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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

591 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 30

Road Accidents Decline

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 1

In the first quarter of 1941 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 242 per cent. from 578 in the first three…

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Weather Changes Accident Causes

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 2

(Issued by the Road Safety Council) The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by seasons and the largest is in the winter. Never has…

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Double Road Fatality; Misadventure Finding Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 2

At an inquest to-day on Harry Yates, aged 83, Vale street, North Melbourne, pensioner, and Ethel Rose Sheehan, aged 50, of Drummond street, Carlton,…

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Injured In Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 2

Mrs. G. P. Frere, of Newtown, is at present in a private hospital in Albury suffering from head injuries and shock as the result of a motor…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents?

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 3

Casualty lists for the first four months of this, year show that people are still being killed on the roads of the State at the rate of…

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Soldiers’ Deaths Accidental Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the inquest into the deaths of two soldiers, Ronald Jack Grundy, aged 17, and Allan Leslie Holmes, aged…

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Elderly Man Injured in Strange Mishap

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 1

Suffering from injuries to the arm and leg caused by an axe slipping from, a man’s hands whom he was watching cutting. some timber, Mr. James…

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Last Story in the Paper One Killed, 16 Injured in Air Raid Test

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday,—In Brisbane's first big air raid rehearsal yesterday a fireman was killed and 11…

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Weather Changes. Accident Causes

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 2

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by season's, and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of a "drought"…

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[?]Erly Man [?]Tally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 6

George Scott, aged [?] of Gore st., Fitzroy, was [?] injured when he was knocked down by a motor car [?] the comer of [?] and Gertrude…

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Aircraftman Found Drowned CASINO

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 2

An aircraftman from Evans' Heads air school, Ellis Francis Sturgess (28), was found drowned in a lagoon at Casino to-day. Sturgess got week-end…

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Accident in Englehardt Street Brings Man Before Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 4

Archibald Robert Crawford, independent means, of Albury, was fined £5, £1 3/7 costs in default 13 days in the Albury Court yesterday,…

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Accident At Sawmill

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 1

As the result of a sawmill accident Mr. William Flussey, of 119 Cressy street had part of two fingers of the right hand amputated at Deniliquin…

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Man Injured in Factory

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 June 1941 · page 2

Jack Davis, aged E5, of 4S Crampton st, Wagga, resumed work at Hardy’s factory on Monday after having been off duty for five weeks owing…

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Drastic Cuts Forecast in Price of Gas Producers Driver Arrested Pensioner Dies After Accident

The Independent · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 1

About 8.15 p.m. last Saturday a [?]stor car was proceeding across the [?]section of Cressy and Napier[?]ts Deniliquin, and knocked down…

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Circular Saw Accident

The Independent · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 1

[?] Hussey, aged 22, of 119 [?] Deniliquin met with mis[?] Tuesday morning at his [?] where he is…

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Some Peculiar Accidents Tragic And Humorous

The Independent · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 5

Accidents have been caused in many strange ways and have had strange consequences. Some of these have been humorous or…

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Weather Changes Accident Causes

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 4

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by seasons and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of…

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Aircraftman Found Drowned

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 29

CASINO.—An aircraftman from Evans' Heads Air School, Ellis Francis Sturgess (28), was found drowned in a lagoon at Casino. Sturgess got…

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Accident at Chaffcutting Plant

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 June 1941 · page 2

"On Tuesday last, Mr. Ron Grentoll, who was employed on Mr. W. White- man's chaffcutting plant, which was working on Mr. Walter's property on…

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