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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Boy Accidentally Hangs Himself ADELAIDE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 2

Found hanging by the neck on a rope tied to the rafters of his home last week, Alan Ewens. aged 11, died in the children’s hospital yesterday…

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Injured by Great Wave

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 6

Doreen Reilly. 17, of Dee Why, who was taken to Sydney Hospital with possible internal injuries when a great wave crashed on the Manly ferry Barrenjoey on Tuesday…

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A Boy Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

Believed to have been swept away by storm water during the flooding rains yesterday, Clarence Reginald Huxham, aged 9, was found drowned…

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Child’s Death Was Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 April 1946 · page 2

At the Coroner’s Court in Wagga on Thursday a verdict of accidental death was returned when an inquest was held into the death of Trevor James…

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Motor Cyclist Killed in Collision WAGGA

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 April 1946 · page 1

When a RAAF truck and a motor cycle collided al Bon Accord. 15 miles south of Wagga, yesterday, Ronald William Hottes. aged 19, of Oakleigh,…

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Holiday Accidents Two Killed in Speedway Smash Child Dies in Mother’s Arms Bathurst

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 April 1946 · page 1

Two men were killed and a third was Injured when a motor cyclist contesting TT races on Mount Panaratna Circuit yesterday crashed into…

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Two Cyclists Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 2

Two cyclists were injured in road accidents last night and were admitted to Albury hospital. Mr Le Tet, of Kiewa st, suffered a broken leg and…

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Fireman Killed; 136 Passengers Injured BOSTON

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 1

A fireman was killed and the driver was critically injured, while 130 passengers were admitted to hospital after two passenger trains collided [?]on the…

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Gay Joy Wins St. Patrick’s Handicap Successful Meeting At Albury H. Foster Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 April 1946 · page 8

Gay Joy, last into the straight, finished with a great run to defeat Marong and High Notions in the principal event at Albury St Patrick’s Race Club’s…

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Fears increase in Road Accidents SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 April 1946 · page 5

Referring to holiday road accidents, the general secretary of NRMA (Mr H. I. Johnson) said today that a further their sleep increase in fatalities and…

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Air Collision Narrowly Averted SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 4

A collision between a heavily laden Qantas Lancastrian and a light civil Wackett trainer plane was narrowly averted today at Mascot aerodrome by…

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Former Pow Drowned; Car in River Sandford

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 3

A utility truck crashed through the railing of the bridge near Sandford on Saturday night, falling 30 feet and landing upside down in Wannon river. [?]an…

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Two Killed in Road Accidents Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 April 1946 · page 3

Two deaths resulted from accidents in the metropolitan area last evening. They were: John Dyson, aged 38. of Bessemer st…

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£2145 For Children Who Lost Mother Was Killed The Road Collision MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 5

A jury in the First Civil Court today awarded £2145 to the three young children of Isabelle Violet Huxtable, 28 late of Old Dandenang…

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Two Soldiers and an Officer Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

Two soldiers were injured in a motor accident at Barnawartha late yesterday afternoon. They were travelling north along the Melbourne road, and…

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Soldier’s Death Was Accidental

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

A finding of accidental death was returned at the inquest in Wagga yesterday into the death of Pie Sydney Kevin Knight, aged 19, member of an…

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To Be Buried with Military Honors Lavington Soldier Was Killed In Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 May 1946 · page 2

Cpl Keith Collins, who died at Bonegilla Hospital on Wednesday following an accident in which his motor cycle crashed into a truck at…

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Corowa Man’s Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 May 1946 · page 6

Whilst railway goods trucks were being moved at the siding at Corowa flour-mills yesterday morning, Mr W. J. Smith, mill foreman, of Wulber st,…

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Brothers Are Drowned Mother’s Tragic Discovery SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 May 1946 · page 1

Two Infant brothers were found drowned in a six-foot dam at Park Lea, near Blacktown, today. The children were: Herbert James…

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Bomb Outrage in Cairo 10 British Soldiers Injured London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 2

Reuter’s correspondent in Cairo states that 10 British “other ranks” were seriously Injured, and one is in dancer of dying, as a result of a…

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