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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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R.s.l. Official Killed in Head-on Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 October 1948 · page 12

SYDNEY, Wed: When his car collided head-on with a motor truck in Spit road, Arthur V. Bennets, 46, of Medusa st,…

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One Hundred Drowned; Motor Launch Capsizes

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 November 1948 · page 10

BANGKOK, Sun.: One hundred persons are believed to have been drowned when a Siamese motor launch capsized…

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14 Men Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 November 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Mon.: Fourteen men are feared lost from the 4800 ton French motor tanker which foundered on the rocky…

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Big Road Accident Toll Committee’s Recommendations

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 November 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wed. : [?] in NSW in the year [?] in which [?] persons were…

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Fell From Cycle; Injured Hand

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 November 1948 · page 14

When a bicycle he was riding along Tallangatta road collided with a car driven by Mrs Dorothy Lindsay. Mr W. J. Ryder, of…

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Plane Crash on Mt. Macedon Two Killed: 19 Injured Melbourne

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 November 1948 · page 3

THE A.N.A. airliner Kurana, on the regular Melbourne-Deniliquin-Sydney run, crashed yesterday morning at Mt. Macedon, killing both pilots and injuring 19. The survivors had a miraculous escape…

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Tragedy at Hume Reservoir Yesterday Young Albury Fisherman Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 November 1948 · page 3

WELL-KNOWN young Albury amateur fisherman, Stanley Hugh Carey, aged 20, was drowned at the Hume Reservoir about 8 o’clock yesterday morning…

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Dean Street Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 2

Utility truck and a car collided at the intersection of Dean and David streets yesterday afternoon, involving a car bought in…

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No Sign of Drowning Victim

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 1

Fast-flowing waters below the Hume Weir wall still hold their secret of the drowning of Stanley Carey on Tuesday…

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Child Drowned at Mathoura

The Pastoral Times · Friday 12 November 1948 · page 1

Anne, the 4½ years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. Child, Mathoura, was accidentally drowned on Wednesday in the Gulpa Creek at Liston…

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Seven Drowned When Airliner Crashes

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 November 1948 · page 1

LONDON, Fri.: Seven persons were drowned last night when a twin-engined De Haviliand Rapide airliner, which…

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Air Search for Drowning Victim Band Of Volunteers Out To-day

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 November 1948 · page 1

A afternoon to find the be made of Stanley Hugh Carey, 20, an employe of the “Mail”, who was drowned just below Hume Reservoir wall early on Tuesday morning whilst fishing. Searchers will use…

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Veteran Jockey Critically Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 November 1948 · page 12

BRISBANE, Sunday : Veteran Queensland jockey, J. Conquest, is in hospital dangerously ill following a smash at the Queensland Cup…

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Motor Cyclist and Horse Die in Collision Adelaide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 November 1948 · page 8

When a motor-cycle he was riding with a pillion passenger: crashed into a stray horse near: Pinaroo yesterday, Neville Joseph…

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Darby Munro on Two Charges Sequel To Head-on Car-Truck Collision SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 November 1948 · page 3

WELL-KNOWN jockey, Darby Munro, 39, and his family were injured to-night when their car was involved in a head-on collision with a utility truck on Princes Highway, Sylvania…

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Accident at Daysdale

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 3

The 5-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur O'Brien, of Daysdale, met with a painful accident on Saturday afternoon last as a result of which…

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Motor Accident Near Berrigan

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 16 November 1948 · page 3

As a result of a motor car accident which occurred at about 2 o'clock on Sunday morning a few miles from Berrigan a Mr. Fisher was…

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Mathoura Drowning Fatality Little Girl Accidentally Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 2

The district coroner (Mr. J. M. Cronin, J.P.) recorded a finding, that Wilma Anne Childs, aged four years, had been accidentally drowned…

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Dean Street Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 2

When a car being driven by Harold Arthur Colson, in a westerly direction along Dean st, collided with a car pulling out of…

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500 Believed Drowned When Steamer Capsizes

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 November 1948 · page 14

LONDON, Thurs. : Five hundred persons are believed to have been drowned at the junction of the Ganges and Gandak…

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