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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Motor Accident Four Injured

The Independent · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 1

Four men were injured yesterday morning when a car overturned three times about 6½ miles out on the Echuca Road. Mr I. Reid, of Mont…

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Motor Accident Four Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 1

Four men were injured on Wednesday morning when a car overturned three times about 6½ miles out on the Echuca road Mr. I. Reid of Mont…

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Man’s Fortitude When Injured SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 4

John Joseph Roleands, aged 32. was involved in a serious accident at the brickworks at St. Peters this morning and may have to have his right arm…

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Man Injured on Way to See Doctor Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 4

A man on his way to a Macquarie st specialist for treatment to his left [?] was involved in an accident, resulting in the probable fracture of the leg…

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Gold Edifice Radly Injured Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 2

Gold Edifice was seriously injured in a fall yesterday and will not be a starter at Canterbury to-morrow. His owner (Dr. G. Carroll), said he might not race…

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Sailors Drowned; Subs Break Loose in Storm London

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 1

Seventeen Japanese submarines being towed out to sea off Japan to be sunk by the Australian destroyer Quiberon and the Indian sloop…

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Two Motor Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 May 1946 · page 2

At the intersection of Frauenfelder and Buckingham streets, a collision occurred yesterday about 6.45 p.m. between a car driven by W. T. Foo…

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Rail Workers Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 2

Yesterday while Mr J. O’Keefe, of Brocklesby, was working with a railway gang near Brocklesy, he fell down a steep bank and injured his…

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Fire Os Ship Was Caused Accidentally Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 5

A fire which caused considerable damage on the steamer Panamanian at a Sydney wharf last night, was caused accidentally when a spark fell…

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Council Employee Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

When scaffolding on which he was working at the clothing factory at the Corowa Band Hall collapsed on Wednesday, Mr. Jack Woodberry,…

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Rider Injured at Howlong Sports

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

During the running of the Howlong Cup at the Howlong sports on Wednesday, three horses were involved in an accident in which Mr…

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Bus Accident Near Albury

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 3

When the morning bus which runs from Corowa to Albury was nearing Albury on Tuesday morning last. It got out of control and collided with…

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Three Drowned When Dinghy Capsizes Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 1

Two Netherlands East Indies servicemen and a 20-year-old girl were drowned in Moreton Bay to-day when a dinghy capsized about two miles off…

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Two Women Killed in Road Accidents Melbourne. S[?]

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 2

When her bicycle collided with a military truck at Horsham [?] Mary Edith Conroy. aged 27. S[?] st.. Horsham, was killed instantly…

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No One Was Injured When This Truck Overturned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 6

This is how a truck loaded with zinc oxide looked yesterday morning after it had turned over Into a ditch on Hume Highway, near Ettamogah, six miles from Albury, the previous night. The two men who…

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57 British Injured in Clashes with Egyptians Alexandria

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 May 1946 · page 1

Twelve British soldiers were injured, some seriously, in rioting In Alexandria yesterday. A riot broke out when a mob…

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Baby Drowned in Dam Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 7

Kevin Mongan, age 23 months, was drowned in a dam near his parents’ home at Padstow this afternoon. Police helping in the search for the baby…

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Five Injured in Train Smash. Auckland (N.z.)

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 6

Five men were injured when or engine crashed into a carriage of a workmen’s train yesterday. The accident occurred at Makarewa. The…

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Munro To Rest For Winter Injured Wrist Troublesome Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 May 1946 · page 8

D. Munro is not likely to ride again during the winter—his wrist, injured in a race fall in the spring, Ms giving him trouble. During the autumn racing, Munro was on…

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Injured Player in Side to Meet England SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 May 1946 · page 5

Despite the fact that he received a dislocated right shoulder yesterday. South Sydney half-back, Clem Kennedy, was selected last night for the NSW Rugby League…

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