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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Car-motor Cycle Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 2

After a car and motor cycle had collided at the intersection of Bandiana and Yackandandah roads at 12.35 yesterday morning, rider of…

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Cyclist ‘dumped’ offer accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 2

On Saturday evening a Wodonga policeman and an Albury ambulance officer combed the highway between Albury and…

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Police officer dies investigating fatal accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 7 May 1951 · page 11

BRISBANE, Sun.: A police sergeant, due for retirement in 12 month, died while investigating a fatal accident at…

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News from Corowa Woman’s Leg injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 15

While walking along Betterment parade on Sunday evening, accompanied by her son, Gordon, Mrs. M. S. Gyles was struck by a…

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More Motor Cars Increase Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 9 May 1951 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Tues.: There were new more than 447,000 motor vehicles on Victorian roads —an all-time record, the…

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Three men killed in traffic accidents

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 10 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed: Three men were killed in traffic accidents in the metropolitan area today. They were: Horace Shelton, 74, of…

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Railway Employe Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 12 May 1951 · page 2

Mr. J. R. Day, railway employe, Old Sydney road, Albury, suffered minor lacerations to the right band and slight shock when…

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Car-truck Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

A car had its headlights broken and radiator stove-in yesterday when it ran into a stationary truck in Young st. Driver of the truck,…

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Four of Film Unit Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 9

LONDON, Sun.: Four members of a British film unit were swept overboard and drowned yesterday while shooting shark fishing…

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Man Fatally Injured by Car

Border Morning Mail · Monday 14 May 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: An unidentified elderly man received fatal injuries when he was knocked down by a ear in Bourke st…

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Police Car Damaged in Collision

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

Deniliquin police utility was extensively damaged when it was involved in a collision at the comer of Poictiers and…

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£8000 for injured clerk

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Mon.: Damages of £8000 were awarded a man today by a Supreme Court jury after the man had…

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Young Mae Severely Injured Struck on Head by Winch Handle

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 May 1951 · page 1

A young man was severely injured yesterday morning and was admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital following an accident…

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Young woman injured in road crash seeks heavy damages from Government Case Before Supreme Court, Albury

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 16 May 1951 · page 6

A head-on collision, in which a 22-year-old motor cyclist was killed, his pillion passenger hurt, and a man and his wife travelling in a baby Austin utility were seriously injured, was the…

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£2500 for accident victim

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 May 1951 · page 7

A verdict of £2500 and costs in favor of the plaintiff. Walter Richard Sehilg, 59, of Blackmore street, West Albury, was…

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Seven of Family Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 5

DOYLE (Tennessee), Mon.: Seven members of a family—father, mother and five-young children—and an elderly fisherman…

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210 People Drowned in Floods

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

TAIPEH (Formosa), Mon.: It is estimated that 210 persons have been drowned in floods in the south-western…

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Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

A young- motor cyclist is seriously ill in Albury Hospital suffering from injuries he sustained in a head-on crash…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

Mrs. A. Larkin of Finley was killed on Friday night last May 18, 1951 when a chevrolet sedancar in which she was a…

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Accident on Hay Rd

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 May 1951 · page 1

Mr. Len Wilkinson, of Dahwilla, was admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital last Saturday night following an…

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