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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Painful Accident

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 2

Ron Prendergast of "Kia Ore, met with a painful accident during week. He was pressing wool and in attempting to lift the…

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Clerk’s Financial Difficulties Sequel to Fatal Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 5

Leslie Joseph Farrell, bookmaker’s clerk, who admitted liabilities totalling £875, arising from a fatal motor accident in October, 1936, applied to…

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Another Murrumbidgee Drowning Youth of 19 Years Body Not Recovered

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

Reginald Manning, aged is 19, of Turvey Park, Wagga, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga yesterday afternoon…

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Boy, Who Could Not Swim Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 4

After he had been missing for several hours, the body of Ray Copp, aged 14, of Burwood, was found in the Enfield baths last night in 16 feet of…

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Fatally Injured by Motor Car Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 1

George Fanning, aged 49, of Randwick, died in St. Vincent’s hospital early this morning as a result of injuries received when he was knocked…

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Cars in Collision. Charge of Negligent Driving

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, yesterday, before the P.M., Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., Dorothy Clancy was charged with negligently…

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Four Radio Artists Injured Sidney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 6

Four well-known radio artists were injured at Annandale to-night when their car, in avoiding a girl cyclist, crashed into a telegraph pole. They…

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Drowned in Dam Former Corowa Girl Tragedy at Burrumbuttock

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 1

On Friday evening last, while swimming in a dam with others on the property Burrumbuttock Station, Miss Patricia Quinn, 19,…

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Two Men Drowned When Skiff Overturns Wellington (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 5

Roy MacKenzie and H. L. Reddell were drowned in Lyttleton Harbor when a small sailing skiff overturned after being swamped during a…

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Jeweller's Window Broken Excitement in Sanger Street May Have Been Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 January 1939 · page 2

About 2.45 a.m. on Sunday last there was a lot of excitement in Sanger street, following the breaking of portion of the…

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Fell Over Bridge: Drowned Kempsey

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 5

While crossing a bridge which has no handril, Terence Scott, aged 20, fell into the Upper Belmore River last night and was drowned.,…

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Youth’s Body Recovered From Murrumbidgee Drowned Last

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 8

The body of Roderick Manning, aged 19, who on Sunday afternoon was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga, about 100 yards down stream…

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28 Seamen Drowned When Steamer Founders Bombay, January 17

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 2

Twenty-eight members of the Indian crew of the steamer Cambay Star were drowned to-day when the vessel foundered 150 miles west of Bombay…

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Tried to Save Sister Brothers’ Brave Burrumbuttock Drowning Albury Conner’s Verdict at

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 5

How two brothers had made repeated attempts to save their sister drowning and had been, overcome themselves, was told the…

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S.A. Keeper to Go Into Hospital Operation to Injured Finger Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 January 1939 · page 7

Charles Walker, the South Australian wicketkeeper, is to undergo an operation to his injured finger. To-morrow walker will enter Hospital and…

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Girl’s Tragic Death Injured at Carnival Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 6

How Valma Joan Hargreaves, aged 11. of Weeroona road, Murrumbeena, met her death at the Frankston carnival on January 2, was related to-day at…

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Airliner Crashes Four Men Killed Machine Failed in Take-off Accident Up North Darwin

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 January 1939 · page 4

On its regular flight with mails from Darwin to Adelaide this morning, Guinea Airways’ super Lockheed Electra plane crashed when…

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Light Horseman Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2

While on parade at Wahgunyah with the Light Horse on Wednesday last, Milton Wood, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rupert Wood, of Balldale, was…

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Fatally Injured By’ Sheep

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 6

A sheep caused the death of a pioneer of the Tumut district, High McLeary, 14, of Mandingo McLeary was handing a sheep on his property…

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Christmas Eve at South Hay Fracas at the Hotel. Constable Assaulted and Injured. P.M. Deals With Charge Against Alleged Assailant

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 20 January 1939 · page 2

At the Court of Petty Sessions, before Mr. T. A. Doolan, P.M., on Monday, Clarence James Hurst was…

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