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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Woman Walks Off Jetty; Drowned GOSFORD

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 October 1942 · page 2

Last night a young woman Isabelle James aged 25 of Redfern walked off the jetty at Davistown and was drowned. Wally Ryan a member of the RAAF who…

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Woman Drowned Walked Off Jetty in Dark Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 October 1942 · page 3

Mrs. Isabel James, 25, of Redfern, was drowned last night when she walked off the jetty at Davistown in the dark…

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Air Collision; Escapes For Civilians New York, October 12

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 October 1942 · page 3

Two Army fighter planes collided in midair over the New York suburb of Astoria today. One plane crashed, killing the pilot, but the other landed, slightly…

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BRITISH P.O.W. Drowned London, October 14

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 October 1942 · page 3

The Italian communique claims that British submarine in the Central Mediterranean torpedoed and sank an Italian ship carrying 400 British…

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Four Airmen Believed Drowned Bomber Lost At Sea MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 October 1942 · page 1

Four members of the RAAF are missing, following the failure of a bomber to return to its Victorian base from an operational exercise out to sea on…

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Mid-air Collision One Pilot Killed New York, October 14

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 October 1942 · page 1

Two Army fighter planes collided in mid-air over the New York suburb of Astoria yesterday. One plane crashed killing the pilot, but the other landed,…

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Munitions Accident Rate Lower SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 October 1942 · page 6

Accident rate in Australian munition factories had been minimised and was now low, the Minister for Munitions (Mr Makin) said today. He attributed…

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Wagga Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 October 1942 · page 2

He[?]b[?]rt William Cool, aged 3[?]. laborer, was admitted to Wagga Base Hospital last night, suffering [?]rom a probable fracture of tile right shoulder,…

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Fatality at Railway Yard Well-known Man Killed

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 1

Mr. James Francis Holden, aged 53 years, a well-known Deniliquin resident, was killed early op Sunday evening when he fell under the wheels of a moving truck. Holden received shocking [?]juries to the chest which caused instantaneous death…

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King Christian Injured LONDON. October 19

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 3

King Christian of Denmark was injured while riding this morning and was taken to hospital fays Copenhagen radio…

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18 Killed; Others Injured R.A.F. Plane Crashes Into House LONDON, October 18

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 October 1942 · page 1

A Royal Air Force plane crashed Into a house “somewhere in England” today, killing 18, including the crew, and also a mother…

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Three Die in Collision Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 2

Charles Alexander MarUn, aged 18, his brother, Dion Gaydon Martin, aged 11, and Patricia Mary Webb, aged 9, ail of Brisbane, were killed as the result of a collision…

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The Railway Fatality. Evidence At Inquest

The Pastoral Times · Friday 23 October 1942 · page 1

At an inquest held by the Coroner (Mr. M. Wyse) on Wednesday, a finding was recorded that the death of James Francis Holden, who was killed…

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[?]ther Drowned Trying to Save Son BEGA

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 October 1942 · page 3

[?] Bavalikis. aged 52. was drow[?] [?] at Eden last night when endeavoring are his son. Nicholas Bavalikis, aged [?] Both father and son were on a trawler…

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Woman Fatally Injured. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 October 1942 · page 3

Fatal injuries were sustained by Mrs Mavis Johanson, aged 35, of Malakoff st., East St Kilda, when she was truck by a tram at the corner of Collins and Spencer…

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Believed Shot Dead Accidentally MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 October 1942 · page 4

John Michael Murphy, 54, invalid pensioner, and ranger at Korolt racecourse, who was found dead a few hundred yards from his hut on Sunday morning, was…

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Three Hurt in Train Collision. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 4

Collision between two passenger trains between Burwood and Sir[?]thfleld stations tonight resulted in a traffic hold-up on the line for half an hour. The engine of the…

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Killed in Aircraft Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 October 1942 · page 2

LATE FLYING-OFFlCER TED REIS Mr and Mrs George C. Reis. Guinea [?] Albury. Inst night received notification [?] the Air Board that their son. Flying-[?]…

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Saved From Drowning. Singleton

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 4

When William Rankin, who is unable to swim, got out of his depth in the Hunter River, his playmate, John Mitchell, aged 13. dived in and saved him from drowning…

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Soldier Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 November 1942 · page 2

When a water wagon crashed into an [?] tree on the Old Sydney road yesterday and overturned twice, a member of the military forces, who…

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