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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Sad Shooting Fatality Death of Mr. Leo O'neill

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

Last year ended tragically for ong of the district's highly respected families, and brought sadness not only to them, but to all the people…

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Local and General Holiday Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 2

Master Gerald Curtin, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Curtin, of Jerilderie, met with a painful accident, on Sunday last, as a result of which…

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No Accident Resolution

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 3

When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales…

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Boy Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

Falling from the pier into the .'Id Brighton baths to-day. Malcolm Marshell, aged 10. of Brighton Le Sands, drowned. He was shifting his…

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Amy Johnson Drowned Link with Australia

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 30

LONDON, January 6.—The aviatrix, Amy Johnson, is reported missing and is reared to have been drowned. She was seen to parachute from a prane…

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Woman Injured Seriously In Holiday Smash

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 22

Two people were injured, one seriously, when a car in which they were travelling from Griffith to Sydney overturned on the Sturt Highway near…

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Amy Johnson Drowned--two Others Also Lose Lives

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

The famous woman fiyer, Miss Amy Johnson was drowned in the Thames Estuary on Monday while flying as a ferry-pilot. Speed boats…

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Drowned When Plane Crashes Into River Wellington (N.z-)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 6

When an Air Force biplane struck power lines and crashed into the Manawata river this afternoon. Aircraftman K.J. Hnase was drowned…

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Last Story in the Paper German Munitions Train Blows Up After Collision

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 28

BUDAPEST, Thursday: There was a terrific explosion when a German munitions train collided with another on the main line. The number of casualties is…

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Drinking After Hours Cause of Accidents

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 13

Belief that after-hour drinking caused many traffic accidents was expressed by the Victorian Commissioner of Police (Mr. A. M. Duncan), when…

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Accident in Wahqunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon Geo, Bartlett, aged 16, had a fall from a horse which he was riding without saddle or bridle, and sustained a broken…

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Airmail s Death by Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 4

A finding of accidental death was returned at Wagga yesterday by the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. H. Oates) at an inquest into the. death of Young Grey…

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Holiday Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 3

Master Gerald Curtin, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Curtin, of Jerilderie, met with a painful accident on Sunday, as the result of which he sustained a fractured…

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MAN & Boy Suffer Broken Arms . In Separate Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 January 1941 · page 1

Two well-known residents of Deniliquin one an cl[?]erly tradesman and the ether an outstanding junior swimmer had the misfortune to be…

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Two Men Drowned In Murray River

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 2

Two men, John O'Halloran, aged 47, and James Corbett, aged 63, were drowned in the Murray river during last week…

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Finding of Accidental Death Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 2

A finding of accidental death [?] returned by the City Coroner [?] Oram) to-day at the conclusion of inquiry into the death of Gwen [?]…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

Thomas Praed, aged 46, of G[?]rton street. Port Melbourne, was fatally in[?]red on Saturday evening when the bicycle he was riding collided with a…

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Holiday Maker Fatally Injured Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

A young man was fataliy injured when a spoils car struck the side a bridge over Erskine river al Lome late on Saturday afternoon. He wa[?]…

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Week-end Fatalities Former Soldier Drowned Darwin

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

Caught in the thick reeds when his boat capsized in the Man ton river near Darwin last night, Arthur F. King, aged 2[?], employed on…

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Baby Killed in Road Accident Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 January 1941 · page 2

When a car collided with an ambulance at the corner of Bell and Water-dale road, Heidelberg, this afternoon, a month-old baby girl was throw[?]…

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