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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

925 stories in Murray's papers · page 37 of 47

Boy Injured in Fall from Horse

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 4

Brian Minogue, aged 13 years, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Minoglie, of Commercial Club Chambers, Dean street, Albury, yesterday suffered a fall from…

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Items of News Wagga Horse Trainer Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 4

Exercising a trotter at the Wagga show ground yesterday George Shaw, of Wagga, was thrown heavily and had his thigh and ribs fractured. He is in…

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Man's Throat Cut in Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 5

When Thomas Reynolds, 23, was dismantling the verandah of a house at Wangaratta he fell with a sheet of iron, which came in contact with…

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Important Judgment on Damages Claim Following a Car Accident SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 22 September 1939 · page 3

Non-suiting a claim for £1000 damages in the Supreme Court to-day, Mr. Justice Maxwell ruled that a man who accepted a lift in a firm's car from…

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Truck Driver Wins Charged in Albury Court Sequel to an Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 September 1939 · page 5

Because he was not convinced that a prima facie case had been made out, Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., in the Albury Police Court yesterday,…

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Two Injured In Accident near Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Willson, of Kingswood Park, Mitcham, South Australia, were seriously injured in a motor accident on the Hume Highway about…

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Three Men Believed Drowned Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 6

Three men who left Auckland last night on a fishing trip have not since returned, and fears are entertained for their safety…

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Two Women and Man Killed Munition Works Explosion Cause of Accident Unknown Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 6

Two girls and a man were killed today when an explosion occurred in the No. 13 cartridge room in the ammunition packing section of Imperial…

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R.A.A.F. Man Dies After Accident Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 September 1939 · page 5

Sergeant Eric Linklater, aged 25, of the R.A.A.F., who was injured on Saturday night when a car in which he was returning to Point Cooke,…

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Lucky Escape From Drowning Truck Driver Trapped in Murray Coreyong

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 6

When his truck plunged into the river Murray off the Geehi bridge late yesterday, J. B. Goldsworthy, of Biggara, near Corryong, had a…

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Serious Railway Accident Trucks Smashed and Permanent Way Damaged

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1939 · page 3

The most serious railway accident in the Narandera district for a number of years occurred on the Tocumwal line about six and a half…

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Little Girl Drowned in Baths Newcastle

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 6

Gloria Livermore, aged 6 years, of Newcastle, was seen floating face downwards in about four feet of water. With her elder sister and a brother and a…

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Victim of Street Accident Dead Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 October 1939 · page 2

Seriously injured when his motor cycle collided wife a motor car at Toorak on September! 20, Harry Carter, about 25 years, of Bridges st.,…

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Police Court Negligent Driving Charge Police Car Involved in Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 3

At the Corowa Police Court yesterday before Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., Richard Allen Freyer appeared on a charge of negligent driving as a…

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Balldale Farmer's Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 October 1939 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Bridley, of "Pinewood,'' Balldale suffered a broken leg when a horse in a team which he was driving reared and falling…

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Residents of Bowna Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Mullavey, of Bowna, were admitted to an Albury private hospital last evening suffering from injuries sustained in a road…

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Fatally Injured Whilst Loading Cattle

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 October 1939 · page 5

Mr. Harry Clarkson, a representative of the New Zealand Loan at Yarrawonga, was fatally injured while loading cattle at Sloan’s Siding, near…

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Woman's Street Death Accidental Melbourne, Wednesday. -

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 6

Struck by a car in Abbotsford St., North Melbourne, on September Mrs. Mary Rosana McColl, aged 70, of Cole street, El wood, succumbed to her…

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Road Accidents Fewer "But Still Too High" Toll in Victoria Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 October 1939 · page 6

No one could derive satisfaction from the Government Statist's survey of Hie road accident toll in Victoria - for the 12 months ended…

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Railway Employee Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 2

An accident occurred at the Echuca railway station on Monday morning, when Mr J. Morgan, a railway employee whilst engaged in removing a…

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