The Sorrow of Road Accidents
In the accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded:—…
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654 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 33
Soldier Was Accidentally Shot Hobart
That Private Tasiman Kite, aged 18, of the Sixth Garrison Battalion, was [?] accidentally on Sunday night at the [?] fort was the finding of…
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When his car left the Hume Highway near Tarcutta yesterday, Donald Gilder, of Coburg, received concussion and an injury lo his left arm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Springburst Man Fatally Injured
Charles Edward Weinert, aged 51. of Springburst. received fatal injuries whilst working on a saw bench. A piece of wood jammed in the saw. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scene of Fatal Car Accident Near Rutherglen
Top: Scene of fatal car smash—the bridge over the Black Dog Creek, Rutherglen—where Private Maurice Beaumont, of Bayswater was killed. Below: The car after the impact. The bridge is the narrowest…
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Hit by a motor car in hawthorn road, Caulfield, last night, Andrew Loughnan,aged 27 years, of Vail St., Armadule, was tossed high, into the…
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Misfortune befell the Cooper family, of Ringwood, last week. On Monday, Henry, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Cooper, fell from his horse and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moama Boy Injured
When, John Ashton, 12 years, of Moama, was left at home in the care of older children, he secured his father’s shot gun, and placing it, to his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Springhurst Man Fatally Injured
Charles Edward Weinert, aged 51, of Springhurst, received fatal injuries whilst working on a saw bench. A piece of wood jammed in the saw: it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unusual Accident Two Men Injured in Explosion Had Blasting Powder in Spring Cart
A shocking accident occurred at Binalong recently when 20lbs of blasting powder exploded in a spring cart in which two men were travelling…
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Within half an hour of his arrival for a holiday to-day. Henry George Artletl aged [?]4 of Mosman [?] drowned in Toowoom Bay two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Girl Drowned at Rutherglen Body Not Yet Recovered Was on a School Picnic
Intensive dragging operations are being continued in the Murray river Rutherglen to recover the body of Valerie Ryan, aged 13, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bushfires Again Ravage Victoria 57 Houses Destroyed in One Locality Farmer Drowned Trying to Escape From Flames Six Other Persons Badly Burned; Three Dangerously MELBOURNE
Victoria is again in the grip of ravaging bushfires, and so serious has the position become that the Minister for Lands (Mr. Lind) to-day invoked special clauses of the Forests Act compulsorily stopping all work in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Collision at Berrigan
On Monday the Premier investment Co., of Melbourne, sued H. A. Smith, of Berrigan, for £12321 for repairs to a Reo truck owned by Mr. John…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwayman From Bond Injured at Albury
Arthur Armstrong, aged 46, who fell from a signal at the Albury railway station ,Yesterday, received abrasions and bruises. The Albury ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning at Lake Moodemere Pufil From Rutherglen Convent Body Recovered Yesterday
Tragedy stalked among a number of school children from Mt. Carmel Convent, Rutherglen, on Tuesday afternoon last, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Culcairn Sunset Puzzles District Court Graziers Awarded Damages Cattle Lost in Collision
The sun set at Culcairn on May 18 last year, but at what time? That question arose yesterday in the Albury District Court in two actions…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Drowning Fatality Brother and Sister Drowned
A shocking drowning fatality occurred in the Murray River at Robin Vale, on Sunday afternoon last, when two young people lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Ld Woman Fatally Injured in Road Accident Wingham
Her skull fractured in a collison between a car in which she was a passenger and a heavily laden lorry, Mrs. Hannah Yarnold, aged 80, died in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Planes Crash in New Guinea; No One Injured Sydney
Two planes crashed in New Guinea, according to private advices received in Sydney to-day. but nobody was hurl. A W. R. Carp[?]ter airliner from…
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