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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

494 stories in Murray's papers · page 18 of 25

Items of News Car Driver Hurt in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 2

Richard Bowdern, Wangaratta, suffered concussion and abrasions when a car he was driving came into collision with a truck on the…

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Will discuss motor cycle accidents

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 September 1952 · page 11

CANBERRA, Mon.: Means of reducing the accident rate amongst motor cyclists will be one of the main items for…

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90 Drowned in Danube

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 5

BELGRADE, Wed.: Ninety persons were drowned yesterday when a storm overturned a River Danube steamer while it was en route…

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Woman’s death was accidental

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 September 1952 · page 7

A verdict of accidental death was returned by Albury Coroner, Mr. Kendall, yesterday, at the inquest into the death of a woman…

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Partially Blind Boy Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 September 1952 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Fri.: The body of a 10-year-old partially blind boy was found in a flooded clay pit at the rear of the…

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Two vessels badly damaged in collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 September 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Fri.: The interstate freighter River London, 4984 tons, collided with the overseas vessels Shahzada off Garden…

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Biggest Drive Yet to Cut Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 September 1952 · page 16

SYDNEY, Friday: Police have launched the biggest drive in the State’s History to reduce road accidents…

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Delta Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun.: Australia’s champion racehorse Delta has a jarred foreleg and will probably not contest any…

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Cars , Jeep in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 2

Two minor accidents occurred in Albury during the weekend, but no one was injured. Vehicles involved were…

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Two men found drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 1

The body of an Albury man was found in a waterhole at the eastern end of Tribune street, Albury on Saturday afternoon…

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Four injured when car overturns

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 September 1952 · page 2

Four persons were injured when a car in which they were travelling overturned on the Kergunyah road near kiewa on Saturday…

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Ferry, Tug in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Mon.: The Manly ferry South Steyne. carrying a large number of passengers, today collided with the tug Hydra…

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Man Thought Drowned in Creek

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 8

Police and civilians yesterday dragged a small creek near Brown’s Plains in search of the body of an elderly man who has…

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'Plane Brings Injured Man to Hospital

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 September 1952 · page 2

Victim of a bad road crash, Jack Makepeace, of Oxford Station, Ivanhoe, was brought to Hay by 'plane this morning and…

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Two Cars Damaged in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 2

Two cars were extensively damaged last night when they collided at the intersection of Smollett and Olive sts…

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Nesire Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 12

South Albury will be without follower Allan Nesire in the Chiltern and District League preliminary final and Chiltern…

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Shooting “Entirely Accidental” Young Man Discharged

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 September 1952 · page 1

Maxwell Glen Reid, aged 19 years, pleaded guilty at Mathoura Court of Petty Sessions yesterday when charged with…

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Man Drowned Near Weir

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sun: A 22-year-old man was drowned when sucked into a hole beneath a river weir at Penrith today…

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Airman may be drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: RAAF planes may search Bass Strait for Squadron-Leader Lionel Smith, of Melbourne, who has…

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Two sisters killed in collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Two young sisters died in a collision between a car and a panel van on the Torquay road early…

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