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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Wagga News Motor Cyclist Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 13

Harry Mills, 40 years, was admitted to Wagga Base Hospital suffering from concussion and extensive abrasions and lacerations, including a…

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Albury Resident Injured in Cycle Fall

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Kelly, a well-known Albury resident, living in Wodonga Place sustained severe abrasions to the face when he fell from his bicycle…

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Drowned in Dam. Found With Hands Tied. MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 3

With his hands tied by a piece of rope, the body of Martin Thomas Conway (55), a farmer, of Sedowiclr. near Bendigo, was found in water about…

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Surf Tragedy at Bondi Four Drowned Many Surfers Have Narrow Escapes

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 16

In the worst surf tragedy on record in New South Wales four men were drowned and thirty-five persons were treated for shock and immersion when…

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R.a.a.f. Accidents Seven Killed Last Year

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 10

During 1937 seven, members of the flying personnel of the Royal Australian Air Force were killed, and four received injuries which were not fatal…

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Fatal Riding Accident. Woman Killed in Centennial Park. SYDNEY. Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 February 1938 · page 3

A well-known society woman, Mrs. Jane Cave (56), was killed when the horse she was riding bolted in Centennial Park this morning. She…

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Boy’s Leg Injured When Brother Falls on Him

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 6

Neil Allum, 5 son of Mr. J. Allum, [?] of the Woomargama Hotel, sustained a probable fracture of the leg is the result of the brother falling…

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Man’s Hand Injured Using Printing Machine Compensation to Be Paid Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 10

Judge Perdriau, of the Workers’ Compensation Commission, to-day made an order, that £360 compensation plus £32 for hospital and medical expenses, be…

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Ship’s Officer Censured Woman Drowned Made No Attempt to Help Her “Too Drunk,” Says Coroner Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 2

The City Coroner (Mr. Oram), today criticised the failure of a British ship’s officer to attempt to rescue a [?] woman who had…

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Fatal Motor Accident Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 1

Fatal injuries were sustained by Gordon Enstng, 22, of lynnhoc, when a motor cycle he was riding collided with a car at the corner of [?] and…

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Outcome of Accident Dealer Fined £8. SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 February 1938 · page 7

Leslie Moran, 27, a dealer, appeared at the Central Court to-day on charges of falling to stop after an accident, of driving without headlights, and of…

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Young Man Drowned in Water-hole Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 1

George William Knight, 24, of Kensington, was drowned in a waterhole at Maryland, near Bringelly, yesterday. He was in the water with two girls…

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Man Killed Instantly Hume Highway Crash Two Injured Seriously

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 2

[?] 22 was killed, and Reginald Jonce 24 and William Clark seriously Injured when the motor truck in which they were…

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Early Beatty Injured Thrown While Hunting Suffers Fractured Pelvis London, Feb. 11

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 3

Admiral of the Fleet, Earl Beatty, one of the most popular officers of the Royal Navy, was critically injured today while hunting with the Quorn…

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Fire After Collision Car and Cycle Hit Head-on Two Men Hadly Hurt Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 2

Two men were seriously hurt and and their eyesight endangered in a collision between a motor car and a motor cycle in Western road, Mount…

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Five Drowned When Launch Founders Twenty-three Missing 175 People in Water Pathetic Scenes as Mothers Search for Babies Sydney’s Worst Harbor Disaster Since Sinking of Greycliffe Stark Tragedy When Happy Crowd Farewelling American Warship SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 February 1938 · page 1

In Sydney’s worst harbour disaster since the sinking of the Greycliffe, 10 yars ago, five persons are known to have been drowned, while 23 are definitely reported missing. Seventy five people were treated at Sydney Hospital for immersion and shock, while others were attended to at other…

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Motor Fatality on Hume Highway

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

Early on Saturday morning on Humo Highway, when a party was returning from the soldiers ball at Taroutta, the utility truck in which…

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Fatality on Highway Water Officer Denies Guilt Felonious Slaying Charge Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

Thomas Archibald [?]bull. water board inspector, pleaded not guilty at the Quarter Sessions to-day to a charge of having feloniously slain Richard…

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Harbour Tragedy Five Persons Drowned and 21 Missing Pleasure Launch Capsizes Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 3

Tragedy followed in the wake of the American warship Louisville as she steamed her way down Sydney Harbour to-day on her…

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Harbour Tragedy Drowned, 5; Missing, 22 Launch Capsizes When U.S. Warship Leaves Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 February 1938 · page 2

The most serious harbour disaster since the Greycliffe was cut in two by the Tahiti, in 1927, and 40 lives were lest, mostly those of children…

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