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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 56 of 64

Butcher Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 4

When he was cutting up some meat to feed in to a mincing machine on Saturday. Colin Butcher a member of the firm of A. W. Butcher and Sons,…

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Trotting Drivers Injured; Horse Killed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 7

Two prominent drivers, H. Chant and G. L. Tom, wore taken to hospital suffering from abrasions, and Brown Minto had to be destroyed, as…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 2

Mr. E. L. Bocquet of Howlong was kicked by a horse on Friday last, and sustained internal injuries. He is now in the Corowa Hospital…

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Flesh Stripped From Youth’s Forearm Was Caught in Header Accident Near Rand

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 8

Roy Williams, aged 17. son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Williams, who live five miles from Rand on the Corowa side of the town, was painfully hurt while…

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Gaoled for Five Years Girl Shot Youth Accidental, She Says Judge Refused to Take Case From Jury Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 1

Convicted of the manslaughter of a young man to-day, Beatrice Mac Auliffe, 18, was sentenced at the Central Criminal Court to five…

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Butcher’s Boy Claims £5000 DAMAGES Eyesight Damaged in Accident to Receive £800 MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 November 1938 · page 8

Claiming that as a result of a street accident in which he had received a fractured skull, his eyesight had been permanently impaired Lawrence…

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Unregistered Motor Vehicle. Sequel to Motor Collision on Jerilderie Road

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 1

In the Finley Police Court, before Mr I. Beavers, P.M., William Walsh was charged with driving an unregistered motor vehicle on a public…

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Young Printer Claims £3000 Sequel to Collision With Air Company’s Car Denial of Negligence Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 6

Damages of £3000 were claimed in the County Court to-day [?] Herbert Hall, [?] printer’s apprentice, of Haines street, North Melbourne, from…

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Priest’s Car Hits Tree Two Women Passengers Injured One Walks Six Miles with Broken Ankle for Assistance Young

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 3

Almost as seriously injured as her two friends when a motor car in which they were travelling crashed into a tree, six miles from Bribbaree, last…

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A Young Mother’s Alleged Confession Baby Drowned in Mine Shaft Pitiable Story Told to Coroner Her Wanderings After Child’s Birth SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 November 1938 · page 1

A confession that she had drowned her few days old baby in a 50ft. well was alleged by police to have been made by Jean Corless, 23, domestic, who was present at an inquest into the infant’s death at Deepwater Coroner’s Court to-day. She has been charged with…

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Rutherglen Youth Seriously Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 2

Norman Gilcrist, younger son of Mr. T. Gilcrist, of Rutherglen, met with severe injuries when a car he was travelling in collided with a telegraph…

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£375 for Injured Boy Accident Deprives Him of Sport Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 6

A special jury of four in the County Court to-day awarded Herbert Hall, 17, of Haines street, North Melbourne. £375 damages in his £3000 claim…

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Unregistered Motor Vehicle Sequel to Motor Collision on Jerilderie Road

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 2

In the Finley Police Court, before Mr. I Beavers, P.M., William Walsh was charged with driving an unregistered motor vehicle on a public…

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Strange Triple Tragedy Mother and Child Drowned in Dam Man Found Shot Dead Body in a Paddock West Maitland

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 1

A triple tragedy was revealed today at Hilldale, when Mrs. Edith Eyb, 25, and her 10 months old daughter, Heather, were found drowned in a…

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Road Accident at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 2

A heavily laden transport lorry, owned by Mitchell Bros. and driven by Mr. J. Mitchell, Wodonga, war turning from Tallangatta road into Ann street…

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Young Bride Killed Road Accident Ends Honeymoon Husband’s Lucky Escape Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 November 1938 · page 3

On her way home from her honeymoon yesterday morning, Mrs. Thursal Phyllis Stewart, 24, of Kinkora road, Hawthorn, was killed in a car…

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Rutherglen Man Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 5

Shortly after midnight on Tuesday last, a Mr. Thompson of Shepparton, while proceeding to Corowa from Rutherglen, discovered a young…

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Boy Cyclist Injured at Daysdale

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 6

Colliding with a motor car as he was riding his bicycle to school at Daysdale yesterday morning, Stanley Cook, aged 13, sustained concussion, abrasions…

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Plane Fatality. Flying Officer Killed. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 2

Flying Officer P. J. McDonough (23) was killed instantly, and Air Cadet J. P. Costello (19) escaped with shock and bruises when a R.A.A.F…

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Scenic Rail Crash Six Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 November 1938 · page 16

Six persons were injured, one seriously, when two trolley cars on the scenic railway at Luna Park, St. Kilda (Vic), collided on Saturday…

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