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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Man killed; nine others injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: One person was killed and nine others were injured in week-end road accidents in NSW…

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Injured driver’s thought for those who came to aid him

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 2

BRISBANE Sun.: Despite serious injuries, including a fractured leg, the driver of a loaded petrol wagon, which overturned three miles from Ipswich today, insisted on inspecting oil switches end wires before he…

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Language difficulty caused accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 September 1951 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.: A [?] and a German were injured in a road accident last night became they could [?]…

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Seven of family drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 September 1951 · page 1

AIRKEN (Min.), Mon.: Seven members of one family were drowned yesterday when their car swerved off the road…

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Three men drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 September 1951 · page 1

WOLLONGONG. Tuesday All hope of finding alive three, young men missing when a sailing skiff overturned on…

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Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 2

When a bicycle he was riding and a utility collided at the corner of David and Crisp sts. at 3.30 p.m. yesterday, Mr L. Appleton, of…

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Mans car death accidental

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 6 September 1951 · page 14

When four men were driving to Albury on the [?]…

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Migrant Seriously Injured in Collision

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 1

Nicholas Vandenbosch, a 40 year old Dutch migrant, was seriously injured last Saturday when the auto-cycle he was…

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Lagoon Drowning Coroner Adjourns Inquiry

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 4

An inquiry into the death of Hayden Grosvenor Jones, who was drowned in less than four feet of water in a lagoon at Bushy Bend…

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Negligent Driving Causes Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 2

For having driven a motor vehicle on the Hay bridge in such a negligent manner that a collision with another vehicle resulted…

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Collision has court sequel

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 10

A head-on collision between a motor car and a motor cycle on the Wagga road on May 21 had its sequel when the driver of the…

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Constable S. Jones Injured in Road Accident

The Observer · Friday 7 September 1951 · page 5

Constable S. K. Jones, of the Henty Police Station, had a narrow escape from death on Tuesday about sundown when…

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Jockey fatally injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 16

AUCKLAND, Sun: A 16-year-old apprentice jockey Robin Wendell Pacey suffered fatal head injuries when thrown from his mount Brenda Fox…

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50 in hospital after collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 2

LONDON. Sun.: About 50 British trade unionists were taken to hospital near Liverpool early yesterday after a ferryboat taking…

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Three die in accidents in N.S.W.

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Three people died and eight others were injured—two seriously—in NSW road accidents during the…

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Man accidentally shot

Border Morning Mail · Monday 10 September 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: A man was accidentally shot in the back during a game shoot on a property near Windsor today. He is Alfred…

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Lagoon Drowning Accidental Death

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

At the resumption of the inquest on Monday, the Conorer, Mr. T. P. Cook, found that Hayden Grosvenor Jones had been…

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New Australian Girl Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

A 16-year-old New Australian girl, Miss I. Wabnitz, a domestic, employed at the New Albury Hotel, suffered abrasions and a…

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Second man dead in road collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 15

SIDNEY, Mon.: A second man has died in Berrima Hospital as a result of injuries sustained when two semi-trailers collided…

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Semi-trailers in Head-on Smash Griffith Man Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 11 September 1951 · page 2

One man was killed and three were injured when two semi-trailers collided head-on near Moss Vale at the week-end…

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