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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Nine Injured in Bus Mishap

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 9

MELBOURNE. Wed.: When a metropolitan tramway bus ran off the road at Fishermen’s Bend early today twenty passengers had…

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Queen’s Bridge Drowning Man for Trial on Murder Charge Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 10

The City Coroner (Mr Burled, S.M.) today committed for trial Harold Roy Francis, 32, of Sf. Kildd, on a charge of murder. Mr Burke committed Francis after finding…

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Increase in Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Road traffic accidents in Victoria during the months of July, August and September increased by 104…

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Who Saw This Accident?

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 2

Albury police last night made an appeal to anyone who saw a man knocked from his cycle in Young Street, about 8.15 o’clock…

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Burrinjuck Dam Tragedy 9 Deaths Accidental, Says Coroner YASS

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 6

District Coroner, Mr A. E. Hickey, today found that nine men who plunged 250 feet over a spillway at Burrinjuck Dam on October 19, had died accidentally. The inquest lasted three…

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Mangoplah Girl Injured

The Observer · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 5

Miss Patricia Lloyd, aged 23, of Mangoplah, was riding a bicycle along the Wodonga Road, Albury, at the weekend, when she fell heavily to the…

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Injured Apprentice’s Rapid Recovery

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 23 December 1950 · page 15

SYDNEY, Fri: Apprentice J. Deely. who was hurt in a fall at Rosehill last Saturday, has made such a remarkable recovery that he probably…

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Seven Die in Rood Accidents at Weekend SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 December 1950 · page 3

Seven people were killed in road accidents over the holiday weekend. LESLIE HARDEN, 46 of Coombell, near Grafton, died in…

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Man Wounded in Peculiar Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 December 1950 · page 3

Two men s[?]ot simultaneously at a rabbit [?] under a bridge on the Victorian side of the Murray near Howlong on Sunday…

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News From Wangaratta WANGARATTA, Monday. Many Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 26 December 1950 · page 7

One death and 10 injured was the high tally of accidents in Wangaratta district over the weekend…

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Girl, Boy Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 12

LISMORE, Tues: An 11-year-old girl was drowned and a 7-year-old boy is missing after a boat, containing five children, had been…

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Young Men Injured

The Pastoral Times · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 1

Two young men sustained minor injuries early on Christmas morning when the car in, which they were travelling…

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Three Men, Woman Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 2

Three men and a woman yesterday afternoon suffered minor injuries when the car in which they were travelling struck a bad…

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Woman Killed; 18 Other People Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 14

BRISBANE, Tues.: A woman was killed and 18 people injured in road accidents in Queensland during the Christmas holidays…

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Boy Dies Following Accident

The Pastoral Times · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 1

A nephew of Mr. J. Shearer, Lawson Syphon, died as a result suit of injuries received in a motor car collision near Wangaratta…

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6th Drowning in N.S.W. in 48 Hours SYDNEY

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 4

A man and a young woman were drowned when a small launch capsized in rough seas off Bundeena Beach, Port: Hacking, this afternoon. Three Mother people in the boat were…

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Drastic Action to Reduce Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY, Wed.: Police Traffic Superintendent W. R. Lawrence today declined to reveal new and “drastic” action he…

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Elderly Man Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 11

SYDNEY, Thursday :An elderly man was drowned in a wild surf at North Curl Curl this afternoon…

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Drowned When Boat Swamped

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 3

GRAFTON, Thurs.: James Earl Donnelly, 34, of North st., Casino, was, drowned in the Clarence River this afternoon when…

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Girl Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 December 1950 · page 10

BRISBANE, Thursday : Margaret Welch, 18, single, of Grafton, was fatally injured when a truck in which she was riding…

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