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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Dies From Injuries in Car Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 6

From injuries, including a fractured skull and broken thigh, received when his car collided with another driven by Donald Walker, aged 23, of Lower…

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Serious Accident Hay Residents Injured When Car Falls Into Dry Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Carter and Daughter in Hospital

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Carter, of Hay, and their little daughter, were seriously injured when they met with a car accident on Saturday afternoon…

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Three Bullocks May Have to be Destroyed as the Result of Howlong Road Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2

As a result of an accident on a bridge about two miles from Albury on the Howlong road late yesterday afternoon, it is lively that three bullocks will have…

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Husband and Wife Now Dead As Result of Street Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 4

James Hicks, aged 71, of. Croydon. who was knocked, down in Croydon last night by a car, died in hospital to-day. In the accident his wife was killed…

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Accidents in N S W. 600 Killed in Year. Government Aims at Safety. Special Police Patrols. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1939 · page 8

For the 12 months ended June 30 600 people were killed and 8615 injured in road accidents in N.S.W. Official figures disclosed this to-night. There…

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Two Little Boys Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

Two boys were drowned yesterday. While swimming in private baths at Pymble, Dermot O’Brien, aged 3 years, was drowned. He was bathing with…

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Young Cyclist Fatally Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 5

When the wheels of his bicycle caught in the tramline at Brighton le Sands to-night. Ernest Nicol, aged 20, of Hur[?] was thrown against…

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Keeping Down Road Accidents in America

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 4

A sensible idea is being adopted gradually in U.S.A. of using public address loud speakers at sports stadia, with the object of appealing to…

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Ex-police Sergeant. Seriously Injured in Collision. BATHURST

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

James Jenkinson (70), of Albury, a former sergeant of police, was seriously injured last night, in a collision between two cars. Jenkinson…

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Albury Salvation Army Officer Killed Fatal Car Collision Accident at Bathurst Bathurst

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

James Jenkinson, aged 70, of Albury, a former sergeant of police, was fatally injured to-night in a collision between two cars…

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Cars in Collision. Near Windsor. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

Henry Ambrose (89), and two women, were injured in a car smash on the Windsor road, near Windsor, last night, it appears that two cars…

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Elderly Man Drowned at Wagga While Fishing

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 4

William John Millar, 74, of, Goonigual avenue, Wagga, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee river near the bathing beach at Wagga yesterday…

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Sixteen Injured When Tram and Train Collide Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

Sixteen persons were injured, none seriously, when a tram collided with the trucks of a goods train in Balmain to-night. The majority of the…

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Level Crossing Crash. Tram Driver and Others Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

Sixteen persons, including the tram-driver, were injured last night when a Birchgrove-bound tram crashed into the side of empty goods…

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5000 Volt Explosion Two Men Injured Nearby Buildings Tremble Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

Two men named Flynn and Bennett were working in a manhole in Clarence street, City, this morning when a 5000-volt cable…

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£50,000 Damage Caused by Floods in West Several Persons Believed Drowned KALGOORLIE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 8

Damage to local government and semi-public works estimated at £50,000, has been caused and 2000 men are temporarily idle,…

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The Narrandera Tragedy. Verdict of Accident Returned. Arrested Man Discharged. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

At the inquest, at Narandera, yesterday, concerning the death of Daniel James Moon, the coroner, after hearing evidence, found that Moon…

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Two Men Killed Were Crushed to Death Cement Works Accident Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 6

When a iron separator, weighing nearly four tons, crashed 33 feet on to a milking machine at the works of the Adelaide Cement Company to-day four…

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Young Man Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 3

While bathing with a party of five in Ashley River, Arthur Topp got into difficulties and in the excitement following his rescue, his brother, Stanley,…

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Girl Drowned at Burrumbuttock Station Manager’s Daughter Unavailing Fight to Revive Her

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 4

Patricia Josephine Quinn, aged 19, daughter of Mr. Matthew Quinn, manager of Burrumbuttock Station, was drowned in a dam on…

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