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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 64

Boy’s Arm Torn Off Beechworth Tannery Accident Limb Caught in Shafting

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 April 1938 · page 6

When his arm became entangled in the power shafting while he was working at Zwar’s tannery at Beech, worth yesterday, Desmond Thomar,…

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Drowned in Creek

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 12

When his motor car skidded off the Hume Highway into Wangaratta Creek at Wangaratta (Vic.) on Sunday, Mr. George Diggle, aged 80…

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Man Killed and Woman Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 11

A motor car driven by Sir Harry Moxham, of Macquarie-street and New South Head road, Rose Bay, when out of control, careered across King's…

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Lord Londonderry Injured London, April 21

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 3

Lord Londonderry sustained a broken collar-bone while golfing at Rrora, in Sutherlandshire, where he [?] spending a holiday with the Prime…

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Youth Injured Struck by Falling Branch

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 1

The heavy wind on Sunday last, was responsible for an accident which could quite easily have been accompanied by a very serious result…

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Albury Inquest Car and Bus Collision Four Deaths

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 11

An inquest was opened at Albury on Friday last into the deaths of Mrs. Emily Florence May Cantrell, aged 37 years, of Albury, and Miss Ethel Edith…

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£223 for Motorman Hurt in Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 1

[?] with costs were awarded by Judge Ma[?]doo in the Third County Court to-day to Frank Washington, of Flemington road,…

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Man Drowned at Wagga During Height of Storm

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 12

Henry Jackson, aged 68, of Wagga. was drowned in the Murrumbidgee river on Saturday night in the height of the dust and rain storm which…

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Fatal Lorry Accident Two Sydney Men Killed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 11

Two men were killed, and a third is an a critical condition, as a result of the overturning of a lorry at Yetholme, 15 miles on the Sydney side of…

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Two Men Killed Separate Accidents at Same Place

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 12

Within two hours on Monday two men were killed in separate accidents on the Prince's Highway, about a mile west of Trafalgar (Vic.). Both men…

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Car Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 42

When the car in which she travelling on Monday night ran into a fallen tree, near Lower. Tarcutta. Mrs. Carmody, of Canberra, suffered minor…

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District Residents in Car Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 45

Three men, residents of Balldale, Wodonga and Baranduda, were injured on Tuesday when a car capsized after a tyre had blown out about 13 miles…

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Fatal Accident Near Wagga Melbourne Business Man the Victim

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 5

Mr. George C. Martin, an Englishman, who was the Melbourne representative of the Cunard-White Star Line, was found dead in his wrecked…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 2

On Saturday last, Mr. James Beale of Oaklands, sustained a fractured femur through being jammed against a fence by a horse. The Corowa…

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Rutherglen Road Deaths Due to Accident Inquiry Concluded Finding on Two Victims Coroner and Mishaps at Night Recommends Change in Regulations

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 April 1938 · page 4

A: the close of the inquiry yesterday into the cause of the death of Emily Florence May Cantrell, of Smith street, Albury, and Miss Edith Francer, Cutten, 48. of Springvale, near Melbourne, who died in Albury hospital following a motor accident on the Rutherglen road…

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Boy Killed in Car Crash Two Brothers Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 2

A boy aged 13, was killed and his two brothers were Injured when car in which they were passengers overturned oh the Ballarat road at…

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Second Inquest On Two Men Victims Deaths Due to an Accident Doctor Tells of Frightful Injuries

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 6

At Rutherglen courthouse yesterday the last history of the sad motoring fatality on the Rutherglen road in which two men and two women were killed on the evening of, March 26 last, was recorded. It was the occasion of the adjourned inquest into the deaths of the two men victims,…

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Father and Sons Victims of Road Accident, Left £107,000 SYDNEY. Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 April 1938 · page 4

Mr. George Merriman 58, and his son, Mr. Frank Merriman. 35 years of age victims of a car accident, left between them approximately £107,000,…

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King’s Car in Collision No One Injured London, April 23

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 April 1938 · page 3

As the car in which His Majesty was driving was entering Windsor Castle to-day, it came into collision with another driven by Lieut. Levett,…

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Fearful Train Tragedy Eight Killed Six Injured. PARIS

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 April 1938 · page 3

Forgetting that a second division of an express was due, the gatekeeper at Lizieux opened the gates for two motor coaches, filled with pilgrims…

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