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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

349 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 18

Sequel to Collision Man Fined By Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 April 1945 · page 5

A collision between a motor truck and a car in Thurgoona street, where it joins Forrest Hill avenue, on February 3, resulted En both…

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Man Killed in Head-on Collision MURWILLAUMBAH

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 6

An AIF sergeant was killed and a man seriously injured when a car and transport truck owned by Baker’s Transport Service Murwillumbah met head-on in a collision…

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Chief Justice of Victoria Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 4

The Chief Justice of Victoria (Lt.-General Sir Edmund Herring) was injured when he was struck [?] a military truck at Mascot aerodrome this…

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Road Accidents Road Safety Council Plans State-wide Drive

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 13 April 1945 · page 3

Road accidents in country towns and rural areas of the State showed increases in 1944 over the previous year. In the combined areas…

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Lavington Man in Hospital Mate Street Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 April 1945 · page 2

Knocked from his cycle by a car in Mate st while returning to his home at Islington shortly before 9 o’clock last evening, Frank Williams,…

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Girl Fatally Injured in Car Crash. MAITLAND [?]

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 April 1945 · page 4

One girl was fatally injured [?] was badly hurt when a car [?] road and capsized near East [?] day. The dead girl is Miss Shirley [?]…

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Aviation Fatality

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 1

Four R.A.A.F. aircrew men and a W.A.A.A.F, passenger have boon missing since Saturday, April 7, on a training flight over the south east…

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Explosion in Diesel Scarifier Three Men Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 17 April 1945 · page 4

The driver of a diesel scarifier, his assistant and a passer-by were Injured by an explosion in the engine of the machine in the railway yards at…

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Eight Burt in Freak Accident. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 3

Eight persons were injured in a smash in which a tram, a lorry and two taxis were concerned in Oxnard st today. The lorry, which finished up through the…

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Four Soldiers Hurt in Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 April 1945 · page 2

Four soldiers were admitted to Bonegilla hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning after a car accident on the Howlong road, near Corowa. It…

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Drowned in Golf Course Water Hazard. Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 April 1945 · page 4

During the inquest today at which a verdict of accidental death was recorded in regard in Magaret Anne Me[?]uire. aged 2 years and 10 months. It was stated that she…

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Royal Marine Drowned NEWCASTLE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1945 · page 2

A [?] Royal Marines. Leonard [?] was [?] at Ham’s Beach, near Newcastle [?] afternoon. With another [?] Stanley D[?]ake, A. Gilford,…

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His Own Child Injured If yon were the parent m this case, j what would your reaction be?

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 2

In Melbourne recently Mr. Eric Morris who formerly owned a property at Mayrung, had his shop invaded by an excited motorist, who shakily…

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A Chapter of Accidents. Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1945 · page 5

When Volt fell whilst being schooled over hurdles at Flemington this morning Jockey S. Carroll suffered a broken collarbone. Tourmaline also fell. Golden Sea…

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Two Injured in Accident at Walla

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1945 · page 2

Following an accident at Walla on Monday night involving a motor cycle and a pedestrian two people are in Culcairn Hospital. Returning from…

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Fatal Road Accident Child Killed near Lithgow

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 27 April 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: When a motor lorry, carrying members of Jehovah's Witnesses to a convention at Katoomba, got out of control, and…

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Little Girl Drowned. Wollongong

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 May 1945 · page 2

Daphne Coates aged four, was found drowned in a disused well near her home at Kieraville tonight. She had been missing since early afternoon…

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Six Killed In Crash Accident of North Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 1

When a Douglas aircraft, on charter to Australian National Airways, crashed prior to landing in northern Queensland on Saturday, three…

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Painful Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 May 1945 · page 2

Struck on the chin and chest by a piece of wood which flew up from a saw bench at which he was working in Echuca, Mr. Cliff Sands received…

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Fewer Killed in Traffic Accidents Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1945 · page 6

Every people were killed in traffic accidents in Victoria in the second hill of 1944 than in the corresponding period of 1943 the Government…

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