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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Young Soldier Charged Arrest After. Fatal Accident Queenscliff

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 January 1938 · page 8

Police to-day arrested Ross Victor Rushton, 22, a member of the permanent military forces, Queenscliff, on a charge of unlawful killing,…

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Bund Man Fatally Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 3

William Wilson, a blind man was knocked down and fatally injured by a motor lorry in the city to-day [?] was [?] to cross a [?]…

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Little Boy Critically Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 5

John Upton, aged 3[?] years, was run down by a motor car at Glebe last night and sustained shocking injuries, including a fracture of the skull. The…

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Clerk’s Death Was Accidental Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 January 1938 · page 4

At the conclusion of an inquiry into the death of Thomas Richard Saywell, 31, clerk, of Bronte, who was killed in a motor car accident at Randwick…

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Railway Pettier Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Henry Hurt, a railway fettler, 48 years, of Como, was riding from Humula to Tarcutta on Saturday, when his tricycle jumped the rails, which rain…

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Girl. Aged 13, Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Cleopatra Pouloutzn, aged 13, Stanmore, was drowned in Elkington Park baths at Balmain to-day. The girl, who was picnicking with her…

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Man Fatally Injured Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

William Coulson Wade, 62. of Un[?] received a fractured skull and a fractured leg when [?] cam collided at Fullarton on Saturday night…

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Car Overturns Five Times Driver Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 1

Striking some loose gravel on the side of the main road near Be[?] yesterday, a car overturned five times, and its driver, Harold Williams,…

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Young Man. Stunned. Rolls Into River and Is Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 2

Swinging on a chain over a swimming pool in Lane Cove River, near Ryde, Edgar Curack, 19, of Erskineville dropped short and fell . on the…

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Two Dogs Killed.— Peculiar Accident Orange

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1938 · page 5

During the running of the second division of the Clinton stake at Orange grey[?] meeting last night, the odds-on favourite Minister Boy…

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Cyclist Injured on Bridge

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

While cycling along Bridge road on Friday behind a motor lorry, Mr. Herbert Doverell crashed into the back of the vehicle when it pulled up…

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Vice-regal Car. In Highway Collision. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

A vice-regal car containing guests from Admiralty House, who had been to dinner at Kiama, was involved in a collision with another car…

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Car Smash Three Persons Injured Sydney

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

Two daughters of Sir Hugh and Lady Poynter—Jocelyn (22) and Shirley (19) —together with Captain Blacker, A.D.C. to the Governor, Lord Wakehurst, were…

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Seven Women Injured in Theatre Mishap Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

Seven young women were slightly [?] when a platform adjoining the [?] lounge at Stanmore [?] Theatre Collapsed, and they felt about…

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Albury People in Goulburn Smash Injured Revealed As Serious

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

It was learned yesterday that the [?] by Mr. [?] Albury [?] smash near [?] in Sunday morning were more serious…

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Lady Gowrie in Crash Has a Marvellous Escape Marchioness of Sligo Slightly Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 1

When they met in a head-on collision at the junction of the South Coast [?] and Prince’s Highway at [?] to-night, two ears, one of which…

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Jockey Papworth's Death. Coroner Finds Accidental. SYDNEY. Monday Evening

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 2

It was found at the inquest to-day that Maxwell Alfred Papworth, 15-year-old jockey, met his death by accident in a race at Randwick on…

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Death Was Due to Accidental Causes Apprentice Jockey’s End Horse Fell at Randwick Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 January 1938 · page 4

In returning a verdict of accidental death after en inquiry into the fatal injury to Maxwell Alfred Papworth 15, apprentice jockey, in a race at…

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Couple on Honeymoon Drowned in Tasmania Hobart

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 5

A young Victorian couple, on their honeymoon, were drowned at Roaring Beach to-day, about 10, miles from historic Port Arthur,…

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Boy Drowned in Yarra Brother in Difficulties. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 January 1938 · page 4

Leslie Allender, 10, of Dally street, Northe[?], was drowned in the Yarra while swimming at Ivanhoe swimming pool to-day, and his brother, Ronald…

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