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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 49 of 64

Bank Employe Accidentally Shot Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 October 1938 · page 6

A cashier, Harold Bowden, 27, today accidentally shot himself in the head office of the Commonwealth Bank, when he droned his revolver…

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Fatality Near Bendigo Three Cars in Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 3

Three persons were injured, one fatally, in an accident, involving three motor vehicles, at Wellsford, on the Northern Highway, near Bendigo. The…

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Heroic Attempt Fails to Save Man From Drowning Grafton

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 8

Adrian Stewart Ynutsch, 21, was drowned in the surf at Yamhp this afternoon, despite a gallant attempt at rescue by Willing Roberts and…

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Plucky Woman's Effort. Fails to Restore Drowning Man. BRISBANE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 1

When Alan Vivian Roberts (60), a grazier, got into difficulties in the surf at Muroochydore. Miss Alice Bourne donned a lifebelt, swam 100…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Three Others Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 3

Three youths were injured, ono fatally, when two motor cycles came into collision on the Hume Highway, two miles north of Seymour. The…

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Overseas News Fatalities in Finland. Follow Train Collision. HELSINFORS, Finland

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 3

Thirteen were killed and twelve injured when an express and goods train collided in a fog, resulting in the explosion of a sulphur dioxide…

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Wild Weather Gale Sweeps England Three Killed; Several Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 4

A gale of 70 miles an hour, reaching 90 miles an hour in gusts, swept England early this week. It drove coastal steamers, yachts…

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Gassed in Mine Plane Hurries to Rescue One Killed; Another Injured Perth

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 8

With a doctor and ambulance equipment aboard, including respirators, a plane left Kalgoorlie to-day to assist the rescue of two men who were…

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Accident Toll in Victoria Alarming Increase Hospitals Taxed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 3

Increased road traffic, caused by the bright spring sunshine, led to an alarming number of road accidents in the week-end in Victoria, the totals of…

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Victim of Car Accident on September 8 Still in Hospital

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 October 1938 · page 4

Eric Hallam, 23, of Western Hill, who was severely injured in a collision with a motor car near Bandiana on September 8 is still Albury Tospital, but…

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Man Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 1

Harold Comte, 32, of Mantell street, Menace Ponds, received fatal injuries when cars collided at the intersection of The Parade and…

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Holbrook Woman Falls from Car; Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 4

When the door of a car in which she was returning to Holbrook from Albury flew open oil Saturday night Mrs. Beatrice Grentell, a resident of…

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Boy Drowned Rescue Attempt Fails Two Other Lads Saved Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 4

James Lewis, 12, of Wilberforce st. Mount Hawthorn, was drowned at Scarborough beach yesterday afternoon in a heavy…

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Wodonga Creek Bridge Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 4

At a meeting of Wodonga Shire Council on Wednesday lest, Cr. J. Hore stressed She necessity for removing the rails mid concrete posts separating…

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Corowa Men in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 October 1938 · page 4

When the steering gear of a ear locked on the Hume Highway, seven miles south of Wangaratta yesterday afternoon, the vehicle swerved and…

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Young Man Killed Fatality in New Zealand Christ Church (N.z.)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 October 1938 · page 4

Monday, While William Lewis Clayden, 17 years was playing on the bank of the river Avon at Christchurch (N.Z.) a…

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Injured While Riding Bicycle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 October 1938 · page 2

A boy named Kevin Edwards, aged 14, of Smith at., Albury, was admitted to the Albury hospital yesterday afternoon. Edwards was brought in…

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Harbor Collision Probed at Marine Inquiry Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 October 1938 · page 1

At the Commonwealth Court of Marine inquiry to-day into the recent Harbor collision between the freighter Sydney Star and the steamer…

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Rescued From Drowning. a Plucky Incident. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 2

Mabel McLeod, aged 1 year and 10 months, was playing near a creek at Greenvale, when she rolled over the bank into the water. Leslie…

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Timber Worker Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 October 1938 · page 10

Struck by a piece of steel at the Federal Timber Mills at Warburton yesterday, William Crawford, 55, was rushed to Melbourne by ambulance,…

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