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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

447 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 23

Boy Drowned in River

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 4

TAMWORTH, Sun.: Norman Turner, aged Hi years, Curlewis, near Tamworth, was drowned in the McDonald River…

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Man Drowned Helping Woman

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun,: Attempting to rescue a woman who got into difficulties in the Hawkesbury River a Richmond this…

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Drowned Soldier’s Body Recovered

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

Wodonga police recovered the body of the 20-year-old soldier who was drowned in Home Reservoir on Thursday at noon…

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Albury Express Delayed When Driver Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 4

The Albury express to Melbourne yesterday morning was delayed for an hour at Chiltern when the driver slipped in his…

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Items of News Steer Rider Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

When thrown during the steer riding contest at Corryong on Saturday E. O Kay, Kent street, Tumbarumba, suffered a fractures…

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Trucks in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 8 March 1949 · page 2

When two motor lorries collided at the intersection of Tribune and Wood sts. at 11.45 yesterday morning, one of the vehicles was…

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Cars in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 2

When a motor car driven by Mrs Elizabeth Harper, of Pemberton st,, and a utility driven by Herbert Sando Hensel,…

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Little Girl Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

Veronica White, aged 7, of Pemberton st, Albury, suffered a probable fracture of the right elbow when she fell off her tricycle at…

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Boy Injured in Fall From Tree

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 March 1949 · page 2

A lad named Peter Paton, living in Macaulay st., missed his foothold on a tree he climbed at the Olympic Pool yesterday…

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Man Falls Into Harbor and Is Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun: Two boys found the body of a middle-aged man floating in Sydney Harbor at 7 o’clock this morning…

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Wodonga Coroner Told of Weir Drowning

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 7

Wodonga deputy coroner (Mr. M. Buntz, J.P.) yesterday found that Aubrey Glen Cairn Lorimer, 20-year-old soldier, of…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 March 1949 · page 2

When he fell from his motor cycle at the corner of Smollett st., and Howlong road about 10 a.m. yesterday, Mr. L P. Harris,…

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Dean St. Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 2

Two cars which collided in Dean st. at post office corner about 7 p.m. yesterday were slightly damaged. William Hamilton Lester,…

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Four Hurt in Truck-car Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 3

Four people were injured [?] last night when a semi-trailer and a car collided on H[?] Highway near Wodonga…

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Items of News Beechworth Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 2

While unloading a crate of cement sheets from a railway truck to a carrier’s lorry on Wednesday afternoon, Jack Scott bent to…

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Mother’s Tragic Search for Baby Daughter Drowned in Manly Lagoon Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 March 1949 · page 1

A WOMAN dived fully clothed into Manly lagoon to-day searching for the body of her drowned baby daughter. The body of the child, Helen Dalberd, 2[?] was recovered later…

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Schoolboy Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

A 13 year-old Wodonga school boy yesterday suffered a compound fracure of the leg when he fell from the roof at his home and…

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Elderly Pedestrian Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 March 1949 · page 2

An elderly pedestrian was injured at Walwa on Saturday evening when he was struck by the rear mudguard of a car…

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Verdict of Accidental Death

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 3

Mr. W H. Buntz, JP. Deputy Coroner, conducted an inquest at wodonga on Wednesday morning into the death of Colin John Gardner, of…

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“Now an Old Woman” Housewife’s Story of Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A woman who claimed £2500 damages in the First Civil Court today for injuries she…

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