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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Injured in Semi-trailer Crash

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 November 1949 · page 2

Harold Gehrig, of Wagga, was injured when a semi-trailer left the road and crashed into a tree near Lankey’s Creek last…

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Injured Unharnessing Horse

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 11

Thomas Stevens, 64, of Wodonga Flats, was injured yesterday afternoon while unharnessing, a horse jumped forward and…

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Accident Victim Satisfactory

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 November 1949 · page 2

The condition of Harold Gehrig, of Wagga, who was brought to Albury Hospital by ambulance from Walwa Hospital late on…

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Father Drowned Trying to Save Son

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 2

BUNDABERG, Tues. : Philip Henry Sawyer, 66, invalid pensioner, who was unable lo swim, was drowned in the Burnett…

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Priest Loses Arm in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 30 November 1949 · page 19

WAGGA, Tues: Gundagai parish priest, Rev Fr Deegan was involved in a serious motor accident shortly after midnight…

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3 KILLED, 34 Injured in Two Air Crashes London

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 1 December 1949 · page 2

THIRTY-THREE persons were killed and 34 were injured yesterday in two air crashes. In both cases the planes caught fire and were destroyed. The first crash, involving a DC6 airliner, occurred at Dallas,…

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Infant Found Drowning

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 December 1949 · page 3

Investigating a gurgling sound coming from the lane behind his home in Main st. Tallangatta, Mr T. Dunlop found his two…

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Three Hurt in Truck Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 3 December 1949 · page 5

WANGARATTA, Fri: Three men suffered facial injuries when a utility truck struck a tree on the Tarrawingee road…

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Young Married Woman Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 14

WELLINGTON, Sun.: A 20-year-old married woman was swept off her feet by a strong current and drowned in the…

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Woman Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun. : A 58-year-old woman was fatally injured when she was struck by a truck after alighting from a…

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Boy Drowned Swimming in Baths

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 5

KIAMA, Sun.: A nine-year-old boy was found lying on the bottom of Kiama baths this afternoon, after police had been diving for an…

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Drowned Saving Girl’s Life

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.: A young married man, who could not swim, dived into the Hacking River, National Park, yesterday and…

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Two Women Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday : Two women died after accidents in Brisbane today. They were: Miss Audrey…

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Drowned Swimming Among Crowd of 150

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 December 1949 · page 5

SYDNEY, Son.: A seven-year-old boy was drowned while swimming among a crowd at 150 people a Care’s Park this…

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340 Miners Are Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 December 1949 · page 1

BERLIN, Mon.: A new Soviet zone uranium mine disaster, in which 340 miners were killed, is reported by…

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Two Men Injured. Smash at Railway Crossing

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 5

On Sunday afternoon last a very nasty smash occurred at the railway crossing over a mile west of Berrigan, in which two men were badly injured,…

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Motoring Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 3

A serious motoring accident occurred on Wednesday evening last between Cootamundra and Junee when a party of Narandera…

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Accident Racket

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 December 1949 · page 3

BOSTON, Tuesday : When .a bus crashed into a shop window early yesterday 20 pedestrians got into the vehicle through a…

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Railway Crossing Smash Deniliquin Man Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 December 1949 · page 1

When a goods train crashed into a tractor at the railway crossing a mile west of Berrigan, two men were seriously…

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Springhurst Man in Mystery Fatal Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 December 1949 · page 3

WANGARATTA, Fri. : Police are investigating a mystery accident in which a man was killed…

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