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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

447 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 23

Well-known Builder Fined Failed to Stop After Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 July 1949 · page 1

Alfred John Whitelock, aged [?] builder, was fined £10 [?] he appeared at the Court Petty Sessions on Wednescharged…

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Lithuanian on Way Home Drowned Himself

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 July 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Fri.: A Lithuanian who jumped overboard from the SS Nelly on July 16 and was drowned had agreed…

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Drowned in Dam

Border Morning Mail · Monday 25 July 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY Sun.: Peter Cory, 65. was found drowned in a dam near the State Hospital at Lidombe yesterday…

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Seaman Relieved Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon: A young Sydney man, Reginald Taylor, 23, of [?] Bay, swam ashore when his 22ft. launch capsized in…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 26 July 1949 · page 3

On Sunday night last Mrs. C. Wright, of Meehan street, Rutherglen, had the misfortune to slip on a polished floor of her home, which…

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Football Fancy Dress Match at Corowa for Wodonga Accident Fund

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 July 1949 · page 15

Former Hume Weir and Corowa rover, “Nana” Baker, is organising a fancy dress football match at Corowa next Sunday between Albury…

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Nine Killed in Two Air Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 July 1949 · page 3

CAIRO, Wed.: Six passengers and two crew members were killed when an Egyptian airliner crashed between Alexandria and…

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Painful Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 July 1949 · page 1

Mr. Brian Stanger, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stenger, of Alfred street. Corowa, met with a painful accident on Tuesday evening…

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19 Pigs Killed in Car-truck Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 August 1949 · page 2

Dying pigs squealed piteously late on Friday when a double-decker motor transport in which they were being carried was…

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Man on Holidays Seriously Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 August 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday : A Gunning man in Sydney on holidays was seriously injured tonight when struck by a car on the Hume…

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Wagga Man Injured in Head-on Smash

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 4 August 1949 · page 2

When a semi-trailer crashed head-on into a stationary utility truck on Hume Highway near Chiltern about 10 o’clock last…

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Bruce Woodcock Hurt in Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 5 August 1949 · page 11

LONDON, Thursday.: British heavyweight boxing champion Bruce Woodcock was today injured in a motor lorry accident near Doncaster. He…

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“Road Accidents Neutralising Migration Gain”

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 August 1949 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sun, ; Australia’s gain in population by immigration would be substantially [?]lised by a high accident rate on…

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Home Accidents Kill More Babies and Toddlers than Common Diseases

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 9 August 1949 · page 4

Baby Joan Smith was a normal healthy youngster until a month ago when she became a home accident statistic in the death column…

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32 Children Die in Rail Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 August 1949 · page 1

FRANKFURT, Tuesday : eighteen German children were killed and 21 seriously injured last night, when…

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Fatal Car Collision on Finley Road Man Dies Same Night from Injuries

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 3

One of the most disastrous motoring accidents in the history of this district occurred on Friday evening last on the Finley Road, some…

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Tractor Crashes Through Bridge Accident at Coree Station

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 2

An accident that could have been attended by serious consequences occurred at Coree Station on Monday morning last…

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Involved in Fatal Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 August 1949 · page 10

The semi-trailer in which two men were killed and a third critically injured on Monday afternoon when it failed to take a bend in the road near the Reedy Creek bridge about 1½ miles north of Wangaratta…

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Car Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 12 August 1949 · page 2

Six persons were injured last Saturday when a car overturned near Ganmain, after a back tyre had blown out. The people involved were…

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“1,000,000/1 Chance” Accident Victims Awarded £4980 Damages SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 August 1949 · page 2

A MARRIED couple who were injured in an accident which was described as a “million to one chance,” were to-day awarded £4980 damages against the National Park Trust in the Supreme Court. The couple were passengers…

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