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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Forestry Worker Believed Drowned Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 2

Sefedin Ali, aged 46, a Yugoslav, employed by the Forestry Commission at a camp near Warburton, is believed to have been drowned in the…

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50 Injured in Railway Station Smash LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 July 1946 · page 2

A train smashed through the buffers of the crowded Waterloo railway station, London, this afternoon injuring 50 people. The injuries were generally not serious, most…

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Violent Rioting 33 Killed; 250 Injured LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 July 1946 · page 2

Reuter’s correspondent at Ahmedabad states that 33 persons were killed and 250 were injured in rioting between Moslems and Hindus…

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Railway Worker Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 2

Mr Frederick Bourke, railway employe, of South st., Wodonga, received a fractured right knee and a fractured left ankle when he fell from the roof…

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Six. Injured When Car Turns Over Accident Near Table Top

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 4

Six people were injured when a car left the road and turned over near Table Top yesterday morning…

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Three Injured, One Seriously, in Motor Cycle Crash Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 July 1946 · page 1

When a motor cycle crashed into a pedestrian alighting from a tram at Crow’s Nest tonight three men were injured, one seriously. The…

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Level Crossing Collision

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 1

When the rail motor ex Rand, was returning to the Henty Railway Station on Saturday afternoon last at 3.35 o'clock, it came…

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Lad Shockingly Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 July 1946 · page 2

Caught ill a machine at Everleigh workshop today. John Larcombe, aged 16, of Punchbowl, was shockingly injured before work mates could release…

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40 Injured When Bombs Explode at Meeting CAIRO

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 1

Two bombs are reported to have exploded at a meeting which was being addressed by Sheikh Hassan El Banna, leader of the Moslem…

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Six Die in Accidents Week-end Toll in N.S.W. SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 July 1946 · page 2

Four men and a woman and a four year old child were killed and least 15 other persons were injured in accidents in NSW yesterday…

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Plane Piloted Crashes Howard Hughes Critically Injured Culver City (Cal.)

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 5

Mr Howard Hughes, millionaire film producer. and aircraft builder, was critically injured when his new photographic plane…

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Cyclist Killed in Road Collision GOULBURN

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 8

Alan Pooley, aged 23, a member of the Goulburn Amateur Cycle Club, was killed as the outcome of a collision with a car on the Bungendore road,…

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Woman’s Spine Injured KATOOMBA

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 6

A woman suffered spinal injuries when a tourist car carrying 14 passengers from Katoomba to Jenolan Caves overturned today after hitting a truck…

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Man Injured in Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 July 1946 · page 6

A Lavington man, Edward Fern, is in Albury hospital as result of an accident in Mate St., last evening. At about 6.20 p.m. a motor cycle ridden by Noel…

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Pillion Rider Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 2

Following a fall from a motor cycle on Friday night. Edward Fern was taken to Albury hospital where he died during the weekend. Fern, who was…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 6

Fatal injuries were sustained by Graeme Phillips, about 24, of Hawleigh Ave., Balaclava, when the motorcycle he was riding collided with a…

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British Soldier Killed by Grenade Explosion Six Others Seriously Injured LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 July 1946 · page 1

One British soldier was killed and six others were seriously injured when two hand grenades were thrown outside a police station in…

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Husband Drowned After Wife Supports Him Seven Hours Tragedy After Yacht Upsets London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 6

Mrs Corlett, aged 41, alter supporting her husband for seven hours in a 4½-mile swim from their overturned yacht, saw him drift away,…

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Campaign To Reduce Road Accidents Police “Blitz” Coming SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 July 1946 · page 6

Drunken drivers, pedestrians and people who board trams and buses when drunk will be dealt with in the first stage of a co-ordinated campaign…

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Few Injured in Major Train Derailment London

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 July 1946 · page 5

Twelve persons were injured, four of them seriously, when the evening train from King’s Cross to Aberdeen was derailed at Hatfield…

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