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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 64

23 Killed in Collision Between Two Trains South African Disaster Rescue Work Hampered by Fierce Storm CAPETOWN, April 6

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 1

Twenty-three persons were killed and many were injured during the night in a head-on collision between a passenger and a goods train at South…

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Motoring Accident. Men Hurled From Motor Truck

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1938 · page 1

A motoring accident occurred on the Oaklands Road on Monday morning last, as a result of which two men are at present patents in…

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Boy, Aged 7. Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 2

Erie Mclnnes, aged 7, of Balmain, was drowned in the Harbor at Balmain this afternoon when a raft he was paddling overturned and he was…

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Young Woman Killed in Road Accident Glen Innes

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 6

Maud MacDonald, 22, was killed and her sister, Jean, suffered a fractured thigh when the car in which they were travelling was involved in an accident…

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23 Killed in Air Accidents in 1937 Civil Aircraft Only Subsidised Lines Praised Canberra

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 April 1938 · page 4

No air services in the world were safer than the Australian subsidised airlines during 1937. The annual report of the Air A…

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Two Badly Injured Skull Fractured in Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 3

A cyclist and the rider of a motor cycle both had their skulls fractured in a collision at the intersection of High and Middle roads, South…

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Sewerage Worker Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

Mervyn Fleming, married, an employee of the company carrying out the sewerage construction works in Deniliquin, was working m the deep…

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Sequel to Collision Claim far Damages

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 2

Arising out of a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle on the Deniliquin -Mathoura road on December 12, an action was brought before Judge Coyle in the District Court at Deniliquin on Tuesday by Alfred Gordon Perrin, through his next friend,…

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Boys Escape Drowning Then Find Car on Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 38

After three boys had narrowly escaped drowning at North Avalon on Sunday, they clambered up a cliff to learn that the motor car in which they…

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Head-on Collision on Leeton-narandera Road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 13

A head-on collision occurred on the Leeton-Narandera road on Saturday night between two cars, one driven by Mr. A. C. Brain, of Grong Grong…

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Tornado in U.s.a. 25 Dead: 400 Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 29

Twenty-five persons were killed and 4,00 were injured by a tornado that swept through five of the Middle Western States in U.S.A…

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Serious Accident at Bago Forest

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

On Friday last Mr. Ben Rosette, of Tumut, who is employed on the Bago Forest, near Batlow, was cutting down a tree on a roadway and when falling…

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Air Accidents 23 Killed Last Year

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

No air services in the world were safer than the Australian subsidised airlines during 1937. The annual report of the Air…

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Motor Cycle Rider. Involved in Two Fatal Accidents. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 2

The City Coroner to-day inquired into two fatal accidents within ten days in which motor cycles, ridden by Thomas Ramsay Curyer (20), of…

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Accident Proves Fatal Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 1

The death occurred in the Alfred Hospital to-day of Ivy Kennedy, 25, of Havelock road. Upper Hawthorn, who was knocked down by a car last…

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Youth Principal in Two Fatal Accidents Riding a Motor Cycle Deaths of Woman and Girl Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 4

The City Coroner to-day inquired into two fatal accidents within 10 days in which a motor cycle, ridden by Thomas Ramsay Curyer, aged 20,…

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Motor Accident Transport Owner Awarded £68 Damages

The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 April 1938 · page 3

BEFORE Judge Coyle in the District Court on Wednesday, George William Godfrey transport proprietor, was awarded a verdict for £68/7/6 against…

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Sleep-walker Badly Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 10

While walking in his sleep, Colin [?] 12, of Paddington, fell from the [?] of his home early this morning His skull was fractured and his…

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Hit-run Motorist Married Woman Dead Husband Injured Bairnsdale

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 6

Alleged to have been the victims of a hit-run motorist on the [?]denow road, four miles from Bairnsdale. early to-day. Mrs. Lilly Taylor 60,…

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Collision Sequel £25,000 as Damages High Court’s Ruling on Harbor Disaster SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 April 1938 · page 6

Mr. Justin Dixon, in the High Court to-day decided that James Patrick and Co. Ltd., should not be [?]ble to [?]ges exceeding £25,545. with…

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