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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Hotelkeeper Injured Affray at Morago Hotel Licensee in Hospital

The Independent · Thursday 3 December 1936 · page 3

Thomas R. Davies, licensee of Morago Hotel, is an inmate of Deniliquin Hospital as a result of being struck on the head with some object…

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Unfortunate Tragedy. Two School Picnickers Drowned. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 1

Tragedy marr[?] school picnic yesterday of the [?]field Christian Brothers School [?] National Park when two boys members of the…

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Manly Ferry Fire Inquest on Two Victims Fire Thought Accidental Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 December 1936 · page 5

At an inquest to day concerning the deaths of William Robert Duncan Findlay, and Sydney Patrick Tight who were victims of a fire which…

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Bradman Injured. Ankle Slightly Wrenched. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 2

Bradman slipped when leaving the ground at the conclusion of play in Brisbane, yesterday, and slightly wrenched his ankle. He will probably…

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Fatal Accident. Melbounre

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 December 1936 · page 3

Deaconess Dorothy Champion, principal of St. Hilda's Training Centre for Church of England Missionaries and Deaconesses, was killed, and…

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Truck Hits Tree. Occupants Slightly Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 9 December 1936 · page 1

On Wednesday week, a truck driven by the Dcnlliquin Stock Inspector, Mr C. White, struck a tree at side of the road near…

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Motor Accident on Hay Road Three People Injured

The Independent · Thursday 10 December 1936 · page 2

Whilst driving to Zara Station on Tuesday evening a car, driven by Mr. Reg Miles, and containing as passengers Miss M. Hynes and Mr. P…

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Collision in Sanger Street

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 2

On Wednesday evening a Collision occurred between a utility truck driven by Mr. L. E. Martin brick klin proprietor of Corowa and a motor…

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British Trawler's Crew Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 24

The 36-ton Lowestoft trawler "Girl Norah" was caught in a storm off the French coast, and ran aground between Calais and Gravelines. The…

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Man Injured in Explosion

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 5

While working on the road, near Talmalmo on Wednesday, Alan Mus- grave, of Holbzrook, received severe Injuries to the face, following the…

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Car Accidentally Set Alight One Man Killed and Two Injured

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

Lighting a match to see where his brother was lying after their motor car had run off the road and overturned near Cooper's Creek (Vic.), a…

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Aeroplane Crash Melbourne Sportsman Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 35

A two-seater Avro Avian biplane, piloted by Claude Grice, a well-known amateur steeplechase rider, of Melbourne, crashed while making a forced…

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Woman Killed Three Companions Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 9

A woman was killed and her companions were injured when a car containing a party of officials of Church of England institutions crashed down…

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Motors Collide Miss Muriel Wyse Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 1

At Wangaratta on Tuesday evening, Miss Muriel Wyse (who was recently appointed matron of Deniliquin Hospital) was…

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Truck Strikes Culvert Three People Injured Smash on Hay Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 1

Three persons were injured— two seriously.— when a motor truck in which they were driving crashed into a culvert on the…

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Boy Accidentally Hanged Remarkable Circumstances

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 19

An unusual fatality is reported from Macleay Island, Moreton Bay (Qld.), where Richard Aubrey Cheras, 12, was accidentally hanged while playing…

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Fatal Accident Death of Mr. Don Young

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 11 December 1936 · page 2

Meagre news was received in town yesterday of a fatal shooting accident to Mr. Don. Young, 39, of Pleasant Hills, Mr. Young has for the past six months…

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Level Crossing Fatality. Three Car Passengers Killed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 2

An electric train crashed into a motor car at a level crossing at Day" Creek near Laverton, to-day, and three of the ocupants of the car…

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Cause of Motor Accident Car Lights Blamed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 December 1936 · page 3

A REPORT compiled by Constables Murphy and McRae, after interviews with persons involved concerning the motor accident on the Hay road…

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Three Bots Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 33

The three boys of Mr. A. J. Lenehan, president of the Wade shire, were driving to church when the pony shied and bolted, throwing the…

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