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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Accident May Give Man Back Sight Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 2

Ten years ago the left eye of Stanley Lord, of East Brunswick, went blind. Yesterday he was stuck on the eye by cricket ball and to-day he could…

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Accident Victim Dies Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 April 1941 · page 8

George Edward Bailey, aged 78. Co[?]lins street Thornbury, who was knocked down by a motor car in Thornbury last night, died in hospital this [?]…

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Tragic Rail Accident MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 5 April 1941 · page 5

A tragic accident occurred at North Melbourne railway yards this afternoon, as a result of which a railway employe had both legs amputated…

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Collision with U-boat Vessel Holed But Reaches Port Montreal, April 5

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 6

How their ships had collided with a German submarine and had been pierced below the waterline was told to-day by members of the crew on the arrival…

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Items of News Head-on Air Collision Two R. A. A. F. Men Killed SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 2

As the result of a collision between two R.A.A.F. aircraft over the Lakes Golf Club course yesterday, two R.A.A.F. men were killed…

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Difficult for Police Deaf and Dum[?] People in Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 April 1941 · page 2

A car load of deaf mute[?] and a totally deaf woman involved in two accidents to-night complicated police investigations. In both cases the police…

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Motorist’s Eye Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 1

Mr, George Wilson, of Mathoura, had the misfortune to sustain a painful injury to ins eye on Saturday morning. In company with Mr. Stan Stonham,…

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Tragic Sea Disaster Recalled Inquest on Six of Men Drowned Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 8

A finding of death by asphyxiation caused by drowning was given at the inquest to-day into the deaths of six men who were on the minesweeper…

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R a a F Planes Collide Two Killed; Two Injured SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 8 April 1941 · page 2

When two R.A.F. Tiger Moth training planes collided over the Lakes Golf Course, Kingsford, early on Saturday, two men were killed…

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Culcairn Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 April 1941 · page 2

Frank Mitchell, aged 24, of “Dunoon”, Culcairn. fractured his right arm when his utility truck plunged into a culvert on the road…

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Child's Arm Injured

The Independent · Thursday 10 April 1941 · page 7

While playing with her brothers and sisters in her back yard, Betty Denton, aged six years, youngest daughter of Mr and Mrs Jim Denton,…

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Culcairn Man Injured

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 6

Frank Mitchell, aged 24, "Dunoon," Culcairn, fractured his right arm when his utility truck plunged into a culvert on the road near "Rockwood," Mr. A…

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NARANDERA Light Horseman Injured

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 26

Tpr. Don Bock, son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Bock, Gillenbah, Narandera, met with an accident near Wallgrove. His horse slipped on the bitumen road and…

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Victorian Accident Cases and N.S.W. HOSPITALS Satisfactory Progress Being Made, Says Premier

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 11 April 1941 · page 24

The Premier (Mr. Alex Mair) has advised the secretary of the Albury District Hospital (Mr, J. Clarke) that very satisfactory progress has been…

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Two Men Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 2

Two drowning tragedies, one at Mona Vale, and the other at Curl Curl, marred Easter Friday holiday to-day…

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Soldier Killat at Albury Early Morning Railway Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 April 1941 · page 4

The mutilated body at arivate of the Australian army, found on the Albury railway line in the vicinity of the Bridge si. viadnct,…

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Man Found Drowned Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 6

The body of James Wyatt, aged 80. coachman, was found in the Merri creek to-day…

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Horses in Wild Stampede Soldier Fatally Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 April 1941 · page 1

Three hundred hoses stampeded at Wallgrove military camp this afternoon, resulting In a trooper being shockingly and fatally…

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Two Workers Fatally Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 1

Two workmen were fatally injured and a third was admitted to hospital in a serious condition, after a brick wall had collapsed on them at Nowra…

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Fatal Accident Near Coonong

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1941 · page 3

After having apparently fouled the limb of a tree or having been rolled on by his horse, Leslie John Parr, aged 18 years, died in the…

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