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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

624 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 32

Newcastle Fatality. Man Electrocuted. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 June 1936 · page 2

George Henry Goodridge (25, was electrocuted at Tighe's Hill, near Newcastle, last night, while making adjustments to his motor lorry He…

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Fell From Top[?] Accident That Br[?] Neuritis

The Independent · Thursday 18 June 1936 · page 2

This old lady survived [?] stairs from top to bottom [?] become a victim of neuriti[?] matism. But in Kruschen [?]…

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Fatal Collision Cyckust-killed Near Wodonga

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 3

A motor car and a push bicycle collided on the main Melbourne road at about 9 p.m. on. Sunday, at a point about six miles from Wodonga, and…

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Girl Killed; Five Others Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 35

Dulcie Wright, 15 years, , Valley. Brisbane, received injuries from which she died; Irene Strupie, aged 17 years, of New Farm, was seriously…

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Mr. W. M. Hughes Injured on Flight to Brisbane Collarbone Broken

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 32

The Minister of Health ,(Mr. W. M. Hughes), who was flying to Brisbane in an aeroplane which was lost in a storm, made a forced landing at…

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Air Liner Crashes. Fatal Accident on the Continent. BERGEN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 1

All seven occupants of an air liner flying to northern towns were killed when the machine crashed into a mountain side in a fog…

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Coronial Inquiry Fatal Accident at Walla Verdich of Accidental Death

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 3

The inquest concerning the death of Alvin Wenke as the result of a collision between a railway motor train and a motor truck near Walla…

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Fell From Top of Stairs Accident That Brought on Neuritis

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 3

This old lady survived a fall down-stairs from top to bottom, only to be come a victim of neuritis and rheumatism. But in Kruschen she found…

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Painful Accident Machinist's Arm Torn Off Condition Critical Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 5

While cleaning machinery at a factory in Alexandria this morning, the clothing of Frederick Mining, 19, machinst, caught in a…

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Damages Against Council Accident on Head

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 June 1936 · page 3

In the Tamworth District Court, the Farmers and Graziers’ Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. was awarded the full amount of…

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Toll of the Road 5333 Persons Injured in this State in 1935 Traffic Authorities Say Position Is Alarming a Matter that Must be Seriously Faced

The Independent · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 1

Startling figures are given in the following article showing the toll of the road owing to excessive speed of motors cars, carelesseness on the part of drivers, cyclists and pedestrians. The Police Department are making every effort to educate the public to use caution…

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Analysis of Accidents

The Independent · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 1

An analysis of accidents for the four months of this year to April 30, shows that 63 persons were killed and 343 injured as the result, of street…

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Motor Van Overturned Accident Near Mathoura. Mathoura

The Independent · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 7

When travelling to Echuca from Mathoura this morning a motor van. owned by Mr. Colin Hall, travelling picture showman, and driven by Mr…

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Accident on Road Damages Against Council

The Independent · Monday 22 June 1936 · page 3

In the Tamworth District Court, the Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Grain Insurance and Agency Co. Ltd. was awarded the full amount of…

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Car Overturns Mr. Tom Pearce Killed Fatality at Collingwood

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 3

While swerving to avoid a tram and a motor car at the corner of Alexandra Parade and Smith street, Collingwood, at…

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Accident with Petrol Pump

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 June 1936 · page 2

While operating a petrol pump in front of his garage, at Wodonga, on Friday morning, Mr. George Buntz met with an unusual accident. The…

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Drowned in Murray Old Man's Sad End. Drover Sees Body in Water

The Independent · Thursday 25 June 1936 · page 2

George Watson, aged 66 years, was drowned, in the Murray River beneath the Murray Bridge at Echuca on Tuesday. The body was seen by a…

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Players Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 38

Playing against Bethanga in Hume League, Alan Gregson (Gerogery) broke his leg, and was brought to Albury District Hospital…

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One Dead; Three Injured Accident on Country Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 12

A man was killed and three others were injured when an old model touring car overturned on Sunday night on the Wellington-road, eight miles from…

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Machinist Injured Arm Torn Out of Socket

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 June 1936 · page 29

Frederick Mining, aged 19 years, a machinist, was gravely injured in Sydney when his right arm was torn out of its socket when it became drawn…

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