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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Albury Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

Norman Briggs, of Wodonga Place, Albury, suffered injuries to the face when the bicycle he was riding in Olive st on…

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Young Woman Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: The woman passenger of a car which overturned on the Hume Highway at Craigieburn early yesterday died…

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Youth Accidentally Shot

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sun.: Colin John Burge, 17, of Granville, was shot in the right buttock when a rifle carried by a companion exploded…

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Wanted to Cause Sensation by Drowning Himself

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 7

SYDNEY Mon.: A man who had given 700 yards out to sea at Bondi and told the police he had intended to drown himself…

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Injured at Barnawartha

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 January 1950 · page 5

Mr. J. Findlay suffered a dislocated shoulder when he fell from a bicycle at Barnawartha early last evening. He was taken…

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Cyclist Seriously Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 January 1950 · page 2

A man was critically injured Last night when he lost control and fell from his bicycle five miles from Wagga on the Uranquinty…

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Young Man Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.: Malcolm Lindburn, of Hamilton, NZ, was drowned at Port Macquarie yesterday. With three other young men…

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Drowned Trying to Save Little Girl

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Archie Harrison Beard, 60. Bonnefin rd., Hunter’s Hill, was drowned trying to save his friend’s…

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Fisherman Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 22-year old fisherman is believed to have been drowned when he was swept off some rocks near…

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Amazing Escapes in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

ELEVEN people, including three children, had a remarkable escape from serious injury when the…

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Pictures Tell Story of Remarkable Car Accident at Albury Yesterday . . . — And No One Was Seriously Injured !

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

Top Left: Police officer inspecting the badly damaged vehicles shortly after the collision. (Report of accident in column on right). Although both capsized after the impact, onlookers assisted to place one car on its wheels. Top Right: One of the injured, Kevin Klose, being placed in the ambulance which conveyed him to hospital, where he was…

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Man Thought Drowned Turned Up

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 6

SYDNEY Sun.: A man whom police feared was drowned yesterday claimed possession of some clothes and a suitcase today…

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Boy Drowned When Big Wave Crashes Dinghy Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY is believed to have been drowned, while his friend was rescued, when heavy seas crashed over a dinghy and hurled them into Port Phillip Bay at Carrum today…

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Man Killed, Six Injured in Car-van Crash

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sun.: One man was killed, six people were injured and another man escaped injury when a car and panel…

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40 Injured by Heavy Seas at Surf Carnival

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: More than 40 competitors were injured by boisterous seas at the Newcastle Surf Club’s carnival…

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Dead Named in Bus Crash ; Seven Injured in Serious Condition MELBOURNE

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 12

SEVEN of the 24 people injured when a picnic van overturned on Sugarloaf Creek Road, in the Broadford district, last night, are still on the danger list in the Royal Melbourne Hospital. Six people were…

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Two Little Girls Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Tues.: The body of a year old girl was found by her mother in one foot of water at Lake Macquarie…

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Series of Street Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

Five motor vehicles and a motor cycle were involved in collisions in Albury yesterday. The first occurred at 8.5 a.m. when…

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Man Injured by Falling Beam

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1950 · page 1

When a large piece of quartering slipped from the top of an 18 foot high tank stand which was being built on…

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Fell Off Wharf: Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.: An elderly Scottish seaman was drowned last night when he fell into the harbor from a Pyrmont wharf. His…

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