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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Serious Accident at Syphon

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 November 1946 · page 1

An accident occurred at the Lawson SypHon this morning which resulted in Mr. Stan Stonham, of Trickett street, being admitted to…

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Ambulance in Fatal Collision Cyclist And Patient Killed MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 November 1946 · page 8

When a collision occurred between a motor cycle and the Ballarat City Ambulance at the corner of Darling and Pleasant sts., Ballarat, this afternoon, the rider of…

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Two Holbrook Men Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 December 1946 · page 2

Two Holbrook men are in Albury Hospital as result of a car accident on Saturday evening. Raymond Sheather was the driver of a car in which Neil…

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Actor Believed Drowned London

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 8

Thames flood waters are believed to have swept to death the actor, G, S. Melvin, near the old Windsor lock. Nearby residents heard a voice calling…

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Soldier Badly Injured Truck Crashes Into Tree

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 6

Keith McBain, aged 22, soldier, of Base Workshops, Bandiana. was badly injured last evening when an army motor truck he was driving…

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Husband and Wife Injured Car Overturns Near Holbrook

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 4

When a coupe car overturned on Hume Highway, four miles north of Holbrook on Monday afternoon, the two occupants were injured, one seriously. They were…

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Shooting of Detective Was Accidental Claimed By Accused In Evidence SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 December 1946 · page 1

Demonstration to support his claim that the shooting of a detective was accidental was given in the Criminal Court today by Sidney Grant and Keith George Hope, who are jointly charged with the murder of Detective Constable Victor Ahearn, at Matraville, on August 11…

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Young Constable Saves Three From Drowning Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 1

Told on his way to work that two girls were being swept out to sea in the surf at South Narrabeen today, a young probationary constable, Arthur…

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22 on Queen Elizabeth Injured London

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 December 1946 · page 8

Twenty-two passengers were injured when the Queen Elizabeth ran into a heavy gale o[?] the English coast today…

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Guard Killed in Dramatic Railway Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 December 1946 · page 1

Above : Point where the guard’s tender was derailed on the lofty viadu[?]t and began to run along the sleepers, first marks on which are shown near Mr E. Crockett, district resident, Below : All that remained of the tender after it had toppled 16 feet from the railway line over the embankment…

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Man’s Two Saves; Injured in Last Attempt SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 December 1946 · page 5

A man who yesterday rescued a boy from drowning at Balmoral is now in hospital with a leg injury, received ii trying to save his son in a tram…

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Man Injured at Wahgunyah

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 2

While working on the dismantling of a shed at the railway yards, Wahgunyah, on Thursday last, Mr. Walter Smith of chillern, was struck on the…

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Liquor and Speed Cause of Road Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 December 1946 · page 1

Stressing the Nike undertaken by motorists in driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor the police Magistrate…

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Three Women Killed When Bus Overturns 12 Other Passengers Injured Grafton

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 7

Three married women were killed and 12 other passengers were admitted to hospital when the Grafton-Armidale bus overturned…

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Excessive Speed and Intoxication Two Major Causes Of Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 December 1946 · page 6

To-day traffic accidents are increasing alarmingly! In NSW 175 persons are killed or injured every week: 25 are road…

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Little Boy Hurt in Street Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 December 1946 · page 2

Eight years old boy John Swamell. was admitted to Albury hospital yesterday alter a street accident. He suffered facial abrasions and possible…

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Two Traffic Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 December 1946 · page 2

Albury police were, called to [?] accidents yesterday in which motor cars and lorries were involved. At the intersection of Olive and Wilson…

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Boy Drowned at Noreuil Park Woman Risks Life Trying To Locate Body

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 December 1946 · page 1

A woman dived fully clothed into the Murray river at Noreuil Park yesterday in an attempt to locate the body of a little boy who had been drowned. She was Mrs. J. N. Lloyd, proprietress of the Noreuil Park kiosk…

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Boy’s Body Not Recovered Yet Noreuil Park Drowning

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 1

Police, assisted by civilians and a man who claimed that he had studied methods of “body divining,” searched the bed of the Murray river near…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 3

Eric Johnson, aged 35, of Marion St.. Parramatta, was fatally injured when his bicycle and a utility truck collided at Westmead tonight. Johnson was…

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