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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

481 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 25

Accidents Cause Four Deaths

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 September 1950 · page 18

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Two people died today as a result of road accidents: An 81 year woman succumbed to injuries…

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Man Believed Drowned in Murray

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 September 1950 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Sunday : When their small boat struck Wentworth weir on the Murray river a 55-years-old believed to…

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307 Fatal Traffic Accidents in Two Days

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 5 September 1950 · page 2

NEW YORK, Monday: Accidental deaths in the U.S. totalled 307 at the end of the second of the 3-day Labor Day holiday week-end. Of…

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Young Man Accidentally Shot Dead

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 9

SYDNEY, Tues.: A young man accidentally shot dead his 21 year old companion at [?] tonight The dead man is Mervyn…

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457 Accident Deaths at Holiday Weekend

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 6 September 1950 · page 9

NEW YORK, Tues.: Accidental deaths during the Labor Day holiday week-end totalled 457. The number killed on the roads was…

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Drowned April 6, Body Recovered Yesterday

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 2

WAGGA, Wed. : The body of Boger Fredrick Honey, 19-year-old youth, who was drowned in the flood on April 6, was…

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Victor Mature in Motor Cycle Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 7 September 1950 · page 12

NEW YORK, Wed.: Film actor Victor Mature will be on crutches for at least several days following knee and leg injuries…

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Working Bee Aids Injured Farmer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 1

Residents of Burramine district gave a first-hand display of public co-operation last week when they assembled as a working bee to…

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And No One Was Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 8 September 1950 · page 3

This truck uprooted two culvert posts, overturned three times and came to rest with all wheels upturned on the Wagga road, five miles north of Culcairn on Tuesday evening—and the the driver, his wife and child escaped uninjured. The…

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Wangaratta Collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 9 September 1950 · page 2

A late model sedan car was badly damaged last evening when it collided with a truck in Main st, Eldorado. The car was driven…

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Former Wodonga Railwayman Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 11 September 1950 · page 2

Former Wodonga railwayman, Edwin James Baron, 49, is believed to have drowned in the Murray River at Mildura…

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Man Drowned During Cloudburst N.S.W. Coast Areas Hit Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 1

Floodwaters of Stanwell Creek washed elderly man to his death during a heavy cloudburst which struck the N.S.W. coast today. The man drowned was Henry Clarke, 74,…

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Accidental Death Verdict

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 September 1950 · page 3

On Wednesday last, the District Coroner, Mr. J. P. Leahy, conducted an inquest into the death of Victor Ernest Sheridan, known as Dick…

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18 Injured When Bus Overturns

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 14 September 1950 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday : Eighteen people were injured when a double-decker bus turned over near Charlestown…

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Unusual Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 15 September 1950 · page 1

When an elderly man collapsed on Wednesday at the Junction, Henry Streets intersection he was indirectly…

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Little Girl Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 15

SYDNEY, Sun: Kay Margaret Martin, 10, of Macquarie st, Fairfield, was drowned this afternoon in a creek near Fairfield Park…

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Mother, Daughter Drowned in Wine

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 3

VIENNA, Sun.: A mother and her daughter were drowned in a wine barrel at St. Johann, near Astetten,…

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Boy Drowned in Brick Pit

Border Morning Mail · Monday 18 September 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.: A seven year old boy was drowned in a disused brick pit at Merrylands this afternoon…

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Youth Injured in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 2

Thomas Stuart Gordon, 19 years, of David st. north, was injured when a motor cycle he was riding and a utility truck driven by…

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Two Wangaratta Men Drowned in Car Plunge

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 19 September 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two men were drowned early today when their car plunged off the Benalla-Sherpparton…

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