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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Three Men Die in Unusual Accidents One Killed Trying to Retrieve Cricket Ball Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 16 December 1946 · page 2

Three men received fatal injuries in a series of unusual accidents in Melbourne this afternoon. They were:—…

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Angle Parking and Accidents To the Editor

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 December 1946 · page 2

Sir,—It must be a long time since there appeared in your columns anything as cynical as the words of Cr. Jelbart on the subject of parallel parking in Dean sheet…

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Young Man Accidentally Shot

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 December 1946 · page 2

While out shooting along the Billabong Creek at Culcairn yesterday afternoon with two companions, Reg Oakman, 19, railway employe, of…

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Sydney Doctor Killed Car and Truck in Collision Near Chiltern Another Man’s Skull Fractured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 20 December 1946 · page 2

A Macquarie street (Sydney) specialist was killed instantly last evening in an almost head-on collision near Chiltern on the Hume Highway…

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Brush with Death Air Liners Land After Collision [?]ABERDEEN (Maryland)

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 December 1946 · page 8

Eighty-four persons Had a brush with death here to-day when two Miami-bound passenger planes collided in [?]…

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Two Boys Drowned MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

Two boys, one aged 6 years, and the other 15 years, were drowned in the suburbs on Saturday. Edward Albert Tobin, 6 years, of…

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Christmas Party Tragedy Father and Son Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

A three-years-old boy and his father were drowned in the Murrumbidgee at Wagga last evening. They were among those attending a Seventh…

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Father and Son Drowned at Wagga Tragic Week-end; Seven People Dead

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

Seven people lost their lives tragic circumstances at the weekend—including a father and his little son and two boys—all of whom were drowned. Tragedies occurred at Wagga; at Goulburn, where twin brothers…

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Was Hammond Too Considerate? Bradman’s Injured Leg LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 8

Was Hammond too considerate to Bradman at Sydney? queries [?] Carey, cabling the “Sunday Express”. Carey emphesised that Bradman on…

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Albury Residents in Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 December 1946 · page 2

Albury and Wagga people motoring to Tumut races on Saturday were involved in an accident about 2 miles from Adelong. Secretary of the…

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Six Hurt When Utilities Collide Christmas Eve Accident at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 December 1946 · page 1

Six people were treated in Albury Hospital on Tuesday evening for injuries received in an accident when two utility trucks collided near Hume…

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Injured in Cycle Race

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 4

K. Mackie. Albury cyclist, receiving first aid after a fall in the 3rd [?] of the Beechworth Handicap at the Beechworth Athletic Club’s Boxing Day carnival…

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Little Girl Drowned in Tarcutta Creek

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 1

A 4½-years-old girl was drowned in Tarcutta Creek at Borambola on Christmas afternoon. Her name was Rosemary Webber…

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Drowned in Disused Brick Pit SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 1

Clive Dwyer, aged 16, of Brookvale, was drowned in a disused brick pit near Manly this morning. He disappeared while swimming in the pit…

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Three on Motor Cycle Injured Crash at Rosebud MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 2

On the Pt. Nepean rd., at Rosebud, at an early hour this morning a motor cycle crashed into a motor car and turned it over twice without…

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Tragic Rail Smash Mother and Baby Son Killed Six Other Occupants of Sedan Car Injured MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 1

A young woman and her five-months’-old son were killed instantly in a level crossing smash at the junction of Diamond Creek…

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Accident at Bright

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 December 1946 · page 2

A young man, Harold Knox, son of Mr George Knox, of Porepunkah, is in a critical condition in Bright Nursing Hospital following a road…

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Old Woman Found Drowned WOLLONGONG

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 December 1946 · page 1

Missing since Friday, Mrs [?] Smith, aged 85, of Darke’s Forest, near Helensburgh, was found drowned in six feet of water about a quarter of a…

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Youth Injured by Bullet

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 31 December 1946 · page 2

During the holidays last week Kevin Desmond Matthews, 17 of Albury Road, Corowa, was out shooting with a pea rifle, and after firing at…

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Man Drowned in Baths Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 December 1946 · page 3

A bather who was found in 151 of water in the Granville Baths this afternoon died later in an iron in the Parramatta Hospital. He…

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