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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

376 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 19

Soldier in Cycle Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 August 1942 · page 2

When the motor cycle he was riding crashed into the railway gales in Docker st. Wagga, shortly after midnight on Thursday, Pte A. R. Newton,…

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A Soldier Drowned Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 August 1942 · page 1

When a military truck driven by Pte. John Eastman, of Queensland, a member of the AIF, got out of control on the Yea Trawool road, about 14 miles from…

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Football Accident’s at Corwa

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 August 1942 · page 2

During the RAAF versus Corona football match, played on the Corowa recreation ground yesterday, The Gorowa captain,' "Taj" Davits, last his…

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Fireman Killed in Collision Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 September 1942 · page 1

In a collision between his bicyclc and a utility truck at Sandringham today, Herbert Douglas Foster, a member of Sandringham Fire Brigade, was…

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4 Killed in Mid-air Collision

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 1 September 1942 · page 1

Four R. A. A. F. sir crew sergeants were killed on, Wednesday last, when the aircraft in which they were flying collided in mid-air five miles…

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Three Men Believed Drowned SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 September 1942 · page 1

Fears are entertained for the safety of three members of the crew of a 27 feet launch -which left La Perouse yesterday for Port Kembla. It is believed that…

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How Man Was Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 September 1942 · page 4

Her husband had swum for three hours within sight of 15 men on the cliff near Cronulla before he was drowned, Mrs Jean Philomena Barker…

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Two Brothers Feared Drowned MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 2 September 1942 · page 4

Two brothers. Alan Miller, aged 10, and John Miller, aged 8, of St Leonards, disappeared from home today and are believed to have been drowned in a canoe in…

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Air Collision Near Wanganella Four Airmen Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 4 September 1942 · page 2

Four R.A.A.F. air crew sergeants were killed on Wednesday last, when the aircraft in which they were flying collided in mid-air five miles…

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Terrific Explosion in Hotel No One Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 September 1942 · page 1

Shortly after 11 p.m. last night a terrific explosion occurred outside the Greyhound Hotel in Swan St, Richmond. Although the hotel bar was…

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[?] Injured in [?]N Collision. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 3

[?] now been revealed that five per[?] two railway employes and three so[?] were admitted to Dungog hospital [?]ght injuries sustained when the…

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[?]N Killed in Rail Accidents. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 11 September 1942 · page 3

[?] were killed in rail accidents At Blayney Claude Water line[?] was injured when a goods [?] the railway tricycle on which…

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[?]Al Car-tram Collision. Melbourne, Friday

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 September 1942 · page 3

[?]ul midnight, a car driven by [?]ick Vinnecombe, of McKarron [?] Esscndon. and a tram collided comer of Mount Alexander road…

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Nasty Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 17 September 1942 · page 3

Mr. J. W. Robinson, overseer at Millamolong, near Carcoar, met with a peculiar accident. He left a marking knife attached to his…

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Airmail Presumed Drowned at Bondi SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 September 1942 · page 5

AC1 Geoffrey Francis Smith. 23. of Blackwood. South Australia, single, trainee, at the RAAF school of technical training in NSW, Is presumed to have been…

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Collision Costs Man £45

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 September 1942 · page 2

When a truck driven by Thomas Temple, Albury, crashed into a stationary panel van belonging to Edward W. Potter, of Tawonga, on the…

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One Man Killed One Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 2

When a training plane crashed near Warbreccan Deniliquin, after taking off on September 5, a member of the R:A.A.F. was killed and another…

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Nasty Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 September 1942 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Robinson, overseer at Millamolong, near Carcoar, met with a peculiar accident He left a marking knife attached to his saddle by a wire,…

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Killed in Air Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 23 September 1942 · page 2

Word has been ricebird by Mr and Mrs P. Keys, of Album that their son, SGT W. A. G. FREDERICK KEYS (above), [?] killed in an alre[?]lt accident on Saturday…

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Injured When Train Was Derailed

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 September 1942 · page 4

Mr. Les, Bagley, brother of Mr. Bagley Deniliquin, was one of the crew on the train which was derailed between Albury and Wodonga a few days,…

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