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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Three die in road accidents

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Three people were killed and several seriously injured in Faster Eve accidents last night…

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£6351 damages for man whose personality was changed after accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 24 March 1951 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.: Arthur Keith Swain, 50, of Bradley’s Head rd., Mosman, whose personality was changed by an accident, was awarded £6351 damages yesterday by a Supreme Court…

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Seven drowned in NSW

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Seven people were drowned in NSW during the Easter holiday week-end. One man is unidentified, and the…

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Three drowned in ‘plane crash

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 March 1951 · page 1

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sun.: A Brazilian airliner crashed into the bay at Floriano Polis while coming in to land -late yesterday, drowning…

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Tems of News Cars in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 March 1951 · page 2

A car driven east along Swift st. by John Lindsay Knoble collided with another car, driven north in David st. by Malcolm Percival…

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53 on plane all believed drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Mon.: Searchers have lost hope of finding alive any of the 53 persons on board an American Globemaster, which…

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Accidents and Drownings Claim Five More Lives

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tues.: A nine year old boy and two men were killed in separate accidents in the metropolitan area today. A man and a boy were drowned at Evans’ Head…

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Cyclist Injured in Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 2

Max Everett, of Hay, suffered abrasions and shock when a motor cycle he was riding, crashed into the rear of a taxi driven by J. Morgan outside the…

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Three Migrants Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 1

Three Irish migrants enroute from Yallourn to Mt. Bogong were Injured when the steering failed in the new…

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Boy fatally injured by detonator

Border Morning Mail · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY. Thurs.: Police believe a “Thin shiny thing,” which exploded, fatally injuring a lad and hurting another, was a…

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Federal Member's Wife in Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 4

Mrs. Hugh S. Roberton, the wife of the Federal member for Riverina, met with a serious accident late on Thursday afternoon, 22nd March. Accompanied…

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Accidents

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 March 1951 · page 1

Three cars were involved in a accident on Sunday night near Mr. W. M. Palmer's "Bijiji" property. Two of the cars were badly…

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Boy Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 2

Eight year-old James Styles, of St James Crescent, Albury, suffered lacerations to the head when he struck the side of a utility…

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Husband Accidentally Shoots Bride

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 March 1951 · page 18

BRISBANE, Fri: A young bride was accidentally shot by her husband on the second day of their honeymoon, at Southport today…

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Train Fatality Victim Was Hay Man

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 April 1951 · page 2

A man who was killed when he fell from an electric train at Richmond (Victoria) station last Wednesday was identified on…

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Mrs Roberton in Car Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 4 April 1951 · page 2

Mrs Hugh S Roberton, the wife of the Federal Member for Riverina met with a serious accident last on Thursday afternoon, 22nd March…

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Doctor’s Point drowning accidental

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 6

Gordon Laurence Vaughan, 25, of Birkenhead (SA), was accidentally drowned whilst bathing in a lagoon. This…

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Horse Bolts After Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Peak hour trams were held up for twenty minutes, the plate glass of a second hand dealer’s window…

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“Ducking Rag” Fatality Bruises from rocking resuscitator?

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 6

ADELAIDE, Wed.: Bruises on the face of a university student- who died during “ducking rag” could hove been caused by striking on iron bar during vigorous treatment on a…

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Wife of Federal Member Involved in Motor Accident

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 5 April 1951 · page 4

Mrs. Hugh S. Roberton, wife of the Federal Member for Riverina, met with a serious accident late on the afternoon of Thursday, 22nd…

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