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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Items of News Man Has Head Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 2

A man named Norman Deeble. who fell from his bicycle near Wirlinga last evening, was admitted to Albury hospital with head injuries…

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Culcairn Footballers Want Coach For Coining Season Benefit Scheme For Injured Players

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 7

At its annual meeting the Culcairn Australian Rules Football Club decided to affiliate with the Albury and District League, investigate the possibility of obtaining a coach, dealt with a benefit scheme for injured players…

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Have Amazing Escapes Four In Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 14 March 1947 · page 2

An Albury doctor who visited the scene of an accident one mile on the Albury side of Mullengandra last evening later expressed amazement…

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Items of News Railway Worker Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 15 March 1947 · page 6

When he was caught between the automatic links of a truck at the Albury railway yards about 6 p.m. yesterday, Laurie Delahunty. Kiewa St.,…

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Two Married Men Drowned Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 2

Two well-known residents of the south-eastern port of Kingston were drowned at the weekend when their boat overturned on a fishing…

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Union Official Resigns; Fears “Unavoidable Accident” OTTAWA

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 March 1947 · page 3

Mr J. A. Sullivan has resigned from the presidency of tile Canadian Seamen’s Union and the Communist Party, stating that lie was making…

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Drowned in Harbor Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 1

A deck hand, Raymond May of Palmain, fell from a ferry into the harbor tonight. His body had not been recovered when the search was…

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Fatal Motor Accident on Highway Near Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 18 March 1947 · page 2

WHILST travelling on the Sturt Highway near Eli Elwah this morning an open car driven by Mr. W. O. Ireland, of Cabramatta, overturned following a blow-out. Mrs. Ireland was killed instantly and…

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Surgeon M.P. Attends Injured Messenger CANBERRA

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 19 March 1947 · page 2

Sir Earle Page (CP. NSW an from Parliament House today and attended a postal messenger whose, motor cycle had collided with a truck at the…

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Planes’ Difficult Mercy Mission Badly Injured Man Flown To Hospital MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 March 1947 · page 1

Responding to a wireless call for assistance, a RAAF Tiger Moth with a doctor aboard and a privately-owned Tiger Moth both landed on…

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Little Boy Badly Injured Fall From a Bus

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 1

When David Pay, aged 5 years, fell from a bus at the corner of Pemberton and Small streets late yesterday afternoon, he struck his head…

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Man Seeks £7000 DAMAGES Lost Legs In Accident MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 March 1947 · page 2

A man who lost both legs at the result of a tram accident in January, 1946, appeared to the First Civil Court today seeking £1000…

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Boy Dragged to His Death Accident Near Tallangatta

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 March 1947 · page 1

Eleven year old boy. Ralph Collie; was killed on his father’s farm at Bullhead (20 miles from Tallangatta) yesterday morning…

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Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 March 1947 · page 1

When riding a horse at Zara station, Wanganella, on Sunday afternoon, John Alexander Glover aged 24 years and Sons was thrown from the horse…

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Lavington Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 March 1947 · page 2

A young Lavington man. Herbert P. Schneider, was taken by ambulance to hospital last evening after being struck by a car when cycling homeward along…

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Carriages Badly Wrecked in Collision Brisbane

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 March 1947 · page 5

When three railway carriages were partly wrecked in a collision at Roma street, Brisbane, today, six persons received injuries. An engine ran into…

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Fatal Motor Accident Inquest on Late Mrs. Ireland

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 March 1947 · page 2

On Wednesday, the Coroner, Mr. T. F. Cook, J.P., held an inquest touching the death of Mrs. Emily Grace Ireland, which…

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Injured in Fall From Jeep

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 2

A young Albury man, Brian Martin, was taken by ambulance to Corowa hospital yesterday after being flung from a jeep at Balldale sports ground…

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Man And Horse Drowned In Flooded Creek Torrential Downpour in Wagga District People Marooned In Houses; Deluge At Uranquinty

Border Morning Mail · Monday 31 March 1947 · page 1

When his horse and wagonette overturned while he was attempting to cross the flooded Crooked Creek at Rowan, a few miles from Wagga, about 7.30 p.m. on Saturday, William Churche, aged 60 years, of Albury st., Wagga, was drowned. The body was recovered yesterday…

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Violent Rainstorm Near Wagga Former Hay Resident Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 April 1947 · page 2

A man was drowned, homes were flooded, crops washed out, and miles of fencing swept away during violent rainstorms in the…

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