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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

624 stories in Murray's papers · page 31 of 32

Girl's Spine Injured Wheelbarrow Race

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 39

Two girls were injured, one seriously in a wheelbarrow race at Parsley Bay. Winnie Moore, aged 16 years, of Queen's-road, Five Dock…

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Tragedy at Bendigo. Two Children Drowned. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 3

While playing on the edge of Bendigo Creek, Arthur Raymond Kennedy (5), and Noel Francis Dempsey (5), fell into the stream and were…

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New Justices Riverina Nominees Two Men Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 5

The names of nearly 1000 new Justices of the Peace were gazetted on Tuesday. They included:— Samuel Angel, jun., Mangoplah When a car in which five Albury residents were returning from a concert at Rutherglen got out of control on a sharp corner at Brown's Plains, 18…

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One Killed; Two Injured Motorists Drive on

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 35

A man was killed and two boys were injured by motorists who failed to stop to render assistance after accidents at the week-end…

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Lost Plane Found. Pilot Badly Injured. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 3

The lost aviator, Read, was found by a party of farmers last night, on top of a ridge in the Brisbane Ranees Bacchus Marsh. He was trapped…

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Revolt in Spain. Further Air Raids on Madrid. Many Civilians Killed and Injured. Madrid

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 2

The casualties as a result of yesterday's air raid totalled 63 killed and 263 injured. The majority of them were women and children. Two…

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Fell From Top of Stairs Accident That Brought on Neuritis

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 3

This old lady survived a fail downstairs from top to bottom, only to become a victim of neuritis and rheumatism. But in Kruschen she found…

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Accident Near Brown's Plains

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 2

Returning from the Ruthergien Convent School concert on Tuesday, night, several Albury residents were involved in a serious motor accident…

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Matron in Car Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 2

While on her way to take up duties as matron at Deniliquin Hospital. Miss Muriel Wyse, sister of Mr. Murray Wyse, of Deniliquin "Pastoral…

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Child Loses Sight of Eye Accident with Air Gun

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 18 December 1936 · page 5

On Sunday last, while playing with some boys who had an air gun, Charles Dunlop, 10-year-old son of Mr and Mrs. J. Dunlop. of Queen street…

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Motor Cycles. Year's Record of Accidents. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 2

A detailed analysis of accidents involving motor cycles in New South Wales during the period July, 1935, to June, 1936, prepared by the…

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Fatal Train Accident. Eight Killed in South Africa CAPETOWN

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 2

Eight were killed and 35 injured in a derailment of the Port Elizabeth to Capetown train. The enginedriver was fatally injured…

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Heavy Damages. For Air Accident. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 December 1936 · page 2

Saying the accident ought never to have happened, Mr. Justice Goddard, in the King's Bench Division, to-day, awarded £10,000, plus funeral…

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Found Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 1

IT was reported yesterday that Mr, Hogan, a brother of Mr Jack Hogan, off Deniliquin, had been found drowned in a creek near Barham. The deceased…

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Thrown From Sulky Man Injured; Boy Escapes

The Independent · Thursday 24 December 1936 · page 2

Mr. Parcy H. Reid, of [?] Park, North Coree, met with a rather serious accident last week when he was thrown from a sulky…

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Two Playmates Drowned

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 18

While playing on the edge of the fast-running stream in the paved channel of the Bendigo (Vic.) Creek, two small boys wore swept into the stream…

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Collision with Motor Car

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 2

Jack McCarthy, aged 11 years received fatal injuries on Tuesday, when a bicycle on which he was riding "double" with Gavin Britton, aged 9…

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Tug Wrecked in Collision Crushed by Freighter

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 4

Five members of the crew of the wooden steam tug J. W. Alexander (62 tons) had remarkable escapes from death early Tuesday morning in Corio…

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Fatality at Granville. a Child Burnt. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 4

Elaine Crawford, aged three, was fatally burned in her home at Granville. She was playing with a box of matches on a vacant allotment…

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Collision at Melbourne. Tug Cut in Half. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 December 1936 · page 4

In a collision between the freighter, Allara, and the tug, J. W. Alexander, in Hopetoun channel, the smaller vessel was almost cut in half…

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