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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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£1400 for injured motorcyclist

Border Morning Mail · Friday 18 July 1952 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A 19-year-old motor cyclist today received £1400 in an out of court settlement for damages arising…

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Accident in Fog

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 2

A car driven by John Henry Naughton, a foreman working on the improvements to Narrandera aerodrome, crashed into a tree at…

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More Accidents on U.s. Air Lines

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 24 July 1952 · page 14

WASHINGTON, Wed.: The Civil Aeronautics Board yesterday announced that the passenger death rate in accidents on the regular…

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[?]Tal Death Due [?] Drowning

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 1

[?] Coroner, Mr. H. J. [?] this afternoon held [?] into the death of [?]alie Cecilia Brassey…

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Friend Injured When Run Over by Lorry Man Pleads Guilty To Drunken Driving

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 1

WHEN three persons ware assisting to push a lorry out of a bog at North Deniliquin on July 13, one of the men fell under the vehicle and it passed over him. Sgt. A. C. Wild told the…

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Wodonga Place Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 25 July 1952 · page 2

An Albury baker was badly shocked and had his right hand severely lacerated in a car smash yesterday morning. He was…

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Brothers May Be Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 26 July 1952 · page 18

SYDNEY, Fri.: Police at dawn tomorrow will search for two brothers who are missing in a launch on Broken Bay…

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Two Brothers Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Search parties of police and local residents worked throughout the day but have so far found no…

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Boy Cyclist Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A 15-year-old boy is seriously ill in the Alfred Hospital following an accident in which he was…

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Man drowned; another killed during deluge in Sydney

Border Morning Mail · Monday 28 July 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.: One man has been drowned and another killed during a cyclonic storm which has been lashing the central coast of N.S,W. this week-end. Severe flooding has…

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Accidental Death Due to Drowning

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

Deniliquin Coroner, Mr. H. J. Underwood, on Friday held an inquest into the death of Nurse Nathalie Cecilia Brassey Brown…

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Aftermath of Collision Utility Driver Fined On Three Charges

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 7

Keith Harold Wilson was fined a total of £18 when he was convicted in the Deniliquin Court of Petty Sessions last…

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Items of News Migrant in Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 2

A New Australian, A. Nikolajczok, had his knee-cap broken in an accident at Wodonga goods yards yesterday afternoon. He was…

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10 injured in train collisions

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 5

NSW YORK, Wed.: Trains collided yesterday in two separate accidents. one above and one below the streets of New York. In…

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£1750 for Injured Boy

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: A 12-year-old boy who claimed unspecified damages for injuries received when struck by a motor cycle,…

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Injured turf writer still critically ill

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Roy Ridgway, 68-year-old “Argus” racing writer, who was critically injured when he was knocked…

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Two Convent Sisters in road accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 1 August 1952 · page 5

Two Sisters of Mercy from Albury Convent were in a car Which was involved in a collision with a utility at the corner of…

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New Australian Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 2 August 1952 · page 2

New Australian, Joseph Rudokus, 42, was taken to Albury Hospital early last night after being hit by a car in Wagga rd.,…

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Car, Lorry in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 2

A motor car overturned at the corner of Smollett and Townsend sts. early yesterday morning. The car was driven by Frederick…

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Injured soldier’s condition improves

Border Morning Mail · Monday 4 August 1952 · page 5

The condition of a young soldier who was, critically injured when the motor cycle he was riding crashed into a car near…

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