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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 51 of 64

Spinal Injuries From Car Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 3

James Paley, railway employe, of Balranald, sustained spinal injuries in a motoring accident on Monday night, and was admitted to Echuca Hospital…

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Gravel Pit Fatality Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 October 1938 · page 8

When portion of the side of a gravel [?] collapsed at Cobbage Tree [?] miles from Orbost to-day. Albert Rodge [?] was killed by a boulder…

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Boy Drowned in Yarra Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 2

When his home-made tin canoe ca[?]ed sank in back water of the Yarra river, near A[?]leton Dock, [?]te yesterday afternoon, Eric Levesay, 12…

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Service Rifle Bursts Man and Child Injured Kalgoorlie

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 3

George Edward Jackson, 23, miner, received abdominal injuries, and Beres Allison, 4, had a bullet embedded under her collarbone when the barrel of an…

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Bad Smash Near Benalla Man and Wife Involved Latter Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 2

One of the worst motor accidents in the Benalia district occurred on Saturday when Mr. George Alexander Mitchell, an ex-police superintendent,…

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Fatal Plane Collision. Six Deaths in Italy. ROME

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 2

Two military aeroplanes collided in midair at Parezzana, resulting in the deaths of six members of the crews…

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Two Men Injured by Terrific Explosion SYDNEY--Monday

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 1

While Arthur James Gelerson, 22, labourer, and Lesile James Welkin 27, miner, were burning old dynamite in a quarry near kalgoorlie to-day,…

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Motor Cycle Crash Rutherglen Man Killed Another Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at the bridge over the Goulburn River, about half a mile south of Seymour, y at 5.30 on Saturday…

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Sad Fatal Accident. While Children at Play. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 2

While playing at "getting married" with her small brother, at Rockhampton, Gwendolyn Claire Ewings, aged 6, received fatal burns. It was stated…

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Dazzle From Head-lights Many Accidents New Rules Next Year

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 2

The Minister for Transport, Mr. Bruxner, states that 16 persons were killed and 186 were injured in accidents due to defective headlights on…

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Child Seriously Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 2

Falling from the top of a gate on to hard gravel path yesterday morning-Kevin, the three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Cross, jun., of Park st.,…

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Two Killed; Seven Injured Level Crossing Smash Train Hits Car Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 6

When a service car was struck by the Brisbane mall train at a level crossing about seven miles from Mackay to-day, two people were…

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Japanese Troops Enter Hankow : Kai-Shek Moves Again Japanese Barbarity; 8000 Civilians Drowned Two Steamers and Collier Sunk Airmen Rain Down Death Canton Fire Damage—£50 Million; Terms of Peace Forecast LONDON, October 24

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 October 1938 · page 2

According to Chinese reports received by the Shanghai correspondent of the British United Press, thousand passengers are believed to have perished when Japanese airmen bombed and sank the…

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Ice Factory Employe Compensation Claim Fails “Not Injured at His Work”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 3

Judge Perdrian, at the Albury sittings of the Workers’ Compensation Commission yesterday, continued the hearing of the claim by Arthur…

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Modern Car’s Safety Proved in Accidents Smash Near Albury

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 6

The remarkable safety of the modern enclosed ear was revealed yesterday when two cars were involved in an accident near Albury…

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Injured in Explosion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 14

While gelignite was being rammed to blast stone for road works at Suggan Buggan, near Gelantipy (Vic), an explosion occurred, and a man and a…

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Macumba Blamed for Harbor Collision Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 2

The Commonwealth Court of Marine Inquiry to-day found that the steamer Macumba was to blame for the collision with the Sydney Star off Bradley’s…

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Farmer Seriously Injured Dragged Under Waggon Wheels

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 13

Endeavoring to stop a team of bolting horses in a waggon loaded with, a ton of hay, Theo Reichelt, 29, farmer, of Gilgandra, was dragged under the…

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Escapes in Mines Two Injured by Explosion

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 8

Flattened against the wall of a deep quarry when two cases of dynamite exploded accidentally, Arthur James Grierson, laborer, aged 22…

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Grazier's Ordeal Three Days on Hillside After Being Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 October 1938 · page 13

After having lain on a hillside severely injured for three days and three nights, Mr. Ralph Butt, of Moo gerah, an elderly grazier, well known…

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