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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Man Injured in Fall From Bicycle

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 2

When he fell from his bicycle in Dean st, opposite the Bank of Australasia, yesterday afternoon, Mr. Gordon Sharp, of Englehardt…

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Four Drowned in Murray Sad Tragedy Near Lake Moodemere Man's Body Also Recovered

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 10 February 1948 · page 1

The Murray River claimed three more victims on Saturday afternoon last in sad circumstances. They were a man and his 10-year-old daughter and another girl aged 10. The spot where the tragedy…

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Car-cyclist Collision City Cantor fined

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 February 1948 · page 4

George Bennett, city gardens curator, was convicted in Albury Court yesterday of negligent driving. The charge arose from a…

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£1500 Damages Awarded; Accident in 1944

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 February 1948 · page 4

MELBOURNE. Wed.: As the result of having sustained injuries through having been, struck by a motor car in [?] st., Collingwood,…

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The Rutherglen Drowning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 5

The body of Roy Tudor, 40, who was drowned with his 10-year-old daughter Joan, and Desma Deas. aged 10, in the Murray River near…

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Triple Drowning Third Body Recovered

Border Morning Mail · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 2

About 4 o’clock yesterday afternoon the body of ten-years-old Desma Ethel Deas was recovered from the Murray River…

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Loss of Life by Drowning

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 February 1948 · page 5

Everyone will deplore the loss of human life by drowning, which takes place not only in Corown, but all parts of the Commonwealth, from…

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Injured Mountaineer Still Without Medical Aid

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 3

WELLINGTON, Fri.: Miss Ruth Adams, who was injured in a fall on Mount La [?] last Monday. will have to wait a week…

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Wodonga Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 9

Mr Berthold Hartwig, 47, of Wigg st, Wodonga, was seriously injured when knocked down by a motor bus in Sydney st, Wodonga,…

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District Doings Pars From All Parts Fatal Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

A man who was buried by a fall of clay at Schnelle's Brickworks, North Wagga, on Wednesday afternoon, died in the Wagga Base Hospital shortly…

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45 U.s. Sailors Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 10

PARIS, Tues: A launch carrying 160 sailors from U.S.S. Midway back to the ship after a party in their honor, crashed into…

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Duke And Princess In Car Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 6

LONDON, Wed: A car in which the Duke of Edinburgh was driving Princess Elizabeth from their home in Kensington. Palace to…

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Albury Motor Cyclist Hurt In Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 3

Thrown from his motor cycle in a collision with a car at the intersection of David and Crisp sts yesterday evening, Leon Maurice…

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Youth Accidentally Shot

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

STROUD, Sun.—Maxwell Roy Waters, 18, of Taralba road, Adamstown, was accidentally shot today while out shooting with two…

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District Doings Pars From All Parts Shooting Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 3

A boy, shot through the mouth when hunting rabbits on the stock route near The Rock last week, walked two miles unaided to The Rock…

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JINDERA Injured Destroying Rabbits

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 9

Whilst engaged in destroying rabbits, Mr Harry Schmidt fell into a creek 15 feet deep and sustained extensive facial…

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Truck Driver Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 February 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Keith Shannon of Wentworthville, died this morning, following injuries received when the truck he was…

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Drowning Fatality at Tocumwal

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 3

A young man named Heilbron, aged 21 years, son of the ambulance superintendent at Deniliquin, was drowned in the Murray River at Tocumwal on…

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Week End Tragedy Young Deniliquin Man Drowned At Tocumwal

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

A tragedy occurred during the week-end at Tocumwal, when a well-known and popular young man of Deniliquin, Mr. Neville Heilbronn,…

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Accidental Death

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 2

On Monday last at Narandera the Coroner held an inquiry into the death of Sidney George Jackson in Connection with which Edwin George…

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