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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Sequel to Street Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 5

Sequel to a collision at the intersection of Dean and Olive streets at 7.40 a.m. on June 6 between a pedestrian and a…

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American Davis Cup Hope Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 16

NEW YORK, Mon: U.S. Davis Cup candidate Budge Patty was taken to hospital for an X-ray examination yesterday after he had injured his…

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Hotel Licensee and Wife Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 August 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A hotel licensee and his wife, who were admitted to Geelong Hospital last night after a collision had…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1950 · page 3

A fatal motor accident in which a man was killed and two others injured occurred on the Deniliquin road on Monday night…

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Racehorse Dies After Collision With Truck

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 17 August 1950 · page 10

The seven-year-old gelding, Golden Amber, died after it received extensive injuries following a collision with a…

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Airlines Pilot Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun : A 33-year-old ANA airline pilot is believed to have been drowsed when he fell, overboard from…

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Man Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 21 August 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Harry Wheeler, 59, of Wentworth Falls, died yesterday morning after being injured by a lorry on the Great…

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Death As Result of Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 August 1950 · page 1

As a result of the accident which happened to Mr. J. Nelson, of Albert Street, when a horse he was driving bolted last week and caused him to…

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Farmer on Murder Charge: Defence Claims Shooting an Accident Not Jealous Act (By Our Own Court Reporter)

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 August 1950 · page 7

Crown suggestion that jealousy was the motive for killing of Donold Farsyth Glen Valley, near Omeo, on May 2 was a lot of rubbish and utter tommy-rot,” M r R. V. Monahan, K. C. told the Jury at Wangaratta Supreme Court yesterday, when he opened the defence for…

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10 Sea Scouts Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 August 1950 · page 5

CALAIS, Thurs: The port authorities have now given up as drowned 10 British sea scouts who left last Saturday morning for…

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Two Die in Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 August 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two people died in road accidents over the week-end—one in the city area and one in the country…

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Migrants Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 2

Two Hungarian migrants, Mr. Bela Lang and Mrs. Elizabeth Toth were injured on Friday night when a motor cycle they…

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Injured Boys’ Condition Satisfactory

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 2

William Dolan, who was operated on at the Epworth Hospital late on Wednesday night, is reported to be progressing…

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Truck Accident on Deniliquin Road

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 August 1950 · page 2

Whilst returning from Deniliquin to Hay last evening, in a truck loaded with timber, Mr. John McFarlane, of Hay, with his young son Barry, and…

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Albury Motor Cyclist Injured in Crash

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 31 August 1950 · page 2

When a motor cycle he was riding crashed through a fence on the Hume Highway near Craigieburn on Tuesday, Kenneth…

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Man Injured by Tree

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 2

A 23 year-old Wymah man suffered injuries to his back when a tree fell on him yesterday. He is Max Waite, Waite was taken…

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£1900 Damages for Injured Nurse

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 September 1950 · page 5

TAMWORTH, Thurs.: A Supreme Court jury today awarded £1900 damages to Mrs. Miriam Yvonne Dall, formerly Miss…

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Car. Utility Collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 2

A 3-year-old girl suffered slight cuts to the head when a utility her father was driving and a car collided at the intersection of Hume…

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Motor Vehicles in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 2

Although nobody was injured, a panel van and a motor lorry were badly damaged v/hen they collided at the junction of Wodonga Place…

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Two Young Brothers Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 18

SYDNEY, Friday: Two brothers, aged 11 and 7 years, were drowned in the Brunswick River, Mullumbimby, this afternoon. They were…

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