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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

1,277 stories in Murray's papers · page 58 of 64

Factory Accidents 84,407 Injuries in N.S.W. Toll for a Year Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 December 1938 · page 6

The total number of industrial injuries in the year ended June 30, [?], was 84,407, or an increase of [?] over the number for the…

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Cars in Collision Woman Severely Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 15

Mr. G. Wright, principal of the Carlingford Rural School, and his wife were driving in their car to Sydney when they were involved in a crash…

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OBITUARY—Continued Fatality at Narandera Wife of Former Albury Resident Dies. Injured in Street Collision

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 47

On Saturday last an accident occurred which resulted in the death of Mrs. Edith Maud Gladys Horkins, wife of Mr. Henry Horkings. Mrs…

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Motorist’s Ari Injured Hay Road Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 4

On Monday evening, on his way to Hay, Mr H. Gibson, a commercial traveller, was driving his car, with one elbow resting on the window of the door…

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Wodonga Farmer Fatally Injured Thrown From Horse Other Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 12

Burial of Mr. P. H. Heckendorf, of "Willow Park," Wodonga, near Albury, who was killed in tragic circumstances last week, took place in…

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Fatality Follows Bereavements Relatives' Sad Experiences

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 8

An extraordinary series of misfortunes has befallen relatives of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Daniher, of Ungarie, during recent weeks. The first was…

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Car Hits Bridge Constable Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 35

While driving in a motor car from Wagga to Leeton on November 23, Constable Naish, of Leeton, was approaching tho bridge across tho canal…

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Fisherman Drowned Lived in Cave Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 5

David Andrew Davidson, licensed fisherman, informed the police this morning that his companion on a fishing expedition on the Harbour…

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Flood Sweeps Village Father Drowned Before Eyes of Family

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 14

A man was drowned before the eyes of his wife and family at Trehafod after he had safely marshalled them upstairs to escape the rushing waters…

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Wife Killed; Husband Critically Injured Married Only Four Months

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 5

Mrs. Margaret Dyball, aged 21 years, was killed outright, and her husband, Harold Frederick Dyball, aged 27 years, general manager, and…

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Firewood “Explodes” When Placed on Fire Four Women Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 6

When an explosion shook a restaurant in Pyrmont to-day following the placing of wood on a fuel stove; four [?] were injured and four others…

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Sensational Accident Tractor Seat Collapses in Harvest Field Man's Clothes Cut to Shreds by Binder Knives

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 5

When Mr. V. Baker, of Hamilton (V.) was working with a tractor and binder on his farm the seat of the tractor collapsed. Baker fell…

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Profit of £35,002 State Accident Office

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 36

Profit of the State Accident Insurance Office of Victoria for the year ended June 30 was £35,002, representing more than 17 per cent, of the…

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Variety of Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 11

Frank Stanley Baine, railway electrician, of Mortdale, who fell from a trolly near Tomora, was taken to the Temora Hospital suffering from a deep…

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Accident at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 2

Whilst working in the cellar at "All Saints," Wahgunyah Mr. C. Deal of Elizabeth street, fractured his right arm near the wrist on Saturday…

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Carelessness Cause of Accidents December Is Danger Month

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 December 1938 · page 7

Each, year the road accident figures climb steeply in December. That is because the holidays attract more, people on the roads causing greater…

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Motor Accident. Local Resident Injured

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 3

Motoring to Melbourne on Monday last, Mr. Moloney, a new-comer to Balranald had the misfortune to meet with a serious accident between…

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72 Persons Drowned in Turkey Istanbul, December 2

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 10

Seventy-two persons were drowned, many are missing and thousands of cattle perished when the River Ourfra overflowed its banks…

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German Plane Wrecked; Seven Injured Vienna, December 2

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 10

Captain F. S. Wilkins, who was proceeding to Irak to investigate the crash the flying boat Calpurnia, was injured to-day when a German…

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Lorry and Cycle in Strange Fatal Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 December 1938 · page 6

Evidence given at the City Coroner’s Court to-day revealed that a motor lorry grazed the handle-bar of a motor cycle and caused the throttle…

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