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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

424 stories in Murray's papers · page 22 of 22

Drowned In Lagoon Described As “Death Trap”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 1

Corowa police yesterday morning recovered the. body of 21 year-old. Frank Goodall, of Corowa, who was drowned in a lagoun at the back of the South Corowa golf links on Sunday evening. Goodall was in the picnic and [?] the body in about 12 feet of…

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Free of Fatal Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 December 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Mon: No fatal road accidents were reported in NSW since Christmas Eve. Executive vice-president of the…

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Bus Somersaulted; 20 Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 2

LISMORE, Tues.—Twenty people were injured, six seriously, when a Pioneer Tours bus capsized on the Pacific Highway about 12 miles…

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32 Injured When Stand Collapses Mishap at Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 31 December 1947 · page 5

COFF’S HARBOUR, Tues: Thirty-two people were injured when a temporary grandstand collapsed at the Christmas…

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