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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Barnawartha Children [?] Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 1 January 1949 · page 2

Two Barnawartha children [?] injured yesterday. They [?] Harold Riley, aged 12, who [?] lacerations to his left [?]…

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Three Men Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 5

AUCKLAND, Sun.: Three men, including a father and son, were drowned today when a small boat from which they were fishing,…

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Woman Killed in Car-tram Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun: A married woman was killed and four other people were injured, one critically, when a tram…

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Accident Has Un- Expected Sequel

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Destiny in the dramatic form of a double road accident brought together at Elwood this…

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[?]2 Persons Drowned: 9 Die in Bus Smash

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 1

PARIS, Mon.: At least 17 persons were drowned when a bus carrying two football [?] a wall at a…

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Hundreds Die in Holiday Accidents in U.S. New York

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 1

THE New Year week-end brought death to at least 247 Americans through traffic and other accidents. One hundred and…

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Businessman meets with Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 January 1949 · page 7

On Wednesday last Mr. Norman Murphy of Murphy Bros., Napier Street, Had a very fortunate escape from serious injury…

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Three Men Are Drowned Tragedy in Port Phillip Bay

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 January 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Three men are believed to have been drowned while on a fishing trip in the bay near…

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10 Injured in Tram Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Ten people were taken to hospital following two accidents involving trams in Sydney…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 7 January 1949 · page 3

Mr. Eric Eulenstein, of Henty, who is attached to the postal staff at Holbrook, was involved in an accident about 7 a.m. on December 22, when he…

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Two Children Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 3

MILDURA, Sun.: A nine-year-old girl and her playmate, who tried to save her, were drowned at Charcoal Bend, about half…

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Boy Drowned at Bright

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Neil Elliott, 10, of Havlin st., Bendigo, was drowned at a swimming carnival in a pool in the Ovens River at…

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Divers to Search for Drowning Victim

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 2

Divers from Melbourne will make another attempt this afternoon to locate the body of Stanley Carey, who was drowned at the…

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Boy, Bird Nesting, Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A St. Augustine’s Orphanage boy, John Ernest McKewan, aged 14, is believed to have been drowned…

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Three Die in Road Accidents Man Burnt to Death

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Three people were killed in road accidents during the week-end and one man lost his life in a fire…

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Tug Sinks After Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Mon.: A few minutes after being: badly damaged in a collision with the 80-ton freighter Abersea the 64-year-old…

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Former Albury Resident Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 7

The death occurred as a result drowning, of Mr William Rich are Hadlow, aged 46, of Gillett st, South Grafton, and formerly of…

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Woman Injured in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

WAGGA, Tues.: A car in Which five persons were travelling from Coolamon to Wagga overturned six miles from Wagga…

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Sportsman-[?] Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

YOUNG, Tues: Stanley [?] shaw, of Bulawarrie, [?] former international cycling well-known [?]…

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Apprentice Barry Smith Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 12

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Apprentice Barry Smith was kicked on the leg by a horse at Victoria Park this morning. He was not seriously…

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