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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Man Drowned in Pond

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 10

SYDNEY, Sun.: James Henry Murray, 26, laborer, of Barcom ave., Darlinghurst, was drowned in a pond at Centennial Park [?]…

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Motor Cyclist Injured in Collision

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 7

A pillion passenger on a 1950 Triumph motor cycle was injured on Sunday afternoon, at the corner of Macauley and George Streets, when the…

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Survivors’ long swim from wrecked plane : injured man drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 6

CAIRNS, Tues.: Three survivors from an air ambulance which crashed info the sea near Cairns late last night swam two miles through choppy seas to shore. The fourth passenger in the aircraft o patient being…

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father and daughter drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 3

ROCKHAMPTON, Tues.: A mother and daughter were drown[?] at Emu Park today when they [?]ere caught in an undertow…

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Three plane accidents Mid air collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 3

OCALA (Florida) Wed.: When an airliner with 20 persons on board collided in mid-air with a civil air patrol training plane…

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Injured in Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 2

John Lawrence, Maraldo, 20, of Finley, sustained a broken left wrist, laceration to the face and head, and possible fracture of the…

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Car Collision

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 1

A collision occurred in Cressy Street this morning when the brakes on a utility truck failed as it was drawing into the kerb…

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13 fishermen believed drowned

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 November 1951 · page 10

BOSTON, Thurs.: Thirteen fishermen were reported missing tonight after an oil tanker rammed and sank a trawler in the…

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Ferry-freighter in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

AUCKLAND, Sun.: A vehicle, ferry and a freighter were involved in a collision on Auckland harbor last last night…

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[?]our men are [?]elieved drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 1

HOBART, Mon.: Following the finding of an empty dinghy [?]bout 500 yards from shore in [?] Bay, 12 miles from…

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Man killed in car-lorry Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: A man was killed and another injured in a collision between a car and a lorry near Berrima early tonight…

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Two Injured When Cars Collide

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 4 December 1951 · page 3

Two men escaped serious injury when their cars overturned yesterday. John F. Smith, 22, of…

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Motoring Fatality

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 4

A motor accident occurred on the Berrigan Finley road on Friday night last which ended disastrously, the two young occupants of the car locing their…

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Taxi Cab in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 2

A taxi cab driven by Reginald Stubbs, Thurgoona street collided with a utility driven by Robert Lloyd Heinjus, Urana road…

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Six of Fishing Party Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 12

SAN DIEGO (California) Tues.: Four people were drowned and two others disappeared last night when a light fishing yacht was struck…

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Cruiser Australia in collision: badly damaged

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tues.: The cruiser Australia was damaged in a collision with the British freighter Somerset in WoolIoomooIoo Bay late today…

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Three charges against man after road accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 5 December 1951 · page 7

Police at Culcairn have laid three charges against a man following an accident on the Holbrook-Culcairn road last night…

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Motoring Fatality Berrigan—finley Road

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 1

A motor accident occurred on the Berrigan-Finley road on Friday night last, which ended disastrously, the two young occupants…

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Ferries in Unusual Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 7 December 1951 · page 12

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Two Sydney Harbor ferries were involved in an unusual collision at Circular Quay today…

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Claim Can Be Made for Unborn Injured Child

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 8 December 1951 · page 2

ALBANK (New York), Fri.: injuries suffered by a child before birth could be the basis of a negligence claim, the Court…

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