cooper…

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Child Drowned in Channel

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

The body of Shirley May Pickens, three-year-old daughter of J. F. and Mrs. Pickens, of Roslynmead, near Eehuca (Vic), was found on Monday…

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Man Fatally Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 11

John M'Intyre, 21, of Redfern, was the victim of a very unusual accident. He was riding on top of a lorry load of straw, and struck his head on the…

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Young Hunter Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 9

Lloyd Mortlock, aged 14 years, went rabbiting with two cousins at Ladysmith, near Wagga. They sighted a fox, and while chasing it Lloyd…

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[?] NEWS [?] Man Injured. [?]

The Independent · Friday 15 May 1936 · page 3

[?] fall a tree in Law[?], Mr. Rod[?] of the Murray [?] of an received a slight…

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