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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Series Of Accidents On Carrier Mechanic Lost At Sea BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 August 1947 · page 1

When a Firefly plane carried him off the deek of the British carrier Theseus yesterday morning, an air mechanic was lost at sea. So far the…

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MR. J. T.McGRATH Dies After Relapse Had Been Injured In Accident Near Euroa

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 August 1947 · page 6

Well known Albury hotelkeeper and sporting man, Mr John Thomas McGrath, died in the Euroa Hospital last evening following serious injuries…

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Probable Neck Fracture K. Gilson (Roos) Injured; Clyde (Holbrook), Broken Nose

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 August 1947 · page 5

K. Gilson, of the Albury Roos, suffered a probable fracture of the neck, and A. Clyde (Holbrook) had his nose broken in the match at…

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Injured in Fall

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 August 1947 · page 1

Mr J. Neil, of Alver street, Malvern, stumbled and fell in Cressy street yesterday afternoon. He sustained a wound on the head. His plight was…

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S.O.S. After Sea Collision San Francisco, Wed

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 August 1947 · page 1

[?] reported early today [?] call from the freighter F[?]n Victory, stating that she had collided with the motorship. Diamond…

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ARABS - Jews Clash Two Killed; Seven Injured London

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 August 1947 · page 1

Two Arabs were killed, five Arabs and two Jews were injured in clashes between Jews and Arabs on the outskirts of Jaffa and Tel Aviv…

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To The Editor the Cause of Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 6

Sir—I consider the oft-heard complaint that old cars are responsible for accidents as thoughtless and unfair. There always will be accidents…

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Wodonga Driver Fined Sequel lo Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 August 1947 · page 3

A Wodonga West laborer. Raymond Francis Harvey was fined £5 in Wodonga court yesterday when he was convicted on a charge of driving in a…

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Two Balldale Players Injured Leave Ground

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 August 1947 · page 6

During the match between Balldale and Rand on Saturday two of the Balldale players sustained, injuries and had lo leave the ground. C. Cunningham. 23 years, had…

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Painful Accident Seven Stitches in Child's Face

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 19 August 1947 · page 2

On Friday afternoon, Roger, the six year old son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Squire Wilson, of Oxford, Mossgiel, who has only recently been…

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200 DEAD; 5000 Injured in Explosion Nuns And All Patients Die In Maternity Hospital MADRID

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 20 August 1947 · page 1

A violent explosion occurred in the Cadiz shipyards last night, involving torpedoes and munitions at a submarine depot. One report says that ail Cadiz hospitals arc filled with casualties. Several fires are reported to-have broken out…

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50 Drowned When Boat Sinks CAIRO

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 August 1947 · page 4

Fifty villagers were drowned when a bost [?] i the Nile in the upper Egyptian province of Girga. Hundreds of holidaymakers lining the banks…

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Five Die in Accidents Arrest After Two Men Killed Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 August 1947 · page 1

Sydney’s weekend accident deathroll reached five last night when four persons were killed in road accidents and one man was killed when…

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Railway Worker Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 August 1947 · page 2

A railway worker, Aloysius Ignatius Roach, of Spencer st, was admitted to the district hospital last night with head injuries after being struck by a…

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23 Killed in Train Collision Calcutta, Thursd y

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 1

Twenty-three were [?] when a train [?] train at Kolghat [?] from Calcutta today…

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Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 August 1947 · page 3

While riding his bicycle home from work on Wednesday evening last, Mr. Norman Adams met with rather a painful accident, on the South Corowa…

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Arrest of Injured Prelate LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 August 1947 · page 1

The Prague correspondent of British United press says that the official Yugo-Slav news agency has reported from Zagreb that the Vatican…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured Collision Near Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 2

A young Wangaratta motor-cyclist died in Albury hospital early yesterday morning as a result of a road accident on the Murray Valley…

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Four Jockeys Injured; Two Seriously PERTH

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 6

Four jockeys were injured, two seriously, in a crash at Behnont yesterday during the running of the Distance Trial Handicap when four horse came down together. An…

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Six-year-old Shoots His Mother Accidentally MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 September 1947 · page 1

Accidentally shot in the back by her six-year-old son, Mrs Edna May Nolan, aged 31, of Dandenong rd., East Malvern, was admitted to the Royal…

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