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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

349 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 18

Collision at Wahgunyah Woman Badly Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 1

As a result of injuries sustained in a motor car accident in Wahgunyah on Thursday last, Mrs. J. Hummerick, of Wahgunyah, was admitted to the…

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Ex-soldier Killed Motor Accident in Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: An ex-serviceman, Anthony Murray, 25, of Coogee, was killed and his three weeks' bride was seriously injured at Randwick,…

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Two Killed In Road Accidents SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 6

A [?] was Killed and his wife was seriously injured In Allison road., Randwick early this evening. They were Mr and Mrs Murray, of 94…

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Three Men Fined After Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1945 · page 2

Two car drivers and a motor cyclist were fined in Wagga police court yesterday on charges of alleged negligence involving street accidents. Norman…

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Four Doctors Drowned ? Launch Founders Off N.S.W. Coast SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 May 1945 · page 1

Five young men, four of them doctors, and the other a medical student, arc believed to have been drowned when a 40ft launch in…

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Fatality on Tocumwal Road

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 1

On Saturday night W/O. Desmond Joseph Ryan was killed on Tocumwal road about two miles form Finley. It is 'understood that Ryan, with other R.A,…

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Two Servicemen Killed In Train Accident SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 May 1945 · page 8

Two [?] numbers of the AIF were [?] and [?] English [?] in Sydney tonight. They were…

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Clem Hill Badly Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 19 May 1945 · page 8

Mr Clem Hill, former international cricketer, and now handicapper for the Geelong Racing Club, was severely injured today when he was thrown…

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Laborer Fatally Injured Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 May 1945 · page 2

George McHenry. aged 55. [?] of Sutton Place. Carlton, who [?] by a police car while [?] yesterday died in St. [?]…

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Fatal Explosion at Kapooka Twenty Four Killed in Training Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: At least 24 were killed and four injured in a violent explosion at Kapooka military engineers training camp, near Wagga, yesterday…

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Five Hurt in Safety Zone Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1945 · page 2

Five people were injured, and about 30 others narrowly escaped injury tonight when a sedan car skidded and crashed into a safely zone at…

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Scenes at Burial at Wagga Yesterday of Victims of the Kapooka Camp Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 4

Top Left : The Guard of Honor at the military cemetery, when burial of the 26 soldiers killed in the explosion at Kapooka Camp on Monday were [?] at Wagga yesterday…

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19,918 Industrial Accidents in Year SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 May 1945 · page 2

A warning to employers that industrial accident figures, which totalled 19,918 in the last 12 months, were too high, was issued today by the Minister…

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Despatch Rider Seriously Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 5

A despatch rider in the army. Pte Bentley, was admitted to 100 AGH yesterday in a serious condition, suffering from head injuries following a…

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Girl Cyclist in Dean Street Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 May 1945 · page 2

Cycling in Dean St. yesterday, a young girl, Miss Patricia Seymour, of Lavington, employed at Mabel Clay’s, was struck by a utility truck at the…

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Two Men Drowned SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 May 1945 · page 2

The body of Henry Petersen, aged 63. an inmate of Gladesville Mental Hospital, was found wedged between the rocks at South Coogee…

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Bad Road Accident. One Killed—23 Injured Car Alleged Stolen Crashed into Column of Soldiers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday: An N.C.O. was killed and 23 soldiers, including two were injured, when a stolen [?]tar ploughed its way through them…

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N.C.O. Killed; 29 Other Soldiers Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 May 1945 · page 1

A non-commissioned officer was killed and 29 others were injured. including two officers, when a car crashed into a group of…

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Names of Dead Soldier and Injured Released SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 May 1945 · page 4

Military [?] tonight released the names of personnel killed and seriously injured as a result of a car crashing into members of a transport unit at the corner…

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Serious Accident at Goolgumbla Fall From Windmill Tower

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 31 May 1945 · page 2

A serious accident, befel Mr. J. B. Conn on Monday afternoon last as a result of which he is now an inmate of the local hospital…

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