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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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No One Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

A motor cycle ridden by Lawrence Mr Burbidge, Wagga, came into collision with the rear of a panel van driven by Leo F…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

Fred John Steel, of Avondale Station, Sandigo, via Narrandera, aged 26, was admitted to Culcairn Hospital on Saturday evening,…

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Inquiry Into Collision That Cost 39 Lives

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 14

MOBILE , (Alabama), Sun.: Coastguard authorities have started an inquiry into the collision between two tankers in the…

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Child Accidentally Shot

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 10

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Margaret Skidmore, 12, of Romsey, was admitted to the Children’s Hospital yesterday suffering from a bullet…

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Injured Man Claims £10,000 Damages

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 12

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A 52 year-old storeman who was crushed n a lift accident, claimed £10,000 damages in the…

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Tragic Road Accidents Ex-albury Teacher Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 3

Toll of the road in N.S.W. mounted sharply at the week-end, when six persons were killed. Two of them were New Australians, who…

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Accident Sequel in Court

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

A collision at the Intersection of Guinea and Young sts. had its sequel in Albury Court yesterday when Alan George Thompson,…

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Plane Accident Victim’s Condition Still Serious

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 15

SYDNEY, Mon.: A Quirindi grazier who was struck on the head by a Tiger Moth plane’s wing on Friday is still too ill to…

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Death of riggers accidental, Coroner says

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A finding of accidental death was recorded by the City Coroner (Mr Burke) at an inquest today on…

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Victim of plan accident dead

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 April 1951 · page 5

SYDNEY. Tues. Quirindi grazier Keith James Reid, [?] who was struck on the head by a Tiger Moth’s wing tip on Friday, died…

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Albury Girl Killed Instantly in Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

A 16-year-old Albury girl was killed instantly, and her boy friend critically injured whilst they were cycling along Hume Weir rood yesterday afternoon…

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£7200 damages for man hurt in lift accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 April 1951 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: A Supreme Court jury today awarded £7200 damages to a 52-year-old storeman, who claimed £10,000 from his employers for serious injuries suffered when…

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Three Footballers Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 2

Three football players were injured in games played over the weekend, Australian rules player, K. Oliver, North Albury Seconds,…

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Tanker captain negligent; fatal collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 3

MOBILE (Alabama), Sat: The commander of the tanker Esso Suez (Capt. Edwin Geick) has been found guilty after a…

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Railways Detective in Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 2

A car driven by a Sydney railways detective was involved in a collision at the intersection of Swift and Macaulay sts on…

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Coroner finds jockey’s death was accidental

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 1 May 1951 · page 12

MELBOURNE. Mon: The City Coroner today recorded a finding of accidental death at the inquest on Donald Charles Fullarton, 19, jockey…

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Two boys drowned in water hole

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The bodies of two 9-year-old boys were found in a waterhole at Parramatta today. Police and…

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Cars Collide, No One Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

When two cars collided at the intersection of Young and Guinea sts. at 6.40 o’clock last evening. none of the four, people in them…

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Items of News Man Charged Following Collision

Border Morning Mail · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 2

Following a collision between a semi-trailer and a car at the intersection of High st, Wodonga, and Hume Highway later on Wednesday…

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Freak Car Accident Near Glenrowan

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 4 May 1951 · page 1

The "[?]" bend at the railway crossing on the Hume Highway, a few, miles from Glenrowan, where hundreds of serious motor accidents…

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