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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Soldier Dies; Injured in Jeep Accident JUNEE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 2

William Roach, aged 28. soldier, one of five passengers in the jeep which was wrecked on Monday night, died in Junee hospital today…

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40 Drowned; Thousands Homeless Teheran

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 1

The Euphrates and Tigris rivers have overflowed their banks and flooded over 100,000 acres of agricultural land, including the town of…

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Road Accidents Reaching High Figure SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 4

The Minister for Transport (Mr O’Sullivan) today said that road accident figures for NSW had increased to such an alarming extent that…

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Woman Killed; Five Injured in Road Accident Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 June 1946 · page 1

A woman was killed and five people were Injured In road accidents during heavy rainstorms that swept Sydney and nearby districts…

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Boy Footballer Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

Donald Hazelwood, 16 year old Grammar School pupil, was admitted to Murray Valley Hospital on Saturday with internal injuries received…

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Albury Woman Critically Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 2

Mrs Arthur Whiting, 368 Wilson st., Albury is in Albury hospital in a critical condition as tile result of injuries received when she was involved in an…

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Two Seriously Injured; Gas Oven Explodes Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 3

Two people received severe injuries about the head and body when a gas oven exploded at a house in Essendon today. The victims were Mrs…

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Thugs Batter Five Victims Three Seriously Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 June 1946 · page 1

Thuggery in Sydney reached a fresh peak of violence last night when five young men were brutally bashed within the city and…

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Woman Killed; Six Soldiers Injured Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 4

A road smash at Goodna, halfway from Brisbane to Ispwich, today resulted in a young woman being killed, and six men injured…

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Youth Killed in Road Accident WOLLONGONG

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 25 June 1946 · page 4

Raymond John Piper, aged 17, was killed in a motor accident near Stanwell Park last night. His father, Charles Piper, aged 43, station master…

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Woman Dies From Head Injuries Albury Street Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 June 1946 · page 2

Mrs Martha Anne W[?], aged 54 years, of 308 Wilson st., Albury, died in Albury District Hospital early yesterday morning from…

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Items of News Collision at Street Corner

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 2

A truck belong to Mr R. G. Barber of [?] and a car owned by Mr A. C. [?] of Brocklesby, coll[?] at the [?] its corner…

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19 Koreans Drowned; 9000 Others Homeless Seoil

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 5

Floods resulting from eight inches of rain over the past four days, drowned 19 Koreans, says American Associated Press. Nearly 9000 others are…

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One Australian Killed; 16 Injured, in Train Collision TOKIO

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 2

Allied headquarters has announced that an Australian corporal was killed and 16 other members of the 67th Australian Battalion injured when an…

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“1000 POW Drowned in Pig Baskets” SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 5

According to the NE[?] Information Service at least 1000 Australian, British and Dutch guerilla fighters captured by the Japanese were jammed Into pig baskets…

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Air Compressor Falls; Three Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 5

Three workmen on an air lock compression cylinder were Injured, one seriously, when cylinder lid, weighing about one hundred weight, fell from the Crane and…

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Rigid Enforcement of Law To Reduce Road Accidents SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 June 1946 · page 5

Rigid enforcement of the law will be ordered If a campaign to reduce road accidents falls, said the Premier (Mr McKell) today…

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Injured While Shunting at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 6

Falling from a carriage during shunting operations in Wodonga railway yards yesterday afternoon, Tasman Ayres, aged 29, of Gordon st.,…

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Sequel to Albury Street Accident Shearing Contractor Fined £5

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 4

About 6 o’clock last Wednesday evening two motor vehicles collided on the corner of Olive and Guinea sts, and the driver of one of their,…

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Car Damaged in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 2

A car driven by Mr G. Pogson was badly damaged when it came into collision with a three ton truck owned and driven by Mr Frederick Michael Field…

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