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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Five People Injured While Returning From Funeral BRISBANE

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 1

A mourning coach was smashed to pieces while returning from a funeral at South Brisbane, and five of the eleven occupants were injured…

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Farm Tragedy Brother Accidentally Shot Murwillumbah

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

Three brothers were cleaning up their father's dairy at Stot's Creek, after milking operations, when one, it in stated, picked up an old double…

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An Unforrtunate Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 2

An accident occurred on Wednesday near Kamarah. Some school children were driving home after school in a sulky, when one of the girls, Ella, 10…

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Mother and Son Drowned In old Metal Quarry SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 1

A woman named Mrs. Holland and her four-year-old son were drowned in an old metal quarry near Gladesville this morning. It is stated that the…

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Bus and Tram Collide One Boy Injured SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 1

A motor 'bus crowded with passengers collided with a tram in Parramatta road, Camperdown, this morning. Although the passengers in the…

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Cables Gilligan to Rest Heart Injured by Strenuous Tests LONDON

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 1

Gilligan plays against Surrey at the Oval, and Middlesex at Lords, in order not to disappoint the London crowds, after which he does not play for a…

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Mother and Son Drowned Mother and Son Drowned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 6

Mrs. Holland and her four-year-old son were drowned in an old metal quarry near Gladesville this morning. It is stated that the child fell into…

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Drowning at Nangus Body Not Recovered

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 2

The only flood fatality is a drowning case at Nangus. Allan Smith, aged 25 son of Mr Charlie Smith, of Nangus, was…

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Gundagai Flood Two Men Drowned

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 4

Gundngai is flooded—the biggest flood since 1891. Two men, Allan Smith and Walter Kirby were drowned, and several are…

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Fishing Launch Capsizes Man Drowned SYDNEY, Thusday

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 1

Mr. Russo was drowned when his deep-sea fishing launch foundered on the Camden Haven river at daylight to-day. Three others who were…

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Motor Vehicle Smashes Man and Boy Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 6

A motor-bus crowded with passengers collided with a from in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, this morning. Although the passengers in the 'bus…

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A Devastating Flood Enormous Damage Done Biggest Flood For 34 Years Two Men Drowned

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1925 · page 2

Gundagai has a flood! The water rose and rose and at dawn to-day Gundagai was a sea of water…

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Fatality at Narandera

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

A young man named Angel, a railway employee, was killed at Narandera on Wednesday night…

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Two Drowned in Quarry Mother Dives to Rescue

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

There wan a double tragedy at Gladesville on Wednesday, a mother and her child being drowned. The fatalities occurred in an old water…

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Biggest Flood for 34 Years Two Men Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

Gundagai is experiencing the most disastrous flood since 1891. The damage to the district is immense. Loses are hard to estimate—they may…

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Man Injured Falls on Knife SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 1

Walter Cuthbert was seriously injured at his home at Leichhardt last night. He was holding a knife in his hand when he slipped and fell, and…

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Disastrous Floods. oung Man Drowned at Nangus. Thousands of Pounds Worth of Damage

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

IT was not the popular song "It ain't going to rain no morel" that was being sung all over the district on Tuesday and Wednesday, but…

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Inundation of Wagga Expected To-day Rise of the Murrumbidgee Defence Against Flood Waters Wagga Makes Preparations People Drowned and Missing in Other Parts

Daily Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

There was every prospect at the time of writing of Wagga being inundated by one of the worst floods in its history. The river throughout the day was rising steadily. The 37ft peak level at Gundagai meant that…

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Big Floods Murrumbidgee and Goobra-gandra Rivers. Overflow Banks. People Forced to Leave Their Homes. Two Men Drowned. Haystacks, Sheds, Fowl Houses and Pig Styes Swept Away

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 2

Passengers by train from GundagaL yesterday brought on the news to Tumut that the biggest flood since the 1852 inundation had occurred in…

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Nangus Cattle Drowned. Junee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1925 · page 1

Despite the fact that he had been warned by the doctor not to ride a horse on account of a weak heart, George Webb attempted to ride into…

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