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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

925 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 47

Six Persons Killed in Train—Lorry Collision LONDON, June 1

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 10

At least six persons were killed as the result of a collision between an express train and a lorry at Hilgary (Norfolk, to-day. The engine and…

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Explosion in School; 49 Injured Barberton (Ohio), May 31

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 10

A gas explosion in a school injured at least 49 children, six critically. The injured were trapped when the walls and roof of the building collapsed…

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Son of Aurous Injured May Miss Birthday Cup Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 8

The Adelaide Cup winner, Son of Aurous, has suffered an injury to his near foreleg and is now, a doubtful runner in the Birthday Cup on…

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Gas Explosion in School 49 Children Injured Baberton (Ohio) June 1

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 5

A gas explosion at a school injured at least 49 children, six critically. The injured were trapped when the walls of the building collapsed…

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Two Accident Victims Dead Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 10

Mrs. Emma Short, aged 75, of Dandenong road, East Malvern, who was knocked down by a motor truck while crossing High street Malvern, in heavy…

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Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Pastoral Times · Friday 2 June 1939 · page 3

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks and -the principal cause has been…

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Winter Accidents Main Cause Carelessness Road Accident Causes

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 10

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few week? and the principal cause has…

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Man Killed in Road Collision Near Yass Yass

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 4

In a collision between two motor cars on the Hume Highway, 12 miles .from Yass to-day, Jack Ernest Hearne, aged 51, of Yass, was killed and four other…

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Garage Manager Duped Left for Bogus Accident £16 Stolen in Absence Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 3

Franch Geech, manager of Rag drive yourself and motor school, Pacific Highway, Crow Nest, was this morning the victim of an…

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Steeple-jack’s Death Accident Finding at Inquest Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 June 1939 · page 6

When he fell 60 feet to the ground from a chimney stack at the Imperial Freezing Works, Lynch st., Footscray, on May 22, Raymond Wallace…

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Little Girl Drowned Wyong

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 3

While playing with Brian Fernance, aged 2 years, Betty Stackman, aged 2 years and 9 months, was drowned at Brush Creek. Her parents attempted…

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King, and Queen in Canada Where Queen Mary Was Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 2

Top Left : Their Majesties, the King and Queen, with Mr. MacKenzie King, the Canadian Prime Minister, who welcomed them on their arrival at Quebec in the Empress of Australia…

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Winter Dangers. Road Accident Causes. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales.)

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1939 · page 4

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and the principal…

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Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 1

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks and the…

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Queen Mary Leaving Surgery After Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 6

H.M. Queen Mary leaving the surgery in Wandsworth (London), where she; called after her car had overturned nearby. Her car collided with a lorry, but the Queen Mother had a lucky escape…

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Three Years’ Gaol for Manslaughter Death of Cyclist After Collision London, June 7

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 4

Raymond Vincent de Trafford, brother of Sir Humphrey de Trafford, has been sentenced to imprisonment for three years and has been disqualified…

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Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 5
Also in The Corowa Free Press

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks and the principal cause…

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Detective Killed in Road Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 6

Detective-Sergeant Cornelius Carroll, aged 51, who was in charge of detectives at Petersham, was killed instantly when struck by a car in Parramatta…

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Pinned Under Truck 3 Men Injure In Accident On Moulamein Rd

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

Three well-known residents of North Deniliquin were seriously injured when their motor truck overturned at a bridge on…

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