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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 28 of 64

Horse Trainer Injured at Albury

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 3

When his horse shied and fell in Stanley-street, Albury, on Tuesday afternoon, Arthur Osborne, horse trainer, of Albury, sustained an…

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Adelaide Racecourse Fatality £600 for Jockey's Widow

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 16

In the Adelaide Court on Monday compensation amounting to £600 awarded under the Workmen's Compensation Act to dependants of…

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Farmer Killed Wife and Children Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 9

When two motor trucks collided head-on on the Dimboola-road, about 12 miles from Warracknabeal, late at night, Norman B. Gowers, farmer, 44…

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Cab Crashes Near Adelong Five Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 4

When the steering gear jammed, a motor car descending Gap hill about a mile from Adelong left the road, crashed into rocks and overturned, the…

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Wharf Laborer Injured Awarded £987 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

Victor Charles Fagerlund, 61, wharf laborer, of Rankstown, who was injured when a hale of proper pulp fell on him white working on the steamer…

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Tragic Accident Young Woman Shot Dead

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

Mrs. Hazel Una Harris, aged 20 years, was accidentally shot and killed while sitting on the back verandah of her home in Westminster road…

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Roadside Advertising Blamed for Motor Accidents M.R. Board Commissioner Tells Conference Aldermen and Councillors Want Travelling Allowances SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 1

Addressing the annual conference of the Spires Association to-day, the Commissioner of Main Roads (Mr. Newell) declared…

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Man Killed Carrathool Road Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 May 1938 · page 3

Late on Thursday afternoon last week Mr. David Carter, a resident of Berrigan, formerly of Narandera, was riding on a lorry which his brother was…

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Miner Believed Drowned Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 6

David Humphries, miner, of Swansea, is still missing and three days of searching have failed to locate his whereabouts. Articled believed to…

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Two Believed Drowned Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 2

Fredrick Alfred Humphries. 34 and his 9 year-old son, Fredric, are believed to have been swept away by flood waters and drowned…

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Man Critically Injured Accident on New Building Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 1

Cecil Haffner, 20, slipped on a scaffold while wheeling a barrow loaded with bricks at a building in course of construction in Elizabeth street,…

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Milk Cart and Car In Collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 6

When a motor car and truck collided at the corner or David and [?] sun sts. at about 6 o’clock last evening. lack Lemke, dairyman, of…

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Cyclist Badly Hurt Collides with Car Accident at Albury Streets Intersection

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 10

George Richard Newton, 83, of Olive St, was seriously injured last evening when a cycle he was riding collided with a motor car…

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Judge in Car Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 May 1938 · page 6

Judge Curlewis was drying a car on the northern approach to the Harbor Bridge to-day when it was involved in a collision with a motor…

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Cyclist, Hurt in collision, Dead

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 4

Mr. George Richard Newton, 63, of Olive street, who was injured when the cycle he was riding on Friday evening collided with a car, died in…

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PICKETS v. POLICE Fierce Fight Waged Many Injured; Hundreds Gassed AKRON (Ohio), May 27

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 5

At least 100 were Injured and hundreds were gassed after police and 3000 pickets had fought for three hours outside…

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Air Force Bomber Crashes: 2 Killed Two Others Not Ex- Pected to Recover Veil of Secrecy Drawn Over Accident Armed Guard Round Drome Conflicting Stories Concerning Cause of Mishap SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 May 1938 · page 1

In one of the worst Air Force crashes in N.S.W., tow men lost their lives to-day, while three others were seriously injured. Two are not expected to recover. The accident occurred at the Air Force aerodrome at Green Hill,…

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Racehorse Injured Sydney--

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 4

Rival Hit will not be seen on race tracks for many months as a result of an accident. He shipped on the road yesterday and broke the…

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Buckjumping Fatality Eider’s Neck Broken

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 3

A message from Wagga States that William Williams, a buckjump rider of Wyalong, was thrown from at horse and landed on his head, while performing…

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Rival Hit Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 May 1938 · page 1

Rival Hit will not he seen on the race tracks for many months, as the result of ail accident. He slipped on the road yesterday and broke his…

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