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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

925 stories in Murray's papers · page 26 of 47

Accident Victims

The Pastoral Times · Friday 16 June 1939 · page 1

Inquiry at Deniliquin hospital to-day revealed that Mr. John Emry, senr., who was seriously injured in a recent motor accident, continues to show…

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Porter’s Death Was Accidental Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1939 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest to-day into the death of Francis McEvoy, a porter who was killed in the Enfield…

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Man Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 June 1939 · page 1

Seriously injured when knocked down by a motor car i[?] Geelong road, Kingsville, Arthur William Bruce, aged about 58 years, of Geelong road,…

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Collision in Fog

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Shortly after 9, o'clock on Sunday morning, when the fog was, very thick, a collision occurred between a car driven by Mr. John Strong, and…

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Bomb Outrage in Palestine. Arabs Killed and Injured. HAIFA

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Eighteen Arabs are at present known to have been killed, and 24 injured, as the result of a simultaneous explosion of two bombs in the…

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Minister's Death Fall Was Accidental, Say Detectives Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Detectives who have been engaged in the inquiry into the death of the Minister for Labor and industry (Mr. Hawkins) have completed their report for…

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Camper Tormented Young Man Was Shot Coroner's Accidental Death Finding Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

At the conclusion of the inquest at Trafalgar to-day into the death of Mervyn Duff, aged 35, the Deputy Coroner (Mr. Johnson, J.P.)…

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Leg Amputated Following Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 June 1939 · page 2

Alan Orchard, aged 18, who was injured in a motor accident on old Sydney road, at Thurgoona " on June 12, and who has been an inmate of the…

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Car and Bicycle Collision. [?] Residents at Law

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 4

At the Court of Petty Sessions, at Tocumwal, before Mr I. Beavers, P.M., the hearing of the case, Henry George Carrick versus Willis…

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Car Accident Near Table Top

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 4

When a car driven by Mr. Richard Griffiths, of 4 Mawson St., East Kew, was travelling along the Hume Highway towards Albury yesterday…

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Prize Merino Sheep Killed in Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 June 1939 · page 1

When a double decker trailer carrying 66 sheep to Sydney for to-morrow's sheep show overturned in rounding a bend on the Hume Highway at…

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Man Believed Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 12

Blown out to sea while fishing of Dee Why this afternoon. Vincent Gannon, aged 32, of Dee Why, is believed to have been drowned. For hours…

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Errol Flynn in Car Accident Hollywood, June 21

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 June 1939 · page 10

Errol Flynn and Lily Damita were injured in an accident to-day when their car was forced to swerve to avoid hitting two pedestrians. Miss Damita…

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Australian Actress Injured London, June 22

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 6

Mary Maguire, the Australian actress, fractured an ankle at the Denham Studios while fox-trotting in a ballroom scene. She will be absent…

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JOCKEY D. Ashmore Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 June 1939 · page 9

When thrown from an unnamed yearling at Moorefield this morning the apprentice jockey, D. Ashmore. received injuries to his shoulder, Ashmore…

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Ships in Collision Liner Has Best of It London, June 23

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

With two gaping holes in her side the 11,300 tons liner Abosso, of Liverpool, reached Plymouth to-day, having been in collision last night,. in…

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Civil Servant Killed In Car Smash at Darwin Seven Others Injured Darwin

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 1

Ralph Biggs, aged 24, a paymaster of the Commonwealth Works Department, was killed in a motor accident yesterday. He arrived…

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Bomb Explosions in London Most Daring Yet Perpetrated at Least Three People Injured I.R.A. Sympathisers Blamed LONDON, June 25

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

After a period of quiescence, die London week-end. was broken by further bomb explosions attributed to the activities of the Irish Republican Army Following the banning of their operations in Ireland. Bombs bursting at the corner of…

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Albury Residents in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1939 · page 2

Whilst proceeding from Albury to Griffith, a car owned by Mr. C. W. Hili, of Thurgoona st., Albury and driven by Mr. Albert Vincent King, of…

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Believed Drowned Two Men in Launch a Fruitless Search Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 June 1939 · page 8

It is feared that two men, who left Newcastle in a 22ft. launch this morning have been drowned. They were last seen battling…

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