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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Death Follows Accident

The Independent · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 4

Stanley A. Fraser, 34 years, who broke his leg [?]u a fall while working on a windmill on a property near Narandera, died in the Narandera…

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Level Crossing Accident. Farmer Killed. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 2

A farmer named Malcolm McPherson, was killed instantly when a motor car he was driving was struck by a rail car at a level crossing, near…

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Motor Accident. Two Henty Residents Involved

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 5

A motor car accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon last near Yackandandah (Vic), in which two well- known residents of Henty, Messrs. F…

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MULWALA Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 3

Whilst assisting to build a diving tower on the Mulwala Lagoon during the week-end Mr. Wm. MeCarly met with, a painful accident. A plank…

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To Prevent Road Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 1

A sensible suggestion was recently made in one of the English, motor Journals which had for its purpose prevention of road accidents which occur…

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Man Drowned

The Independent · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 3

A drowning accident was [?] from Booligal at the week-[?] victim was Mr. James [?] 24 years, who was form[?]…

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Young Man Drowned. At Booligal

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 2

James William Cahill, aged 21 years, was drowned in the Lachlan River, on Friday evening. He was employed at the Duke of…

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Gunpowder Explodes Youths Injured and House Burnt Down

The Independent · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 3

Sydney Swanfell, 18, of Herne Hill, and Kelvin Coire, 14, of Da[?]wallinu, were experimenting with gun powder at Swanfell's home when there was…

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Randwick Accidents. On Training Track. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 2

Ther were two accidents during training at Randwick, this morning, one being of a serious nature. K. Wilson was thrown by Kaputa and…

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Motors Collide Accident Near River Bridge

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 1

BETWEEN 630 and 7 o'clock last night two motor trucks collided on the south approach to the river bridge near the Central Hotel. The drivers…

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Drowning Fatality at Booligal. The Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. T. F. Cook, held an inquest at the Hay Court House, on Wednesday, touching the death of James William Cahill, who was found…

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Youth Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

James William Cahill 21 years, was drowned in the Lachlan River on Friday. Cahill was employed at the Duke of Edinburgh Hotel, Booligal, as…

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Groom Drowned in River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 7

James William Cahill, aged 21 years, groom at the Booligal Hotel, was found drowned in the Lachlan River, about 400 yards above the…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 33

Kevin M'Gillivray, aged 10 years, was paddling in M'Ivor Creek at Heathcoto (Vic.) with his younger brother, when he disappeared in a…

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Three Miners Drowned. Kalgoorlie

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

Richard Douglas Young (27), mine manager; Alexander Hunderson (34), miner; and R. R. Lethridge (26), miner, lost their lives on the Golden…

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Mauled by Leopard Doctor Injured in African Hunt

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

So terribly was an Irish doctor mauled by a leopard at Ndola near Buluwayo, South Africa, in a few moments that he has had to have an armamputated…

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Another Air Crash. Fatality in New Zealand. Wellington (N.z.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

During target practice on the shores of Lake Ellesmere, Canterbury, Flying Officer Graham M. Owen (26), crashed in an Air Force Bristol…

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Young Man Drowned Fell Into Stream When Crossing on Tree Trunks

The Independent · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 3

James William Cahill, aged 21 years, formerly of Deniliquin, was drowned in the Lachlan River on Friday evening…

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Burst Into Tears When Acquainted of Manslaughter Boy Cyclist Fatally Injured Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 5

When Mervyn Barrington Moore, 35, traveller, stepped from dock at the Quarter Sessions to-day after being acquitted on a charge of…

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Road Accidents. a Material Increase. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

A serious increase in road accidents in New South Wales is disclosed in the figures for 1935, which were issued to-night. There were 461…

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