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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Political Disorder Police Forced to Fire Into Crowd One Person Killed ; 30 Injured London, July 17

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 July 1939 · page 6

The Simla correspondent of "The Times" says that one person was killed and 30 injured when police in the Dhami State fired at 2090 political…

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Whose Fault was It? How Accidents Are Caused and How They Can Be Avoided

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 3

It is not only in major accidents involving litigation that disputes as to responsibility can arise. Take this case, which occurred recently…

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[?]Sh of Air Forced Man to His Death Struck by Oncoming Train Accident Described As "Unique” Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 2

Described by the City Coroner as an accident “unique in the history of Sydney's underground railways," as inquest was…

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Lad Killed at His Mother’s Side in Car Accident MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 July 1939 · page 1

A 15-year-old youth, Stewart Wicks, of Otira road, East St. Kilda, was killed at his mother's side in a road tragedy on Kooyong…

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Family Injured Smash On Way From Races

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 1

When a car crashed into a tree and overturned late on Wednesday afternoon, a man, his wife and son were injured…

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Two Asylum Patients Drowned Quarrelled and Fell in River Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 8

Two patients of Kew Mental Hospital were drowned in the Yarra at Studley Park late this afternoon. The superintendent of the hospital (Dr.)…

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Fatal Accident. Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 2

Abel Peters, 59, foreman carpenter, of Caulfield, was killed to-day while working beside his son on a city building, when a 40 lb. terra cotta…

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Whose Fault Was It? How Accidents Are Caused and How They Can Be Avoided

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 3

It is not only in major accidents involving litigation that disputes as to responsibility can arise. Take this case, which occurred recently. On a…

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Log on Road Causes Accident to Cyclist

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 July 1939 · page 1

Mr. C. E Turnbull, industrial representative of the A.M.P at Deniliquin, had the misfortune to Injure, Ins right arm when thrown from his bicycle, in…

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Not Guilty Track Driver Freed Six People Were Killed in Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1939 · page 6

After a retirement of a little over an hour, a Jury in General Sessions to-day found Whitworth, of Albany Crescent,…

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£15,500 CLAIMED An Accident Sequel Bank Officials at Law Melbourne, Frriday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1939 · page 6

To compensate him for the loss and injury resulting from a car accident near Gisborne on June 20 of last year, the manager of…

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Accident Victim Identified Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 July 1939 · page 7

An elderly man who was killed by an electric train at She Argyle Avenue level crossing, Chelsea, yesterday, was identified to-day as James Elliott, aged…

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B. Glennon Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 4

D. Glennon, rider of All Blamey in the Boiardo Steeple at the Valley to day, sustained a fractured collar bone when that gelding fall. The riders…

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Boy Accidentally Shot Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 6

Wounded in the side by a shot gun accidentally discharged at his home in Sydenham, 12-year-old Clifford Pickett was brought to the Children's…

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Wodonga, in Rare Form, Lowers Colors of League Leaders Rutherglen Defeated Easily by Yarrawonga Fight for Four Is Still Interesting Roy Mclean's Fifteen Goals for Chiltern S. Mair Injured in His First Game This Season

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 July 1939 · page 4

Playing with cohesion and rare dash throughout the game, and with complete understanding on the forward line. Wodonga succeeded in lowering the colors of the Ovens and Murray League leaders at the Albury sports…

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Collision in a Race. Trotting Horse Dies. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 2

Three smashes, one of them resulting in the death of a horse, occurred at Harold Park trotting meeting, to-day. While in the straight in…

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Accidentally Shot. a Gerogery Farmer. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 2

A farmer named John Henry Klose, of Gerogery, in the Culcairn district, was shot dead yesterday when a gun with which he had been shooting…

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Skin Buyer Fined Following a Street Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 July 1939 · page 2

George Thompson, a skin buyer, [?] Wagga, was fined £ 10 at Wagga Quarter Sessions yesterday on a charge of having failed to stop his car after an…

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Railway Station Rocked by Explosion Eleven Persons Injured Porter Has Leg Blown Off London, July 26

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 July 1939 · page 6

Eleven persons were admitted to hospital to-day as the result of the almost simultaneous explosion of two bombs in the luggage office at the…

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A Fatal Collision Motor Cyclist Killed Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 July 1939 · page 3

A man was kilted and another was injured when a motor cycle and bicycle collided, at Maribyrnong to-day. The man killed was Stanley…

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