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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Reed Not Seriously Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 5

Ashley Bead, 'who appeared to have bad. fall from Ellison in the Epsom Cap at Mentone to-day, was not seriously Injured…

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Long Trek with Injured Man Katoomba

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 December 1941 · page 4

Sin[?] police and several ambulance officers carried Allah Newman of Merrylands rough country and up 1400 [?] before be could be placed in an ambulance and…

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Corowa Lad Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 December 1941 · page 2

Reggie Wallis. 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wallis. "Romaic." Corowa. who recently met with a accident, is an inmate of [?]…

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Severely Injured

The Independent · Thursday 11 December 1941 · page 8

Whilst driving a header at "Renown" farm, Deniliquin, on Saturday morning, Mr. C. Lumsden met with severe injuries. The horses bolted…

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Accident Season Approaches

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 December 1941 · page 1

The other day a child of seven impulsively ran across the road in the path of an approaching motor truck. He was knocked down and…

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Man injured When Horses Bolt

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 December 1941 · page 1

Mr. C. Lumsden, an employee at Mr IH. La wson's. “Renown” farm, had his leg, arm and groin injured when horses which he had been driving in a header…

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Agony of Carrier Seriously Burnt in Freak Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 December 1941 · page 2

Frightful burns were sustained by a contractor to Kooba Station when petrol which- had splashed on to his clothes, ignited (states Leeton…

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Bathers Injured at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 4

Bob Faulkiner, about 18. and Clive Williams, 19, were injured at the week-end when they struck their heads on the bottom at theh Olympic…

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Lad Drowned in Swimming Pool. Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 3

When the water was emptied from the Henley swimming pool yesterday, the body of Douglas Wilfred Stewart, 16. was discovered lying below the…

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R.a.a.f. Trainee Drowned at Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 2

Swimming across the Murrumbidgee at Wagga bathing beach yesterday morning, Aubrey Herbert Creamer, aged 24, of the No. & R.A.A.F. School,…

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4000 Japanese Drowned; Enemy Paratroops Wiped Out No Vital Changes in Pacific Battle Invaders’ Malayan Claim; Thais Denounce Pact With Nippon LONDON, December 14

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 1

Little change of a vital nature has occurred in the Pacific war in the past 46 hours. At Hong Kong, Berlin radio, quoting Tokio sources, said the governor of the island had refused a Japanese demand to surrender…

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Week-end Accident Deaths Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 2

Four death occurred as the result accidents over the week-end. Private Leonard Pope, aged 25, of Broadmeadows Camp, was drowned…

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Victim of Cyanide Gas Finding of Accidental Death

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 3

An inquest into the death of Alexander Francis Kirkwood was held on Saturday at Chiltern before the deputy-Coroner (Mr. A. L. Gilmour…

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Spider Causes Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 December 1941 · page 2

A spider was the cause of an accident which involved Mr. Alex Carmichael. of Bundalong, near Melbourne. The spider, which had secreted itseif in…

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Road Accidents, Are Sabotage Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 December 1941 · page 1

Road accidents to-day are destructive of national fitness and therefore cannot be tolerated. An avoidable road accident is…

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Road Accidents Are Sabotage

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 17 December 1941 · page 1

Road accidents to-day are destructive national [?] and therefore cannot be tolerated. An avoidaole road accident is virtually…

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Soldier Drowned in Hume Weir

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 December 1941 · page 5

On Monday afternoon a 22-year-old soldier from Bonegilla camp was drowned in the Hume weir. He was Private John Andrew Gay, of the 22[?]…

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Road Accidents Are Sabotage

Riverina Recorder · Saturday 20 December 1941 · page 4

Road accidents to-day are destruetive of national fitness and therfore cannot be tolerated. An unavoidable road accident is virtually in act of…

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5000 Italians Drowned London, Dec. 20

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 4

The Tunis correspondent of British Associated Press says that the British attack on December 12, against an Italian convoy in the Mediterranean…

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Pedestrian Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 December 1941 · page 6

Robert Richardson. 50. single, of Benjamin St., Sunshine, was fatally injured when he was struck by a motor cycle in Ballarat road. Braybrook…

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