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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

481 stories in Murray's papers · page 11 of 25

Baby Drowned in Bucket of Water

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Sunday : An 11 months’ old baby, ROBYN SUZANNA SANDY, was drowned in a bucket of water…

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Items of News New Australian Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 2

A New Australian, Alexander Lojik, employed by the Victorian Railways Department at Wangaratta, was injured yesterday…

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Boy Accidentally Shot Dead

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 June 1950 · page 11

NEWCASTLE, Sunday : A 14-year-old boy was accidentally shot dead while hunting rabbits at Dartbrook, near…

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Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 2

Whilst on the wool loading ramp at Uardry shed last week, Mr. Ron Smith who was supervising the shed for O. J. Smith and Co., had the…

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Albury Tennis Players in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 3

A party of prominent Albury tennis players returning from the Wagga tournament last evening had a fortunate escape from…

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Holiday Accident Toll Three Women Die in Crossing Smashes Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 June 1950 · page 3

In two level crossing smashes at Como and Griffith today three women were killed and another seriously injured. At Como an electric train hit a car driven by a woman, Mrs Ruby Peyton, 44, wife of the licensee of the Hotel Cronulla…

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Flood Threat Grows; Sydney Deluged Pensioner Believed Drowned Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 3

For the second time within a week airmen from Richmond RAAF Station, near Sydney, ore standing by to more North Richmond residents. The Hawkesbury river at North Richmond tonight was rising at the rate of eight inches an hour. It has broken its banks in many places…

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Unusual Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 5

An unusual accident occurred in Sanger street on Tuesday morning. As the driver of the Springhurst Batter Factory's cream truck was driving…

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Four Men Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Fri.: Four men have been drowned following: the incessant rain of last week…

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28 Children Feared Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 4

BOMBAY, Fri.: Twenty eight boys and girls on a pleasure trip are feared drowned in the Gulf of Cambay, off the…

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Man Drowned in Building Pit

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Fri: An elderly man was found drowned in a pit at the new telephone exchange building in Dalley st., near…

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Suicide or Accident, Coroner Unable to Say

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri: At the conclusion of an inquest into the death of Col. Harold Greenway, 63, of Majestic Mansions, Fitzroy st, St…

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Baby Boy Drowned in Floodwaters

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.: A 10 months old baby boy was drowned in 20 inches cot floodwater at Duckenfield, near Morpeth, today…

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Scene of Fatal Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 June 1950 · page 7

The scene of the fatal accident on the Kiewa road on Saturday night, when a man and woman were killed in a motor accident. Looking towards Kiewa, the picture shows the progress of the car (indicated by…

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Farmer Drowned in Creek

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A dairy farmer, aged 37, was drowned in the flooded Wybong Creek when he attempted to ford…

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No Probe Into Plane-Train Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 7

CANBERRA, Wed.: There will be no public inquiry into the collision between a plane and a coal train at Mascot airport on…

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Three Injured by Hit-run Motorist

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 June 1950 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wed.: Three men were injured, two seriously, by an alleged hit-run motorist at Mascot tonight…

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District News MYRTLEFORD Girl Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 10

While cycling home to the Temperance Hotel Miss Irma Earl, 18, was struck by a truck at the corner of the Co-operative Store…

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“Road Accident Problem More Serious Than Epidemic”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 June 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday : The public failed to appreciate the severity of the road accident problem, which was more serious than any…

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Injured Player Sees His Team Defeat O. and M. Leaders

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 7

Former Wangaratta football star, Norman Newbold, who lost a leg in a motor cycle accident on June 3, was taken by arrangement with his club to see the Wangaratta-Albury football match at Wangaratta on…

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