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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Three Injured in Accidents at Albury

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 6

Three people were admitted to Albury District Hospital during the weekend as the result of accidents. A man and…

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Two Sisters Lose Lives In Vain Attempt To Save Brother From Drowning GRIFFITH

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 1

TWO sisters were drowned in an unsuccessful attempt to save their elder brother after had got into difficulties in an 8ft. deep dam on their father’s farm at…

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Baby Girl Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 2

BRISBANE, M m.: A 23-months old child, Anne Dowling, was drowned in 2 feet of water, 100 yards from her parents’ home near…

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Vain Attempt to Save Girl From Drowning

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 5

HAT, Tues.: Although an effort was made to rescue her, a 15-year-old Hay girt was frowned when she got into…

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378 Die in Holiday Accidents in U.s

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 3

NEW YORK, Tues.: Accidents killed at least 378 persons in the United States during the New Year holiday period. Of these,…

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New Year Fatality Hay Girl Drowned

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

A very sad happening occurred on Sunday afternoon, when Miss Peggy Arnold Dickens, the 15-year-old daughter of Mrs. W…

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Triple Drowning Tragedy

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

Two sisters were drowned in an unsuccessful attempt to save their brother after he had got into difficulties in an eight foot dam on…

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Lachlan Street Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

Two children Suffered minor hurt in a collision between two vehicles in Lachlan Street last Monday…

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Accidental Death

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

In Leeton on 23rd December, the Coroner, Mr. T. Henderson, found that the death of Milton Gordon Kleinig three days before was accidental…

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Fatal Accident Narrowly Averted

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 1

What might well have been a fatal accident occurred on the property of Mr Les Geddes at Yerong Creek on Friday last, December 29. Whilst…

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Escaped Damage in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

Late yesterday afternoon a motor lorry and a utility truck collided at the intersection of Townsend and Smollett sts…

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Unorthodox Move Suggested to Gut Accident Rate Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 3

UNORTHODOX measures to counteract the rising road accident rate have been suggested by the Transport Commissioner (Mr. Winsor)…

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534 Died in Road Accidents Last Year

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 January 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Mon: Last year 534 persons were killed and 9350 injured in road accidents in NSW, compared with 539 killed and 8938…

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20 Workmen Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 January 1950 · page 14

PARIS, Tues.: When a bus carrying 48 people crashed into a canal at Mulhouse, on the Franco-German border today, 20 workmen…

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Well-known Horseman Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 2

Well-known district horseman, Harold Boon, of David st, Albury, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg yesterday morning…

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Care of Injured Animals Treatment of Wounds

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 4

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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Car Accident Near Finley

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1950 · page 3

A car accident in which five Jerilderie residents were involved took place on the Finley-Deniliquin Road, some 9 miles from Finley on…

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Drowning at Cobran Coroner Finds Accidental Death

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 2

AFTER inquiring on Wednesday into the death on 1st January on Cobran Station of Peggy Arnold Dickens, also known as Peggy Parker, the Coroner, Mr. T. F. Cook, found that she had been accidentally drowned. He added that…

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Well-Known Horseman Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 January 1950 · page 3

Well-known district horseman, Harold Boon, of David St., Albury, suffered a compound fracture of the right leg on Wednesday when his…

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Woman and Boy Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 January 1950 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Fri.: An 11-year-old boy and a 35-year-old woman were drowned at the surfing beach near Portsea…

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