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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

447 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 23

Five Injured When Jeep Overturns

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Five young men were injured, two seriously, when a jeep and trailer overturned on Nelson’s…

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34 KILLED, 150 INJURED When Express Collides With Locomotive

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 2

PARIS, Sat: Thirty-four persons were killed and 150 injured when the M[?]-Dijon express collided with s locomotive…

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Two Indians Injured in Clash

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.: Two Indians were seriously injured in a clash last night when crowds of Africans attacked an Indian bus and…

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Boy Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 10

When a cycle he was riding collided with a car in Dean st„ yesterday afternoon, D. Phiddian, of Pemberton st, suffered shock and…

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Collision Sequel

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 2

As a sequel to a collision Vilis Krumins, migrant, was fined £5 with £4 costs by Mr. Williams, SM., at Wodonga Court yesterday…

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Near Drowning Dangerous Hole at South Hay

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 2

Two small boys, Norman Burton and Peter Reaby, were nearly drowned in the river at South Hay last Saturday…

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Car-utility in Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 February 1949 · page 6

A ear and utility track were involved in an accident on Hume Highway, eight miles south of Holbrook, early…

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Boy Hit by Semi-trailer Critically Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 February 1949 · page 1

When he was hit by the tray of a 7[?]-ton laden semi-trailer, an eight-year-old boy was critically injured at IBOD,…

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Two Sisters Drowned at Yass

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 2

YASS, Sun.: Two sisters were drowned in the Murrumbidgee River, 12 miles from Yass, yesterday…

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Two Killed, Five Injured When Trucks Collide

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two people were killed and five injured, one critically, early this afternoon when two lorries…

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Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 4

Ten years old Geoffrey Gill may lose the sight of an eye as the result of an accident at Cootamundra Olympic pool last week. He was playing in…

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Accident Victim's Plight; Man Asleep for Two Years

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 1

A hospital patient at Framingham, Massachusetts (USA) named Ralph Abbott (32), is starting his third year of a life that is like…

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A Railway Accident. Many Years Ago

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1949 · page 2

In detailing some of his experiences of the early days in Riverina, Mr G. F. Sugden has the following to say in the Narrandera “Argus.”…

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Drowned While Duck Shooting

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 1

Cornelius Patrick Carrucan, 33 years, school teacher, of Patho, near Echuca, was drowned while duck shooting…

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Young Soldier Believed Drowned In Hume Dam

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

Police from Albury and Wodonga and army personnel searched the waters of Hume Dam for over three hours last…

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Collision in Dean Street Sequel in Albury Court

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 8

Stating that there were several “unsatisfactory features” in the defendant’s evidence. Mr. Blackmore, S.M, in Albury court…

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Two Rail Guards Injured When Train Leaves Trucks and Van In Tunnel

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

LITHGOW, Thurs.: Two railway men were injured in a train smash in the middle of Maroogaroo tunnel early today…

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One Killed, Three Injured When Truck of Cement Wrecks Baby Austin Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

ONE man was fatally injured and three others injured when a truck loaded with six tons of cement crashed into a baby Austin car at Bankstown this afternoon…

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Bathurst Farm Hand Accidentally Poisoned

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Detectives are satisfied that Allen Ettles Larnach, 28, farmhand, of Bathurst, who died from arsenic…

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Dogs in Road Accidents Survey Gives Surprising Figures

The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 7

A few weeks ago a cyclist was killed when be swerved to avoid a dog and struck a motor car. At intervals we…

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