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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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“Didn’t want accident reported”

Border Morning Mail · Friday 2 November 1951 · page 9

After a truck had collided with his motor cycle at Bandiana, the driver had asked him not to report the accident to the police, a…

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Baby drowned in nine inches of water

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A 14 months old baby was drowned in nine inches of water in a storm water channel in Campbell st.,…

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Motorship with 105 passengers aboard sunk in collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 November 1951 · page 2

HAMBURG (Germany), Sun.: The Argentine motor vessel, Maipu, with 105 passengers aboard, was sinking off the German North Sea coast, the German shipping service reported today…

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14 die in two car accidents

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 November 1951 · page 3

NEW YORK, Mon;: Fourteen persons lost their lives yesterday in two motorcar accidents. At Deming (New Mexico) seven…

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Ura[?] Woman Injured When Car Overturns

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 7 November 1951 · page 2

When a car skidded in loose gravel and overturned Mrs D. L. Browne, “Myall” Urangeline, sustained probable factured ribs…

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Australian and Wife Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 November 1951 · page 14

CASABLANCA, (Morocco) Wed.: Australian sportsman Fred K Macevoy, his French-born wife, Claude, their maid, Cecil Brune,…

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Postal Linesman Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 2

A PMG linesman who fell 15 feet from a pole at Lavington yesterday sustained a probable fracture of the knee, nose, and severe…

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Urangeline Woman Injured

The Observer · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 3

When a car skidded in loose gravel and overturned, Mrs. D. L. Browne, of "Myall," Urangeline, sustained probable…

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Guy Fawkes Burned—A Little—Then Drowned!

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 1

Guy Fawkes of the west and had a fiery and then a watery death on Wednesday night after being saved from his…

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Wife shooting an accident, husband declares

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 November 1951 · page 14

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A husband charged with wife murder told the Criminal Court today that he secretly buried her beneath their Cast Oakleigh home an May 2 after she was accidentally shot by a rifle he intended to…

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Supreme Court Action Aftermath of Accident to Wodonga Football Team

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 13 November 1951 · page 3

The Supreme Court actions arising out of the motor accident involving members of the Wodonga football team, which…

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Baby Drowned at Corryong

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 15 November 1951 · page 4

A baby who wandered away from a caravan was drowned in the Thougla creek about a mile from Corryong on Tuesday…

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Three die in midair collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 12

OAKLAND (Cal.), Sun.: When two four-engined Skymaster transports of the Korea airlift collided at 2000 feet over the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured In Collision With Car

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 1

A pillion passenger on a 1950 Triumph motor cycle was injured on Sunday afternoon at the corner of Macaulay and…

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Car crashes over Jindera Gap: two injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 21 November 1951 · page 10

Two young men were seriously injured in a car accident on the Jindera Gap late on Monday night…

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Accident Victim’s Identity Not Yet Known

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 2

A membership ticket of a deep water motor boat club in the name of H. Hastings, Church street, Yagoona, was found in the clothing…

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Injured man dies in ambulance

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thurs.: A passenger of a track who was pinned in the cabin after the truck overturned near Clarence, seven…

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Lockhart Bowls President Meets with Serious Accident

The Observer · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 6

When Mr. Harold W. Hodgson, widely known president of the Lockhart Bowling Club, was driving home from Leeton…

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Car Accident Victim Identified

Border Morning Mail · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

Identity of a man found unconscious beside his wrecked car on the Albury-Wagga rd. on Tuesday afternoon has…

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Young Soldier Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 November 1951 · page 22

SYDNEY, Fri.: A young soldier was drowned daring a military exercise in the Georges River, Liverpool, today…

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