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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

421 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 22

Man Killed in Road Collision Accident Near Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 13 November 1946 · page 1

When a motor truck and semitrailer collided side-on near the viaduct on Hume Highway a few miles from Wodonga last evening,…

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Rail Worker Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 2

Railway workman, L. McCornack, of Macaulay street, was injured when unloading timber at the railway [?] yesterday afternoon. He fell from…

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Car Blown Up in Jerusalem Ten Policemen Injured London

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 6

Ten British policemen were injured, two of them seriously, when a police car was blown up in Jerusalem last evening. The…

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Baby Boy’s Tragic Death. Accidental, Says Yarrawonga Coroner YARRAWONGA

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 November 1946 · page 6

An inquest into the death of Ronald Alexander Beattie, aged 2½ years, who met his death on October 25. was conducted at the Yarrawonga…

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Accident Insurance Premium Rates Reduced Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 November 1946 · page 6

Reductions in the premium rates for third party bodily injury insurance under the Motor Vehicles (Third Party) Insurance Act were announced by…

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Items of News a Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 November 1946 · page 2

Riding in a cycle race at Albury sports ground yesterday morning K. Hunter had a heavy tall and was taken to Albury hospital. In the last lap of…

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Head-on Collision Mr. Gory Smith's Lucky Escape

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 2

Mr. Gory Smith had a miraculous escape on Saturday evening, when involved in a head-on collision with a car on the outskirts…

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Sheep Transport Capsized Accident on Deniliquin Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 November 1946 · page 2

When a truck and sheep crate owned by Messrs. D. Seymour and Son overturned on the Hay-Deniliquin Road on Sunday, the…

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Similarity in Two Accidents SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 November 1946 · page 6

Mrs Rachael Burke, aged 57, of Newtown, became giddy and fell from the platform of ail electric train at Redfern today. While ambulance officers…

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Car Collision

The Independent · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

On Saturday evening, a sheep transport truck collided with a car on the corner of Echuca Road and Henry Street, injuring the driver of…

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Two Injured in Transport Smash Overturns with Load of Sheep

The Independent · Thursday 21 November 1946 · page 1

As the result of a sleep transport vehicle overturning on the Hay road on Sunday afternoon, Kevin Seymour, aged 19 years,…

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Head on Collision Seven Persons Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 2

A head-on motor smash between two cars occurred on the BalranaldBack Country road on Sunday evening last, about seven miles from…

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Head-On Collision

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 November 1946 · page 1

An accident occurred on the Echuca Road on Saturday night in which Mr. Tassie Howard, of the Syphon, was injured…

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Story of Fatal Collision Evidence at Wodonga Inquest

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 November 1946 · page 4

It was not apparent that there would he an accident until a few seconds before it happened, the Wodonga deputy Coroner (Mr J. F…

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Cyclists in Unusual, Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 2

Two cyclists collided yesterday morning in Sydney street, Wodonga, in rather unusual circumstances. Reginald Phelicy, Chiltern lead, and Lean…

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Elderly Man Fatally Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 November 1946 · page 4

An elderly man was fatally Injured, and seven others suffered minor injuries when two cars collided at the comer of North and Clayton Roads, Clayton, today. The…

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Injured in Fall From Gig

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last, shortly before 6 o'clock, Mr. Frank Gorman was admitted to hospital by ambulance suffering from abrasions…

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Family of Nine Drowned Murder-Suicide Suspected PARIS

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

The bodies of a miner, his wife and seven children, all tied together with thick rope, wore drawn out of a canal at Basse, new Lille, by a…

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Wife Finds Husband Fatally Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 6

When he was struck on the throat by a small piece of wood thrown from a circular saw at the rear of his house in Butcher street, St. Arnaud, this…

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The Late George Marsden the Inquest Death Not Caused by Car Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. T. F. Cook, J.P., held an inquest on Friday afternoon touching the death of George Marsden, and found that…

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