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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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French Naval Disaster 11 Killed; 14 Injured Destroyer Almost Cut in Two L’orient, Feb. 8

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 1

Later details disclose feat there was greater loss of life than was first reported; as a result of the collision between a French cruiser and a…

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A Baronet Killed. In Motor Accident at Manilla

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

Sir Hussey Fairlie-Cunningham, fourteenth baronet, of Robertsland. Ayrshire, who for 8 years has been a farmer in the Manilla district, was…

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How Accident Happened Story at Inquest

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 5

Recounting the events which lead to the accident before the Coroner, Mr. J. P. Leaby, at an inquest yesterday afternoon, Bernard Francis Bott, of…

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Corowa Man’s Death Accidental

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 February 1939 · page 4

The deputy Coroner at Corowa (Mr. J. P. Leahy) yesterday inquired into the death of Sylvester Thomas Gallagher, 49, of Parade Place, Corowa,…

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Trains Collide Express Crashes Into Tender Driver Killed; Others Injured Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 February 1939 · page 8

The driver of the western mail express was killed this morning when the express crashed into a shunting coal tender at Bundamba station, near…

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Victim of Drowning Fatality Buried

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 2

Fellow students from the Albury Grammar School formed a guard of honor at the funeral of nine-year-old Russell Henry Barns, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. G. Barns, of Young st., who was swept out by a wave at Brighton Beach, Melbourne, and drowned last week. The cortege left the Baptist Church, Albury, on Friday, and interment took place at Burrumbuttock…

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Apparently Drowned Girl Revived Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 6

Gloria Humphreys, 14 years, of Embankment road, Chelsea, recovered after life savers and a doctor had applied artificial respiration for half an…

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Lad Drowned When Canoe Overturns Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 6

When a canoe overturned at North Port at 3.30 this afternoon, about [?] yards from the shore, three boys were flung into the water. One, Raym[?]…

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Injured Tennis Player Attended by Doctor Father Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

Knocked down and injured by a taxi outside her home in Toorak road. South Yarra, last night, Miss Margaret Wilson, well known tennis player, was…

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Two Women Injured Car Smash on Prince’s Highway Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

Two women were seriously injured [?] this morning when a car crashed through a safety fence on the Prince’s highway near waterfall and…

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TRAGIC R.A.F. ACCIDENT Plane Crashes Into House Mother and Two Children Killed LONDON, February 11

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1939 · page 3

In one of the most tragic R.A.F. accidents of the year a pilot and a mother and her two children were either killed instantly or burnt to…

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Man Drowned Retrieving Children’s Raft Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

Trying to retrieve some planks which had been used by children as a raft, James Henry Murdoch, 54, Water Board employe, was drowned in a…

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Four Believed Drowned N.Z. Fishing Tragedy Christchurch

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

Three men and a boy are believed to have been drowned when a dinghy capsized in the New River estuary near Invercargill during the week-end…

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Another Road Victim. Young Man Fatally Injured. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

Kenneth Smith (22) of Beecroft, was fatally injured early this morning, when a car in which he was a passenger overturned several times,…

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Truck Crashes Over Bank Two Killed: Two Seriously Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 1

When a heavy truck carrying a motor tractor and 20 men left the road 20 miles from Mullumbimby last night, and capsized over an…

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Fell From Twelfth Floor Down Air-conditioning Duct Man Critically Injured SYDNEY--Monday

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

An unidentified man was to-day found on the floor 'level near' Amalgamated Wireless building in York street…

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Accident Victim Dies

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 2

The death occurred on Saturday night of Mrs. Clohessy, 79 years, of Norong, A week previous she was driving into Rutherglen accompanied…

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Drunken Driving Charge Follows Lavington Accident. Railway Porter Convicted

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 February 1939 · page 3

For having driven a utility motor vehicle while under the influence of liquor, Frank Gibbs, railway porter, residing at Bernard st…

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Life Savers’ Great Work 115 People Saved From Drowning. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 6

Since November members of life spying clubs along the beach front have made 108 rescues, according to records compiled by the…

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Head-on Collision Two Cyclists Strike Same Car Young Man Killed Inverell

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 February 1939 · page 8

Harold Dowries, 28, married, and John May, 25, were killed last night as a result of a collision when their cycles collided, head-on with a…

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