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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Youth Shot by Companion Accident Finding at Inquest Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 7

Fatal injuries were received by James Victor Davis, aged 16, drover, of the Coranderrk Aborigines' Mission Station, Healesville, on May 12, when…

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Accidents at Corners

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1939 · page 4

“A most [?] the statistics [?] of [?] large number of [?]…

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Fishing Disaster; 59 Men Drowned Santander, May 23

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1

Manned by a crew of 49, a fishing boat, which was trying to enter the harbor in a fierce storm, capsized. A second fishing boat, manned by [?]…

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Accidents at Corners

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 4

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to…

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Queen Mother in Car Accident Badly Shaken; Has Lucky Escape Mishap Almost on Even of 72nd BIRTHDAY Spent a Restless Night, Says Bulletin LONDON. May 24

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 1

Several days of complete rest will be required by Oueen Mary, who will celebrate her 72nd birthday on Friday, to recover from the severe bruising and shaking she received in a motor accident in which she was…

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Peculiar Bus Accident Twenty-Two People Injured MELBOURNE

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 1

Twenty-two people were injured when a 'bus, after being in collision with a police motor car, crashed through the wall of a house in…

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Mate Forgot the New Rule of the Sea Story at Inquiry Into Harbor Collision Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 5

William Glackin, mate of the trawler Goonambee, admitted at the Marine Court of Inquiry to-day that when ordered by the master to turn the vessel…

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Country Edition The following appeared in our Country Edition of Wednesday. Queen Mary In Motor Collision. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 1

Queen Mary was involved in a road accident to-day, when a Royal car came into collision with a lorry and overturned…

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Skids Cause Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

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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Accidents at Corners Preference to Vehicle on the Right

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 3

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the failure…

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Daysdale Farmer Critically Injured Collided with Car

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 May 1939 · page 6

Suffering from probable fractures at the pelvis, skull, severe and shock, Andrew McD. Webster, residing near Daysdale, was admitted to…

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Head-on Collision Motor Cyclist Killed Two Others Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 1

In a terrible head-on collision between a motor vehicle and a motor cycle at the comer of Dandenong and Neerim roads early this morning, the…

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Boy, Aged 14, Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 6

Gordon Reay, aged 14, of Austinmer Heights, was drowned when he fell from the Bulli jetty to-day. The body was recovered with grappling irons 20…

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Albury Player Injured at Yarrawonga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 4

W. Thomas (left), Albury back man, who sustained a broken Jaw in the game at Yarrawonga on Saturday. On the right in the 19th man, Alan Rauber, who played brilliantly when he took the injured man’s place in the field…

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Cyclist Injured; Fractured Skull Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 1

Picked up by a passing motorist in Williamstown last night Jo[?] Royce, aged 57, of Vulcan Grove. Williamstown, was taken to Williamstown…

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Flung to the Road; Cyclist Severely Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 1

Falling heavily to the road after a car had struck the rear wheel of his bicycle in Keilor road, Essendon, last night, Harry wall, aged 18, of Cowper…

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Stock Agent Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

Mr. G. R. (“Dick”) Hill, manager of Goldsbrough, Mort and Co. Ltd., Deniliquin, was admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital yesterday for treatment to an…

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Head on Collision Wakool Engineer Seriously Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 4

One man was seriously injured and two others received abrasions to the face, when two sedan cars collided head-on about 12 miles…

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Youth Badly Injured Fell Off Tractor Accident Near Balldale

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

Serious injuries were suffered by a youth named Tom parker, aged 19, on Tuesday last when he fell in front of a…

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Plane’s Long Flight for Injured Man

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 1

The. Miles Merlin plane which operates daily the Melbourne-Deniliquin Hay mail and passenger service, will undertake a long distance flight…

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