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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Minor Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 June 1939 · page 1

Tom Atkinson, an employee of Mr. C, H. Carnell. farmer, of Gulpa, had his foot severely, cut by an axe he was using. The injury necessitated Mr…

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Winter Dangers. Road Accident Causes

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 10 June 1939 · page 4

Serious road accidents, many of then fatal, have been reported from almost all putts of the State., in the lust few weeks and the principal cause has…

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Wodonga Player Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

Fred. Matthews, 22, of Wodonga,. received injuries to the back white playing in the Wodonga-Rutherglen match on Saturday. He was admitted to…

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Eight Injured Two Sedan Cars Smash Terrific Impact Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 9

Right persons were injured, two critically, when sedan cars met with terrific force at the intersection of Princes and. Lygon sts…

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Young Cyclist Killed Strikes Car at End of Race Three Others Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 5

Jack Crumby, 17, of Fairfield, was fatally injured and three others received injuries when they crashed into a motor car near the finish of a junior…

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Crash at Essendon Pilots, Passengers and Rescuers Injured Planes Destroyed by Fire Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 5

Two women pilots and passengers, boys from the St Vincent De Paul Orphanage, South Melbourne, and five were injured, and two Gypsy…

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Young Men Injured in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 4

When a car in which they were driving along old Sydney road past Newmarket yesterday struck another car, George Searle and A. Orchard, both…

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Drowned Off Gippsland. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

Roy Lipscombe (22) of Port Albert, was drowned off the Gippsland coast last night, when a fishing boat cap sized. Laurence Lipscombe swam…

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Fatal Collision at Crossing. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 3

Lawrence John Dempsey, 24, married, of Upper Ferntree Gully, was killed, and Patrick Fitzgerald, 35, single., of the same address, was…

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Racing Driver Injured in Warming-up Run Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 5

When W. Bullen’s car was travelling at 50 m.p.h. in a warming-up run at Penrith speedway to-day it struck a mound on the side of the track and…

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Young Man Killed When Tourer Overturns Three Others Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 1

Four young men were injured, one fataIly, late to-day, when; a single-seater touring car travelling towards the city, overturned while…

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Eight in Car Over 100-Ft. Precipice Only One Injured Gosford

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 4

Although a car in which they were travelling from Maitland to Sydney ran off the Pacific Highway near Peat’s Ferry this morning and toppled into a…

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Arab Killed; 12 INJURED Land Mine Explodes Curfew on Town Jerusalem, June 12

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 4

One Arab was killed and 12 injured in Tiberias when a land mine exploded under a lorry in which they were travelling…

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Was in an Unusual Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 8

Les Burrows, one of the most experienced drivers at the meeting, after being placed third in the Gold Cup event, finished the day by scoring first place in the Open Handicap. In the cup race, while lying second near the finish, his face was gashed by a stone thrown up by the back wheel…

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Accident Victims

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 1

Inquiry at Deniliquin Hospital this afternoon revealed that the condition of Mr. Thomas Emry, who was critically injured on Wednesday last when he…

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Brother of Late Kingsford Smith Injured in Car Fall Oakland (Cal.), June 12

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 June 1939 · page 6

Mr. Richard Kingsford Smith, aged 50, brother of the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, sustained internal injuries when his motor-car dived 50 feet…

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Mulwala Man Injured; Struck by Car

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 2

William Alfred, aged 64. of Mulwala road, Corowa, was struck by a motor car about 7 o'clock last evening on the main Corowa-Yarrawonga road…

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Death Follows Road Accident BENDlGO

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 6

James Sayer, aged 25, of View street, Bendigo, died in hospital to-day from injuries he received when his car overturned on the Happy Valley road,…

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European Express Train. a Fatal Collision. DRESDEN

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 2

Tea were killed and 20 injured when a Berlin—Prague express was derailed at Mittlegrund, in Sudentenland…

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Road Safety Skids Cause Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 4

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

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