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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

925 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 47

Former Corowa Resident Killed Mr. Leslie O'keeffe Fatality on Mulwala Road

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 1

A fatal accident occurred on the Corowa Mulwala road near Mulwala on Wednesday evening which resulted in the death…

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Sequel to Accident Unlicensed Driver Fined

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 October 1939 · page 3

As the sequel to an accident at the cor[?]er of End and Grispe streets early on August 13, in which a motor truck was overturned, Arthur Edward Holt…

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Woman Injured in Fall

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 2

Mrs. Dorothy Witt, of Happy Valley, was admitted to Albury District Hospital yesterday, suffering from abrasions to the face. She is said to have…

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Child Drowned in Yarra Playing with Companions Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 6

Paddling in shallow water in the Yarra river near Mary st., Burnley, this afternoon, Neville Remnant, aged 4 years, of Fraser st., Burnley, slipped…

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Detton Injured; Bout with Steele Drawn Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 5

Hurtling out through the ropes, over the heads of Pressmen, Dean Dutton fell into the ringside aisle, injuring his right shoulder, in the eighth round of…

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Soap-box Truck Hits Tram Two Children Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 4

When a soap-box, mounted on four wheels, and controlled by two rope reins, hit a tram in Royal Parade, Parkville, late yesterday, two young…

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Man Killed Instantly in Road Accident at Tawonga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 2

Norman George Reese, aged 24, single, was killed instantly on Saturday evening, at Tawonga, when the car he was driving crashed into a…

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Death Follows Accident Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 October 1939 · page 4

Involved in an accident in Cotham road, Kew, last Wednesday, Richard Robertson, aged 51, of Pleasant Avenue, aged 51, of Pleasant Avenue,…

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Lorry Driver Fatally Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 5

Thomas Sydney Clayton, aged 24, of Leichhardt, was fatally injured today when a motor lorry he was driving crashed into a stationary lorry in…

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These Acts Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 4

Almost 63 per cent of the total number of persons killed in road accidents in the State during 1938-39 met their deaths during…

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Man in Albury Court After Street Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 2

Following a spectacular motor lorry accident in North Albury on September 9, a man appeared in the Albury Court yesterday on a charge of…

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These Acts Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council)

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 October 1939 · page 4

Almost 63 per cent of the total number of persons killed in road accidents in the State during 1938-39 met their deaths during the six months October…

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Little Girl Drowned Orange

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 3

Fay Fisher, aged 2, of Cargo, was found floating in a tank of water yesterday. She was dead before help arrived. The child was trying to bail…

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Two Boys Injured When Load of Wood Slips

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 October 1939 · page 2

Leslie Hayes, 12, and his brother, Waiter, 11, were injured on Tuesday at Daysdale, when a load of 7ft wood on a motor truck slipped. The boys…

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Brothers Injured by Fall of Wood

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 5

Leslie Hayes and Walter Hayes, sons of Mr. L. Hayes, of Daysdale, were conveyed to the Corowa Hospital on Tuesday last by the…

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Man Almost Decapitated in Car Accident Lithgow

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 October 1939 · page 3

A man, whose identity is unknown, was almost decapitated when a motor car in which he was a passenger ran beneath a stationary motor lorry at…

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Man Believed Struck by Car Motorist Perhaps Unaware of Fatality Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 October 1939 · page 10

Marks on the roadway where Francis H. Barry, aged 22, of Murrumbeena road, Murrumbeena, was found fatally injured last night, have…

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Cup Jockey Injured Ron Hall's Leg Broken Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 5

Ron Hall, one of Victoria's leading apprentice jockeys, who had the mount on David S[?]ear in the Caulfield Cup, had his leg broken to-day. He was…

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Black-out Train Crash Express Involved in Accident Several Lives Lost London, October 13

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 1

In the midst of the black-out, which increased the confusion, the second division of the Scots express collided with the first half, standing at the…

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Albury Man Badly Hurt in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 October 1939 · page 2

Mr. James E. Winzer, of Macaulay street, Albury, sustained a fractured pelvis when his car overturned and crashed into a tree at Tumbarumba…

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