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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Compass Efficient Hearing of Dee Why Accident SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 2

It was claimed at the Court of Marine Inquiry today that tile compass on the Dee Why was efficient, but it was questionable if it was suitable for use…

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Man Killed; Wife Injured in Car Crash Youth Charged With Dangerous Driving [?] VALE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 6

A man was [?] his wife injured when their utility [?] crashed into another truck in light rain near Mittagong today…

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Unfortunate Accident Wedding Patty Involved

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

A wedding party en route from Hay to Narandera to catch the train yesterday, had the misfortune to meet with a car accident…

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Car and Semi-trailer in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 2

A motor car and a semi-trailer were involved in a collision early yesterday morning at the intersection of Dean and Kiewa streets. The car was…

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Young Woman Drowned at Palm Beach SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 6

A young woman was drowned Palm Beach about midnight last night. She was Miss Hazel Jones, 35, of Mascot and she was one of a party…

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21 DEAD; 117 INJURED In American Train Week ALTOONA (John.)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

Casualties in the wreck of the crick passenger train “Red Arrow” [?] 21 dead and 117 injured. A spokesman for the railways said that the…

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Boxer’s Death Was Accidental Fight Was Fair, Says Referee SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 1

The 28-year-old professional boxer, Reginald Bric Bunker, of West Maitland, was accidentally killed. This conclusion was readied by the…

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Items of News Cars Damaged in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

Slight damage to each vehicle was caused by a collision yesterday morning in Townsend st. between a car driven by Miss Joyce C. McGorman…

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Map Killed, Another Injured, When Motor Cycle Skids MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 February 1947 · page 6

A man was killed and another injured at noon today when a motor cycle they were riding along Eltham road skidded, throwing them both to…

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Cars in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 2

Two cars were badly damaged last night when they collided at the intersection of Swift and David sts. Cars involved were driven by Robert James…

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Firemen Injured When Bikini Bands Used SEATTLE

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

Ten firemen who were fighting a fire in the University of Washington Fisheries department were affected by atomic radiation when they carried water In barrels that…

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Sequel to Truck Accident Laborer for Trial on Two Charges Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 February 1947 · page 5

At the conclusion of an inquest into the deaths of Alfred Pedder, 45, of Brunswick, laborer, and Kenneth Noel Woodfall, 37, of Elstemwick, invalid…

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Man Drowned; Youth Is Missing Big Floods In S.E. Queensland BRISBANE

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 March 1947 · page 1

One man has been drowned and a youth is missing, believed drowned, in flood waters which are swirling over wide areas in the south-east corner of Queensland, where heavy rains have isolated a number of towns and…

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Tumbarumba Grazier Injured by Falling Tree

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 March 1947 · page 3

While assisting with a working bee on the property of Mr. George Nichols, Wolseley Park, in preparation for the Tumbarumba show, to be held next…

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Nine Drowned When Ferry Sinks BERLIN

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 3

At least mine were drowned and 17 rescued when a Rhine [?] sank in midstream near Dusseldorf today…

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15 Hurt in Tram-bus Collision Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 7

When a tram crashed into a bus outside a theatre at Brighton Le Sands last night 15 persons were injured, one seriously. Theatre patrons were…

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Communal Rioting Spreading In The Punjab 192 Killed and 580 Injured in Three Days. Armed Raiders Make Second Attack on Express Train New Delhi

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 March 1947 · page 2

It is officially announced that the casualties In the Punjab disturbance from Wednesday to Saturday [?] totalled 182 killed and 680 injured. Reuter’s Lahore representative states that communal rioting has spread to Murree, where most of the [?] galows have been destroyed. Lahore had a quiet night…

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Missing, Believed Drowned! Midnight Episode

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 1

Brewery Bend in the late hours of Saturday night was the scene of great activity. A youth was believed to have been drowned. The climax,…

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Two Railway Workers Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 March 1947 · page 2

Two men were taken to Albury hospital yesterday by ambulance following accidents of the railway station. Mr F. J. [?] 645 David st., received…

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Injured Bus Passengers Will Claim £10,000 SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 March 1947 · page 8

Of the 73 persons injured in yesterday’s [?] accident near Manly, 17 are still in hospital, but are progressing. It was stated today that…

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