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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 64

Deaths of Jockeys Stewards End Inquiry Accidental, They Say Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 May 1938 · page 4

The South Australian Jockey Club’s stipendiary stewards to-day concluded their investigation Into the race smash at Morphettville…

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Senator Hardy’s Son Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 6

Peter, the 12 year old son of Senator Charles Hardy, of Wagga, was injured yesterday when a cycle he was riding came into collision with a…

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Man Injured in Show Trotting Event Dead Casino

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 6

Gravely injured in a fall in a trotting event at Casino show on Wednesday, Roderick Sutherland, 30. of Mac[?]n. died to-day…

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A Hillston Fatality Very Sad Happening Disaster Half an Hour After Marriage

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 May 1938 · page 3

On Wednesday afternoon of last week, Mr. Richard Victor Apps was married in the Church of England, Hillston, to Miss Gladys Mott…

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Miniature Railways Collision 7 Seriously Injured London, May 21

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 3

Seventeen people were seriously injured and 13 are suffering from shock as the result of a head-on collision between two trains on a miniature…

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Young Woman Accident- Ally Shot Dead Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 May 1938 · page 4

Hazel Una Harris, aged 20, of Gladesville, was accidentally shot at her home to-day and expired before the arrival of a doctor. According to the police,…

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Senator's Son Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

Senator Hardy's youngest, son Peter, 12 years sustained serious in juries on Friday when his bicycle was struck by a motor car travelling in…

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Many Drowned in Flood in Austria Vienna, May 23

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

The river Mur burst its banks between Styria and Carinthia, causing the greatest flood disaster in the history of Austria. All traffic between…

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Man Killed, Family Injured Trucks Collide Warracknabeal

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 6

In a collision between two truck, about 12 miles from Warracknabeal late last night. Norman Gowers. farmer. of Warracknabeal, was killed and…

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Items of News Injured in Fall at Railway Yards

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 2

James Hill, of Ran street, Albury, was working on a crane at the Albury railway goods yards yesterday morning, when he fell several feet. The…

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Echuca Residents in Car Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 3

When a car overturned near Mount Macedon on Sunday afternoon, Miss Lorna Holmfield, of Echuca, was seriously injured. Miss Elsie Murray and…

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Sawmill Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 May 1938 · page 1

A. Boschetti, an employee at Bau’s sawmill at Deniliquin railway yard, had his hand badly lacerated yesterday when it came in contact with a circular…

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Man Injured When Horse Fell

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 4

Startled by the noise created by the engine of a motor cycle as it passed, a horse ridden by Arthur Osborne, horse trainer, of Albury,…

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Jockey’s Death Accidental Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 7

After inquiring into the circumstances in which Clarence Alfred Badger, 27, jockey, was killed at a recent race meeting at Gaelong, the…

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Woman’s Harbor Death Accidental? Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 1

Further investigations to-day led the police to believe that Mrs. Freda Parkinson, 40, who died after being rescued from Woolloomooloo Bay on…

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Fatal Fall From Truck Accident Near Narrandera

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1938 · page 3

The death occurred in the [?] District Hospital on Thursday night, of Mr David Henry Carter, of Berrigan…

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Occupants Smash Windows of Car and Escape Possible Drowning Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 May 1938 · page 2

Following a collision with a motor lorry, a car containing six passengers, crashed through the railing of a bridge and dived into three feet of…

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Car Catches Fire After Collision Woman Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 10

While travelling towards Melbourne on Friday morning lust a car driven by Mr. G. A. Trotter, of Yamiwonga, who was accompanied by his mother…

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Senator Hardy's Son Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 14

Senator Charles Hardy's youngest son, Peter, 12 years, sustained serious injuries when his bicycle was struck by a motor ear travelling in the same…

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M'cormick Nursing Injured Toot

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 5

M'Cormick's leg injury, which he received while "bowling in the match last week against Marylebone Cricket Club, has proved more serious than…

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