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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

481 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 25

Officer Killed, Ratings Injured in Explosion

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 4

LONDON, Sun.: One officer was killed and some ratings injured in an explosion on Friday in the 1370-ton British destroyer Kyngs off…

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30 Passengers Injured Inliner’s Rough Voyage

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 March 1950 · page 11

LONDON, Sun.: Thirty passengers were, injured—one so seriously that she was rushed ashore on a stretcher—on the arrival at…

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Many Policemen Injured in Dawn Clash

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 21 March 1950 · page 3

TOKIO, Mon.: One hundred and eight Tokio policemen were injured in a dawn clash with over 1000 Koreans in Tokio’s…

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Grazier Drowned Flooded Creek

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 22 March 1950 · page 16

SYDNEY, Tues.: The body of a grazier, who fell into a flooded creek near Dalgety yesterday was found today, 15 miles…

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New Australian Injured Car Driver Fined £30; Loses Licence

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 2

Following an accident in which Oldrick Vasina, a: new Australian, was injured on the Tallangatta road, John McLean (38), of Wangaratta, was fined a total of £30 and had his driving licence suspended for 12 months by Mr Bell, SM.,…

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Heart Attack Led to Fatal Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs. A man was killed when he had a heart attack and fell beneath the bulldozer he was driving, an…

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Police Believe Ex-pilot Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Following the finding of wreckage and clothing on Mutton Bird Island, police are no confident that ex-RAAF…

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Balt Critically Injured in Train Fall

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 25 March 1950 · page 16

SYDNEY, Friday : A Bait migrant was critically injured last night when he fell from the special train taking him to the…

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Mother Admits Drowning Children

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 4

NEW YORK, Sun.: A North Carolina woman has told police that two of her three young children were drowned when she…

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29 Miners Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 4

BERLIN, Sunday : United States High Commission newspaper, “Neue Zeitung,” claimed yesterday that 29 workers were…

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Police Injured Fighting Reds

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 7

ROME, Sunday ; Six policemen were injured in fighting with Communist-let demonstrators in Naples on Friday night…

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Items of News Car and Motor Cycle in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 27 March 1950 · page 2

Loose gravel caused a motor cycle and a car to collide on the Jindera Gap yesterday. Both vehicles were slightly damaged…

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Truck Driver Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

Two Balmain men were injured yesterday afternoon when the motor transport they were driving along Uranquinty road…

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Accident Near Buraja

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 1

An accident occurred on the main road near Buraja at about 8 o'clock on Sunday evening last when a collision between a car driven by Mr…

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Accident Victim’s Condition Serious

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 28 March 1950 · page 2

The hospital stated last night that the condition of 27-year-old Ronald McLaughlin, of Pemberton st, Albury, was serious. An…

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Yarrawonga News Items Yarrawonga Tuesday. ACCIDENTS

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 29 March 1950 · page 10

When a motor cycle they were riding crashed out of control at Mulwala John Essex and his brother, Bill, suffered minor cuts and…

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Toddler Drowned in Tank

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 30 March 1950 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed. : Phillip Desmond Hunt, aged 2, was drowned in a galvanised water tank containing two feet of…

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83-Year-Old Widow’s Death in Car Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 8

A woman whose car overturned on Home Highway near Bowna on March 2, fatally injuring her 83 year-old widowed…

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Crushed by Tractor—Death Accidental

Border Morning Mail · Friday 31 March 1950 · page 6

A man who was crushed beneath a tractor at Cerogery on February 11 died on the operating table at Albury District Hospital the following afternoon, it was stated in Albury Coroner’s Court yesterday…

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Man Believed Drowned in Jerilderie District Flood 3000 Sheep Perish In Yanco Creek Maelstrom

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 April 1950 · page 1

A SUSPECTED BROWNING TRAGEDY and the loss of 3000 valuable sheep are realistic evidence of the floods surging north of Jerilderie. The creek at Yanco station rose 10 feet on Sunday…

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