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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Air Accident at Werribee MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 February 1941 · page 3

A Royal Australian Air Force pilot-trainee was killed and a Royal Air Force officer was injured in a flying accident near Werribee to-day…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1941 · page 4

Research into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur in "waves" which are not confined to one part of the State but to the…

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Injured While Trucking Horses

Albury Banner Wodonga Express and Riverina Stock Journal · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 19

HENTY.—Miss D. Mr Hutchings presided at the monthly meeting of the Yerong Creek branch of the Red Cross Society…

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Shunter Fatally Injured Geelong

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 2

Crushed between two trucks during shunting operations at North Geelong railway yards to-day. William John Fowler. 24. .single, of Fenwick street…

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Small Slips—Serious Accidents

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 3

The road accident figures for January show an unusually high percentage of accidents caused by motorists failing to signal their intention…

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£1460 DAMAGES Sequel to Car Accident MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 5

A jury in the First Civil Court today awarded Mrs. Rose Mabel Roberts 38 Main street, Ballarat East, a of £1460 damages against Harry…

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Two Evils in Road Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 14 February 1941 · page 3

Research into road accidents shows that types of accidents occur m waves which are not confined to one part of the State, but to the whole of it. In…

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Drowned in Yarra Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

Leslie Arthur Arnold (16) of Springvale, was drowned in the Yarra river, near Yarra Glen, this afternoon. Several persons tried to rescue the youth,…

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Wagga Fatality Brother and Sister Die

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

A tragedy occurred at Wagga dining the weekend, when a little boy and girl died as a result of having eaten unripe fruit on Thursday…

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Mother Killed Child Seriously Injured NEWCASTLE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

Mrs. Enid Twyford, aged about 24 was killed when she was struck by a motor lorry near her home at Swansea last night Her daughter. Janice, aged…

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Accident at Springhurst

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

Mr. Edward Wilson, “Su[?]yside,” Rutherglen, aged 24 years, me[?] with [?] painful accident. With Mr. Walter Gale, of Howlong, he was engaged…

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Week-end Accidents Several Fatalities MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 February 1941 · page 2

A number of fatalities occurred during the week-end in Victoria. FATALLY INJURED BY CAR George Fordington, of Shepparton,…

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Aircraftman Drowned SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 1

Aircraftman Donald Want, of Narrandera training [?] was drowned in the Murrumbidgee river two [?] from his station [?] afternoon. S[?]…

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Corowa Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 2

Mr. J. Delahunty, of Corowa. met with a painful accident yesterday. He had gone to Eurobin to pick hops on the property of Messrs Panlook Bros.,…

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Man Seriously Injured at Barham

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 4

When a disturbance occurred near the Royal Hotel, Barham, Mr. Roger Kelly, son of the licensee, was struck in the face with a broken vase by a…

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A New London Game "Mid-air Collision"

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 4

Writing in a London journal, Mr. Bernard Wetherall states: The other day I was walking up a London street a few steps behind a…

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Accident at Springhurst

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 2

On Friday morning last the Corowa Ambulance received a call to the property of Mr. C. Fleming, Springhurst, where a man had been injured while…

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Accident at Eurobin Patient Conveyed to Corowa

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 2

Quite recently Mr. James Delbunty, a brother of Mrs. Moloney, of John street, Corowa, went to Eurobin, to be ready to engage in hop picking, which…

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Accident at Geelong Geelong. Monday

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 February 1941 · page 3

[?] from his bicycle in Church [?] West, by a car this morning Sydney Carter, 18, of Ger[?] [?]long West, sustained…

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Corowa Farmer Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1941 · page 2

John Walliss. farmer, of Corowa, was driving from his home, about four miles from town in his gig yesterday afternoon. when the horse shied at a broken…

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