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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Trot Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 2

Two drivers were unseated in a collision in the Six-Hour Day trot, the first event of the trotting meeting at the Leeton Showground on…

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Five Fishermen Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Monday : When a French fishing vessel sank after a collision in a thick fog with the British ship, Woodlark, four…

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Cricket Umpire Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 4

Mr. Jack Farrell, square leg umpire, received a nasty head injury when struck by a cricket ball during the R.S.L.-Juniors match at the sports…

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The WORLD at a GLIMPSE Thirty Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 1

ROME, Monday: About 30 people were slightly injured when police clashed in Rome with youths belonging to…

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Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 2

When a motor lorry, containing eight people, skidded in loose gravel and overturned about one mile from Sandigo Pest Office on Wednesday,…

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Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 October 1948 · page 2

John, the six-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Clark, of Pine Street, Hay, met with a painful accident on Friday, when he was playing in the…

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Visiting Photographers’ Loss Involved in Taxi-truck Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 October 1948 · page 11

Two visiting photographers for the show suffered severe loss yesterday when a taxi in which they were returning to the city…

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One Killed, Two Injured in Trailer Truck Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 8

SYDNEY, Thurs.: One man was fatally injured and two others critically hurt when a utility track and a 10-ton…

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Two Accidents at One Place

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 October 1948 · page 1

A semi-trailer loaded with logs being transported from Mathoura to Mel-bourne, was broken clean in half when it swerved off the road and…

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Car-cyclist Collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 16 October 1948 · page 2

As a result of a collision with a car in David st about 5 p.m. yesterday, George Cox, of David st, was treated at the Albury…

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Two Boys Drowned: Girl Killed: Woman’s Body on Beach

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 October 1948 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sunday : Two boys were drowned, a. teen-age girl was killed, and at Manly beach a woman was found dead…

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29 Sailors Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Mon: It is officially stated that one midshipman and 28 ratings are feared drowned in Portland…

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Three Albury Men Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 3

Three Albury men were injured when a motor truck crashed into a tree on the Beechworth-Wangaratta road on…

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Accidental Verdict

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 October 1948 · page 2

An accidental verdict was returned at an inquest held at Mt Beauty yesterday into the death of James Arthur Patten, 21, of…

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40 People Drowned When Snow Thaws

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 October 1948 · page 11

SANTIAGO (Chile), Wed.: At least 40 are reported to be dead and 200 are missing as a result of the eruption of the Villarica…

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Wrestler Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 12

SYDNEY, Sun.: Arjan Das defeated Leo Jansen in the fifth round of their wrestle at Leichhardt last night. Jansen was injured and could not…

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Bullock Rider Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 1

Matt Salmon, Wagga, about to “touch” Mother Earth in the open bullock ride at the Holbrook Show on Saturday. As he hit ground Salmon was struck on the head by the animals’s front hoof. Several stitches were inserted in the wound…

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Injured Hiker’s Night in Bush

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 October 1948 · page 3

KATOOMBA, Sunday : A hiker who was injured when struck by a boulder at Mount Solitary last night was brought back to…

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Woman Seriously Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 October 1948 · page 8

Mrs. N. Leitch, about 32, of Wigg Street, Wodonga, received serious internal injuries when she fell from the bicycle she was…

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Fifteen Seamen Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 2

COPENHAGEN, Wed: Fifteen seamen were drowned when a small Danish steamer was wrecked off the Finnish coast There…

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