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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1937

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Brothers Drowned in Dam After-dinner Swim

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 12

Keith Mousley, 21, and his brother, Jack, 18, sons of Mr. John E. Mousley, farmer, of Deer Park, near Melbourne, were drowned in a big dam…

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Car Overturns Three Times Two Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 33

When their motor car overturned on the Murray Valley Highway near. Karween (Vic), seven persons were thrown to the roadway…

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Naval Cutter Capsizes Reservist Drowned. Wellington (N.Z.)

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 47

A naval cutter which was being sailed in a stiff breeze on Wellington Harbor, New Zealand, by five Royal naval volunteer reservists capsized…

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Explosion at Dublin. Castle Injured. DUBLIN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 2

A land mine exploded at Dublin Castle, destroying the Royal coat-of-arms in the doorway of the annex, shortly after 6 a.m. A section of the…

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Woman's Sad Mistake Thought Daughter Was Drowning Swept Out to Sea Launceston

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 5

While surfing at Penguin, Mrs. Doris Winifred Mainwaring, 45, thinking that her young daughter was in difficulties, entered the water fully…

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Man Killed by Electricity Series of Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 33

The seventh death caused, by electricity within a little, more than a week occurred near . Windsor (Sydney), when. Mr. Arnott Victor Moody…

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Two Hurt in Car Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 November 1937 · page 7

When a car in which. they were returning from Wangamtta (Vic.) capsized after colliding with a pole near Kyabram, two young men were…

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Car Fatality at Dubbo Four Persons Killed by Train Motor Struck Brakes Become Useless

The Independent · Saturday 13 November 1937 · page 2

Four people were killed and three injured on Wednesday, when a car came into collision with a rail motor at Molong crossing in Cobra,…

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Motor Accident. Man Seriously Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 2

Mr. Edward Pocock, of Hay, sustained serious injuries on Thursday night while riding in a Plymouth utility truck, being driven by Mr. A…

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Old Man Drowned. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 3

Following the discovery of a body of a middle aged man in a reservoir near Maryborough, 112 miles from Melbourne, the police adopted a…

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Two Men Drowned Swept Out to Sea When Fishing Boat Overturns

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1937 · page 3

When their fi[?]shing boat was overturned by heavy breakers a quarter of a mile from the shore at Bay of Islands, four miles…

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Trial of Driver. Farmer Fatally Injured. Jury Fails to Agree

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 November 1937 · page 2

After a retirement of six hours, he jury engaged in the trial of George Gray, aged 33 years, motor driver, of Canning Street, [?]…

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[?] Treacy [?] After Accident [?] Visit to Ireland

The Independent · Thursday 18 November 1937 · page 1

Right Rev. Monsignor Treacy recently met with a painful [?] in Melbourne, is making a [?] recovery and will…

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Motor Accident Man Seriously Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 4

Mr. Edwad Pocook, of Hay sustained serious injuries on Thursday night last week while riding in a Plymouth utility truck, being driven by…

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Two Drowned in River

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 6

The bodies were found floating in the Brisbane River on Monday. That of Adam Stewart Bell, aged 37 years, of Old Sandgate road, Clayfield, was…

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Lady Rider Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 4

After having won 33 prizes in Victorian shows, including the grand champion hunter at Charlton, with Silver Reign, Miss Kitty Covington of…

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Injured in Fail From Roof

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 3

While working on the roof of a new building at Pullitop on Tuesday, Mr. James Waters, of Broad-street, Wagga, fell and sustained severe, injuries to…

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Relatives Injured. Whilst Motoring from Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

At 3.30 a.m. this morning a 1937 model sedan car driven by Mr. Lionel Socrates, of Sydney, and conveying as passengers one of deceased's…

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Young Boy Drowned. In Dam at Granville. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 3

While Geo. Henry Prested, aged 7, was playing in a dam at Granville, he sank from sight. His companion, a boy aged four, however, did not…

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Drowned in Heavy Sea Two Men Lose Their Lives

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 November 1937 · page 2

Two men were drowned in the Bay of Islands, near Peterborough (Vic.) when the 14ft. rowing-boat from which they were fishing was swamped in the…

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