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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

925 stories in Murray's papers · page 20 of 47

Police Believe Man Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 6

Police are searching for the body of Percy Albert Honeysett, aced 42, of Leichhardt, whom they believe was washed, off the rocks while fishing near…

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Corowa Girl Badly Hurt Motor Cycle Accident Collision With Track Near Union Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 1

Moss Grace Bartleson, aged 24, of Corowa, sustained serious head injuries yesterday afternoon when a motor cycle on which she was…

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Woman Fatally Injured Perth

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 1

Knocked down by the mudguard of the car which struck her while she was crossing Stirling Highway last night. Miss Nellie Margaret Kelly, aged…

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Two Youths Injured Aboard Manly Ferry Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 2

Two youths were injured aboard a Manly ferry to-day. Keith Ridgeway, aged 18, of Willoughby, was making the gangway fast when the vessel…

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Rail Carriage Telescoped Smash at Siding Guard and Motorman Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 2

One carriage was reduced to matchwood, another was telescoped and derailed, and two railway employes were injured seriously…

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Found Dying Under Tree Man Extensively Injured a Mysterious Affair Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 May 1939 · page 1

Found lying beneath a tree in Whitehorse road, Mitcham, early yesterday morning with extensive injuries. Raymond Goodall, aged 29, of…

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Railwayman, Injured in Crash, Dead Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 1

Stanley St John, aged 51, of West Brunswick, who was extensively Injured in a railway accident in Jolimont railway yards on Saturday…

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Horse Falls on Rider Young Woman Severely Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 1

Thrown heavily to the bitumen roadway at North Deniliquin on Sunday afternoon when the horse she was riding shied at a pet lamb on the roadside and…

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Girl, Hurt in Motor Cycle Accident, Still in Serious Condition

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 2

Miss Grace Bartleson, of Corowa, who was seriously injured in a motor cycle accident on the Albury-Wodonga road on Sunday afternoon, has made…

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Man’s Road Death Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 1

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Campsie Coroner today when he inquired into the death of Edward Lean, aged 27, who was…

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Ratepayers’ Duties To Prevent Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 May 1939 · page 4

The opinion was expressed by Mr. Leggo, engineer, at the meeting of Murray Shire Council yesterday, that it was the duty of every resident of the shire…

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Tragic Air Crasher Five Killed in Accidents Woman Among Victims LONDON, May 8

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 1

Two collisions in mid-air in different parts of the country to-day resulted in the loss of five lives. At Home (Surrey) a Royal Air…

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Lad Shot in Back Accident Near Howlong Two Boys Hunting Rabbits

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 5

With a 22 short bullet in the small of the back, John Hamilton, 16, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hamilton, Howlong, was admitted to…

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Fatal Woollen Mill Accident Castlemaine

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 4

Caught in some betting while adjusting machinery at the Castlemaine woollen mills to-day, Patrick Stewart, aged 50, married, died before medical aid…

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Road Safety. Skids Cause ACCIDENTS.(Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 10 May 1939 · page 1

Road accident reports from country centres for last month, indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding, and in the coming months…

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Injured in Collision Man in Serious Condition Came to Albury to Enlist

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 2

Jack Kelly, aged about 28, of Brown’s Plains, was admitted to Albury District Hospital in a serious condition, after the motor bike he was…

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Road Safety Skids Cause Accidents

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 1

Road accident reports from the country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding and in the coming…

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Widows Claim £15,000 Sequel to Car Accident Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 May 1939 · page 4

As the sequel to a collision between a service car driven by John Robert Littlehales, service car proprietor, and a motor truck owned by W. Edgar and…

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Road Safety Skids Cause Accidents

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 10

Road accidents reported from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due to skidding, and in the corn[?] months many…

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Shooting Accident Rifle Discharges Into Lad's Back

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 12 May 1939 · page 5

With a 22 short bullet in the small of the back, John Hamilton, 16 son of Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hamilton, of Howlong, was admitted…

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