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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 36 of 64

Youth Drowned in Yarra Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 3

Ross Francis Murcutt, aged 18, of Mitchell st., Northcote, was drowned when trying to retrieve a golf ball from the Yarra river at Ivanhoe…

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Drowned Persons May Be Brought Back to Life Toronto, July 17

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 1

Sir Frederick Banting, discoverer insulin, in announcing that he was testing a new serum for resuscitation of drowned persons, declined to…

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Bowes, Fames, Yardley in England’s Thirteen For Fourth Test Three Changes Made Hutton and Gibb Injured in County Match LONDON, July 17

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 1

England's Fourth Test team wilt be selected from Hammond, Fames, Yardley. Gibb, Verity, Bowes, Paynter, Hardstaff, Goddard, Barnett,…

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Car’s Wheels in the Air After Albury Street Accident Occupants Were Lucky

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 5

When a motor truck and a car came Into collision at the junction of Kiewa and Guinea streets about midday on Saturday, the car was overturned and…

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Wagga Man Stay Lose Sight of Eye as Result of Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 4

When culling firewood at his home in Tarcut[?] street. Wagga, at the week-end, K. W. Clark suffered a painful and dangerous injury to has…

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300 See Start of Match at Nottingham Boycott of Game Suggested Australians Play at Larwood’s Home Town Famous Bowler Stays on His Chicken Farm Tourists in Difficulties Big Bill Voce, Though Injured, Bowls Well NOTTINGHAM. July 16

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 July 1938 · page 1

As Larwood on his chicken farm nursed an injured knee and brooded old grievances, Australia commenced its game against Nottinghamshire, he famous fast bowler’s team, on Trent Bridge ground to-day. The attendance was the smallest on the tour, and it has been…

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Hit and Run Fatality. Supposed Offender Arrested. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 3

The police after two weeks' investigation of an accident outside the St. Kilda railway station in which by a car which hit them and did not…

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Three Killed; 50 Injured When Oil Tank Explodes Wellsville (N.y.), July 18

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 1

Three spectators "wore killed, and 50 were injured to-day when during a fire at the 12 million dollar Sinclair Oil Company’s refinery a blazing…

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“Wished She Could Have Died, Too” Mother’s Mental Suffering Death in Accident of Her Son MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 July 1938 · page 8

Speaking in the low accents of grief, and still dressed in mourning for the death of her only son, who was killed in a motor…

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Man Gravely Injured When Truck is Overturned Collision with Motor Car

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 6

When it truck loaded with bricks overturned after a collision with a sedan car at the [?] or Ebden and Olive [?]…

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Struck by Crunkhandle: Man Severely Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 2

Reginald Mailer, railway employe, was clanking a compression engine at the Wagga viaduct yesterday, When the engine backfired, and he…

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Restoring the Drowned Experiments with Respirator Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 July 1938 · page 4

In the hope, that the Jacket respirator, which he devised for infantile paralysis sufferers, may be adapted to restore breathing to the apparently…

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Victim of Accident Truck Driver Dead Sequel to South Albury Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 July 1938 · page 1

Edward James Macklan, aged 49, died in Albury District Hospital yesterday at 3 a.m., after lingering for several hours after his admission…

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Players Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 38

In the match between Beechworth and Porepunkah, three Beechworth players received injuries that are likely to keep them out of the game for…

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Trams in Collision Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 10

The second tram collision at North Shore in less than a week occurred at Milson’s Point station to-night. William Gilholm 44. Willoughby. tram…

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Shepparton Car Crash Six Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 4

Six persons were injured when a motor car overturned on the road between Shepparton and Murchison (Vic.). The victims were:—…

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Boys Injured When Struck by Plane

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 35

Roy Dowhurst, aged 13 years, and Graham Barry, aged 9 years, suffered head injuries when they were Struck by the wing of an aeroplane as the…

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House on Fire Man Awakened, Injured SYDNEY

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 1

Mr. Lindsay Mallard, a resident of Manchester Avenue, Auburn, awoke early this morning to find himself almost choking and the room filled with…

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Collision Costly Man to Pay Damages Case in Albury District Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 6

Shortly after 7 o’clock on the morning of April 28 a collision between two motor vehicles occurred at the intersection of Dean and David streets,…

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Earthquake in Greece Seventeen Killed; 80 Injured. ATHENS

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 July 1938 · page 2

Seventeen were killed and 80 injured in an earthquake, which shook several parts of Greece. The main wall of the Oropos gaol collapsed,…

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