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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Motor Car Collision

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 2

A motor car collision having serious results occurred on the Tarcutta road on Tuesday. Mr. James Hawkins, of Dalgety's Ltd, was driving a motor…

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Mr. E. E. Field Injured

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. E. E. Field, one of the Progressive Candidates for the Cootamundra electorate, has during the last fortnight been the victim of two vehicular…

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Accident

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Thursday 19 March 1925 · page 4

Gordon, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. R. U. Alley, met with a nasty accident some days ago. He was back-stopping while playing…

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Later Figures 3319 Dead and injured Town Literally Blown Down Vancouver

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 1

The Chicago tornado casualties amounted to 3319 dead and injured. The basis of the estimate is Wednesday, at midnight. The figures…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Daily Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 2

James Eldreidge (15) was playing with his brother Will (17), with a pea rifle at Young on Wednesday. James pulled the trigger but the…

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Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 20 March 1925 · page 3

On Tuesday, 3rd. inst. a ma[?] named Baggs climbed to the balcony of the Hotel Griffith, which is now in [?]se of cre[?]tion, and a short…

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Items of News Child Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

Word was received in Wagga last sight that a child named Malcolm M'Gregor, aged six, was drowned on the property known as "The Willows,"…

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Railway Accident Cloud Burst Cause Wreck CAPETOWN

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 1

The Eastcourt to Cape Natal express plunged into the river near Hartshill last night. The engine and, third-class coach were wrecked, and…

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Straying Horses. Child Badly Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 5

Straying stock, and especially horses are a menace to the safety of the children in Tarcutta street. On Sunday afternoon Thornley Kirk, the four…

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Child Drowned. Found in Creek Pool. a Forbidden Swim

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 5

On Sunday afternon Malcolm M'Gregor, aged six years and nine months, was drowned in a pool of a creek on Hazeldell Station, about five miles…

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Motor Accident Alleged Felonious slaying SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 1

At the Central Court to-day, Joseph and Francis Boland, motor mechanic and motor driver respectively, were charged with having feloniously slain…

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Tram Collision. Six Casualties. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 1

As the result of a collision between two trams at Kew this morning six persons sustained serious injuries. One tram was stationary, at the time when…

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Bathurst Trainer Injured. BATHURST

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 4

Hilton Piper, the leading Bathurst horse trainer, received serious injuries when a Redfern yearling kicked him, knocked him down and trampled on…

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Bathing Tragedy. Mother Drowned and Daughter Saved. Auckland

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 3

Two young women bathing in a river at Tekawa were caught by the current and carried down stream. One of the women, who was a strong swimmer,…

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Shocking Accident at Railway Shunter Hulm Crushed

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 1

Mr. George Hulm, a fine young fellow, and a most efficient railway official, was engaged shunting at 5 o'clock this morning, in the…

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Flight Fatality. Officers Crash at Point Cook Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 2

Flight Officer F. E. Mailer was killed at Point Cook Flying School this morning when the Avro machine in which he was instructing Flight Officer…

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Railway Shunter Injured Leg Taken Off Above Knee Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 2

J. Hulm, a railway shunter, met with a terrible accident this morning. While at work in the Cootamundra railway yards Hulm was knocked…

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Child Injured Walked Over Balcony Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 2

Neville Tate, aged nine, is in hospital in a serious condition, having fallen twenty feet from a balcony, while walking in his sleep…

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Express Wrecked Coaches in River Five Killed, 30 Injured Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 2

An engine and seven coaches of the Bordeaux to Paris express were derailed tat two o'clock this morning near Poitiers…

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Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. R. MacRae

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 2

Profound regret was felt here yesterday morning when It was learned that Mr. Roderick MacRae, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John McRae, of Kelvin…

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