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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Six Seamen Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 December 1949 · page 11

LONDON, Sun.: Six seamen are believed to have been drowned when the small Dutch coastal vessel, Toornvliet, sank in rough…

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Melbourne Accident Victim Dies

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 7

Mr. Alan Ballantyne, 43, a former well-known Deniliquin resident, died Recently following an accident in Flinders Street,…

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The Way To Have An Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 December 1949 · page 3

If you are going to be knocked down by a car do it properly! Mr. Ray Mortimer, or North…

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Injured in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 11

When the cycle he was riding along High St., Wodonga, at lunchtime yesterday was involved in a collision with a utility truck,…

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Youth Believed Drowned Found Working on Farm

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: Brian Mc-Lellan Driver, 17, believed to have been drowned at Bondi on November 7, was found by…

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26 People Lose Lives In Air Accidents LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 14 December 1949 · page 3

TWO major air crashes, in which 26 people are believed killed, were reported- to-day. All 21 passengers and a crew of four are believed to have been killed when a Dakota airliner crashed 36 miles from Karachi…

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Claim for Damages' Following Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 December 1949 · page 1

In the District court at Corowa on Thursday His Honour Judge Berne tlly Muriel Strachar of Balldale sued the Corowa…

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Two Hurt in Street Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 December 1949 · page 3

A child, a motor cyclist, and a woman were victims of street accidents in Albury yesterday. Barry Ross, of Townsend St.,…

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Man Drowned When Trapped in Truck Cabin

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 December 1949 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Pinned in the cabin of a utility, a-man was drowned when his vehicle crashed through a bridge on…

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Care of Injured Animals; Treatment of Wounds

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 3

When veterinary advice is unavailable, a farmer with a very sick animal often feels obliged to resort to some form of medicinal…

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Baby Accidentally Suffocated Inquest Verdict

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 December 1949 · page 1

"I find that the said Robyn Howorth, 10 Duncan Street, Deniliquin, died from asphyxia accidentally caused while sleeping…

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Tragic Fatality. Alan Wignel Killed Instaneously

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1949 · page 3

Last Wednesday at 4.45 p.m., on the Numurkah-Strathmerton road, 5 miles north of Numurkah, Alan Ronald Wignel, 27, son of Mr and Mrs E. Wignel,…

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12 Hurt in ’Bus Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 12

CANBERRA, Wed.: Twelve people were injured when a Pioneer bus crashed into a Government bus at an intersection…

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Firemen Face Drowning Fighting Basement Blaze LONDON

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 December 1949 · page 3

AS dawn broke over London today, smoke blackened firemen were still fighting the city’s worst blaze for 20 years. The blaze is beneath the famous Covent Garden flower…

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Final News Round-up Accidents Bring Explorers Together

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 16

SYDNEY, Thursday : Being knocked down by. motor trucks brought two former Arctic explorers into neighboring beds…

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Big Accident Just Averted on “Mad Mile”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 December 1949 · page 6

A serious accident was averted by inches on the “Mad Mile” between Albury and Wodonga yesterday, when a large…

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No One Was Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 14

A collision between a motor truck and a cycle at the junction of Wagga road and the Hume Highway occurred shortly after 2 p.m…

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Balt Hit by Cycle Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 14

An alleged hit-run motor cyclist last night hurtled into a Bait migrant near the Bonegilla camp whilst he was out walking…

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Tragedy Comes on Eve of Christmas Two Boys Drowned; Boy Shot Dead; Woman, Boy Die in Road Accident Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 December 1949 · page 1

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD boy made a gallant attempt to rescue two young brothers who were drowning in the River Yarra at Yarraville today. The boy, Ian McKenzie of Stephens st., Yarra ville, stripped off his clothes and plunged into the water when he saw…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 December 1949 · page 1

A motor cyclist, Royston Hawkins, 19, of Dederang, was injured last evening when his motor cycle shot off the Hamilton…

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