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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Feet Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

Mr. J. Henderson, an employee of the Department of the Interior had both feet severely cut when he fell down the bank of the river on Tuesday. The…

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Pour Injured When Lorry Crashes Into Tram SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

When a heavily laden lorry crashed into an Abbollsford-bound tram at Five Dock today, four people were injured. The tram driver, Vivian Daniels, 44…

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Railway Accident at Dieppe 140 Killed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 3

PARIS. Thursday: 149 persons were killed and 200 injured when a train crashed through the buffers at St. Valery Station, near Dieepe, and…

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Train Accident At Wangaratta Three Trucks Derailed WANGARATTA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 2

Through the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun striking the signal platform at Wangaratta station at 4.30 a.m. today, three trucks were derailed, end…

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Radio Announcer Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

Norman Banks, radio announcer, of Armadale, suffered a probable fracture of the back when a car in which he was travelling skidded and overturned near…

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Soldier Drowned in Hume Weir

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 2

The body of Edward Alfred Culles, aged 18, a soldier. Was recovered from the Hume Weir yesterday. Culles went swimming on Sunday afternoon and…

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Wharf Laborers Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 5

Two wharf laborers. Albert Anderson. 38. Rodborough avenue. Crows Nest, and Walter Magee. 57, Rocheport st.. Erskineville were admitted to Sydney hospital…

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Rail Accident at Wangaratta

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 3

Through the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun striking the signal platform at Wangaratta station at 4.30 a.m. on Thursday, three trucks were derailed,…

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Full Inquiry Into Rail Accident SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 January 1945 · page 4

A full inquiry into the electric train de[?] near Merrylands yesterday has been [?] by the Commissioner of Railways (Mr. Hartigan)…

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Cyclist’s Death Accidental, Says Coroner

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 6

While riding his bicycle at a speed of between 16 and 20 miles per hour, Thomas Banning, 21, employed at the Railway Refreshment Rooms, and…

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Train Collision in Surrey. London. Jan. 29

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

A Canadian soldier. Pte Spence. was killed and 20 to 30 other passengers, including a land girl, who had a hand severed, were Injured last evening when two…

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Accident on Union Bridge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

Three men were treated at Albury hospital yesterday after a car accident near Union Bridge., Colin Strang, wodonga, was treated for heed injuries,…

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Airliner Fatality Melbourne, Thurs

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

In an effort to formally identify the 10 victims or yesterday tragic airliner fatality, grief-stricken relatives have been visiting the City Morgue…

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Railway Worker Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

A fettler, Dudley Cheney, of Wagga, was injured at Albury yesterday by a rail trolley. He was admitted to the district hospital by ambulance,…

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Girl Fatally Injured; Ran Under Bus SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 3

[?] Dwisht. Bankstown. was fatally injured she ran in front of a bus this afternoon. When the ambulance arrived it found the…

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Big Sister Destroyed Head-On Collision At Aspendale Track MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 5

Big Sister, a promising three-year-old sprinter, was destroyed following a head on collision will an un-raced colt named Landlord at the old Aspendale racecourse,…

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Accidental Death

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Coroner (Mr Hugh Oakes) at an inquest yesterday in Waga into the death of ACW Rita…

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Accident Bate At Wonthaggi -Highest In History MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 February 1945 · page 2

Accidents, sickness and fatigue were responsible for absenteeism at the Wonthaggi mine, the secretary of the Victorian district the Miners’ Federation (Mr J…

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Two-year-old Drowned in 2 ft Deep Dam. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 February 1945 · page 4

Mary O’Donnel, a two-year-old, was drowned in a dam on her father’s property at Mt Waverly when chasing a dog on Saturday. The dam is only 2 ft deep…

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Believed Drowned, Now Prisoner In Tokio

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 February 1945 · page 1

A message has been received by Mrs. White, who is now living in Melbourne, stating that her husband, Pte. J, White is a prisoner of war in a camp at Tokio…

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