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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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For th[?] What Causes Accidents?

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 April 1949 · page 11

IN a report on road accidents for 1948, the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale) lists the following principal causes : Drivers of motor vehicles, 7784; riders of motor cycles, 941; pedal cyclists, 554; horse-drawn vehicles, 43;…

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Horsewoman Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 April 1949 · page 2

A West Albury horsewoman was injured when she was thrown off her horse inn David st. yesterday. She is Mrs Keillor, who was…

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Drowned in "Holy Bath"

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 April 1949 · page 3

NEW DELHI, Thurs.: Four persons persons were drowned in the River Jamma while taking the "Holy Bath" during the Hindu New…

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Five Policemen Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 April 1949 · page 1

CALCUTTA, Fri : Five policemen were injured when a grenade was thrown at a squad patrolling Calcutta trouble spots yesterday…

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Two Men Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sun.: Two men are believed to have been lost from the wrecked launch which was washed, up on Bar Beach,…

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Girl, Two Men Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 May 1949 · page 2

Three [?] were [?] Injured is an [?] which [?] at the 29-mile [?] on [?]-[?] road, at [?]…

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Six Drowned in Flood Waters

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 1

CASABLANCA, Mon.: Floodwaters swept down the eastern slopes of the Atlas Mountains yesterday destroying Arab…

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Man Who Figured in Air Collision Dies in Street

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday : Three months after narrowly escaping death in an amasing air collision ever New York, John F. Knox,…

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Sunday Opening Injured E. R. F. A. Players Taken to Hospital

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 6

I, Pyle (Blightly) bruised kidney, and E. Jennings (North) sprained ankle, were taken by ambulance to Deniliquin…

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Serious Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 May 1949 · page 2

Ray Best, aged 14, of Ainsbury, near Leeton had both his thighs broken and was admitted to Leeton District Hospital in a serious condition. Best,…

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Items of News Car—truck Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 May 1949 · page 2

Two people were hurt late on Monday evening when a truck and a car were involved in a head-on collision in Boong street, Rand…

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£16,000 Damages to Injured Man

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 May 1949 · page 1

LONDON. Wed.: Damages totalling £16,809 were awarded at the Leeds Assizes yesterday to a 40-year-old acetylene…

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Injured Miner Two Days Without Food, Water

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 1

BRISBANE, Thurs. : A miner from the lonely Wenlock field, in the P.eninsula, has reached Cairns hospital,…

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Two Killed, One Injured When “Spirit” Crashes Into Car, Caravan

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday : Two people were, killed Instantly and another seriously injured when their car and…

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Apprentice in Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 16

SYDNEY, Thurs: Young apprentice. N. Daly, was admitted to South Sydney Hospital with a fractured collarbone today after he had been thrown from…

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Sequel to City Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 May 1949 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Sequel to an accident in Martin Place last night, when a car crashed into public conveniences, came in the…

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Geoff Brown Has Injured Finger

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 May 1949 · page 18

EAST LONDON (South Africa), Fri.: Geoff Brown, Australian tennis captain, had two stitch put in a finger which he cut badly at…

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Man Badly Injured by Falling Headstone

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: An old age pensioner was seriously injured when a headstone of a grave fell on him in the Field of Mars…

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Two Die in Motor Cyclecycle Collision Wagga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 May 1949 · page 1

TWO men were killed and another man was severely injured when a motor cycle and a bicycle collided on the Sturt Highway last evening. The rider of the bicycle,…

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25 Drowned in Bus

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 May 1949 · page 1

CAIRO, Mon.: Twenty-five people were drowned today when a bus fell into the Giza Canal at El Mazghouna, 25 miles…

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