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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

447 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 23

Two District Children Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

Two school children were yesterday afternoon. Mavis Wilson, aged 7, suffered minor lacerations when she was attacked…

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Youth Drowned in Creek

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 8

SYDNEY, Sunday: A 17-year-old youth was drowned within a few feet of his brother-in-law and friend today. He was John…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

When his motor cycle got out of control and crashed at the junction of the Wagga road and Hume Highway at Ettamogah about 9…

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Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Eric Charles Smith, 36, of Miller st, North Fitzroy, was fatally injured when his motor cycle…

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Two Men Injured in Storm Two Echuca residents were admitted to hospital last. Friday suffering from injuries received during the rain and wind storm

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 2

Two Eehuca residents were, admitted to hospital last Friday suffering from injuries, received the rain and wind storm…

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Huon Man Accidentally Shot Dead

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 5

A 46-year-old Huon man was accidentally shot dead on Sunday when the pea-rifle he was carrying was discharged. The…

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Two Now Dead As [?] of Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 6

WOLLONGONG, Wed.: [?] has been a second death [?] persons injured in yesterday collision between a motor [?]…

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Two Fishermen Drowned at Lakes Entrance

Border Morning Mail · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Two fishermen were drowned when their dinghy capsized just [?]…

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Figured in Fatal Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 22 January 1949 · page 2

Wrecked utility truck which was involved in a fatal accident on Urana road yesterday afternoon…

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Migrant Drowned; Fatality Near Henty

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

A 17-year-old English immigrant, who had come out to Australia about six months ago under the Big Brother…

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Man Drowned Trying to Rescue Sister

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sunday: William Michael Kelly, 34, coal trimmer, of Lavender Bay, was drowned near the Lavender Bay wharf early…

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Girl Drowned in Murray Mother Sees Tragedy

Border Morning Mail · Monday 24 January 1949 · page 1

Patricia May Benson, 12 years, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Benson, Brimin, was drowned in the Murray…

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Drowning Fatality

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 4

A man and his five-year-old son were drowned last week in the Murray River near Barooga…

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Shark Fatality

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 2

A 20-years-old champion swimmer died in hospital in Newcastle on Sunday afternoon after he had been frightfully mauled by a shark while…

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Coroner Finds P.S. ’“Murrumbidgee” Accidentally Destroyed by Fire

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 January 1949 · page 6

THE story of the burning on November 29 last year, of P.S. “Murrumbidgee,” Murray Valley Coaches pleasure steamer which operated from Echuca, was re-told on Saturday morning when the coroner’s court at Moama…

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Collision at Table Top

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 26 January 1949 · page 2

A semi-trailer and a furniture van were slightly damaged when they collided on the Hume Highway about 14 miles from Albury,…

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Pilot Injured in Landing Crash

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 27 January 1949 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Wed.: The pilot was slightly injured when a Tiger Moth plane owned by Annett’s Hir[?] and Fly Yourself Service,…

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Fatality at Munyabla Farm; Migrant Drowned

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 4

A 17-year-old English immigrant, who had come out to Australia about six months ago under the Big Brother Movement, met a…

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Lad Injured While Delivering Papers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 2

Delivery of the “Border Morning Mail” was delayed yesterday morning when Alan Crawford, nearing the end of his round, fell…

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Accidental Death Verdict on Sydney-Gealong Flight That Ended in Crash

Border Morning Mail · Friday 28 January 1949 · page 3

YASS, Thurs: A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Yass District Coroner today when he completed an inquest…

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