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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Motor cyclist badly injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 1

A man is critically ill in Albury Hospital with a fracture at the base of the skull following a road accident at…

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Court Identity Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 September 1952 · page 2

Mr. C. Brandt, who has been attending Hay Quarter Sessions and District Court for many years as Court reporter, has just been…

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Man Drowned When Launch Swamped

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thurs.: A man was drowned in Nelson’s Bay, north of Newcastle, today when a bombora swamped his launch…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 September 1952 · page 2

A car and a motor cycle came into collision at the intersection of Warby and Riley streets, Wangaratta, shortly after 8 o’clock last…

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Boy Drowned in Baths

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 12

WOLLONGONG, Sun.: Ten-year-old Gordon Bernard Bourke, of Edward st., North Sydney, was drowned in…

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30 drowned in boat capsize

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 September 1952 · page 2

DAKAR, Sun.: Thirty-two Africans were drowned when a tornado capsized a boat on the River Bani according to reports…

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Women Injured-horse Killed in Train Mishap

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 September 1952 · page 2

When a goods train left the rails near Widgiewa Siding on the Narrandera-Jerilderie line early on Saturday a well known…

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68 People May Be Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 2

ST. NAZAIRE, Tues.: American steamer Compass yesterday picked up 12 men from three lifeboats from, the 773-ton…

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Injured woman awarded £40,000 damages : a record

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tues.—A Supreme Court jury tonight awarded a woman injured in a road accident £40,000 damages in an action for negligence…

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Motor cyclists’ bad accident record

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Tues.: Motorcyclists were involved in 1841 accident in Victoria for the six months to June 30, the Chief…

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Road accidents “filling” hospitals

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: The heavy road toll is a main cause of the shortage of hospital beds in NSW, Australian Hospitals’ Association…

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Letters to the Editor Motoring Accidents Proposed Legislation in N.S.W.

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 1 October 1952 · page 16

Sir,—I have read your editorial on September 12 and believe you to be unduly precipitate in your criticisms of the Law Reform…

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‘Plane’s hazardous trip with injured man

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 3

WAGGA, Wed. : A small Proctor air taxi was forced to follow a road through driving rain to bring a man with a broken leg…

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Road Surface Caused Fatality is Claim

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 3 October 1952 · page 2

A witness &t a Coronial inquiry at Moama, last" week said that after his car had overturned on the Cobb Highway between…

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19 British seamen are drowned in trawler wreck

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 3

LONDON, Sun.: Nineteen British seamen ore believed to have died in the wreck of the British trawler Norman on rocks off the South Greenland coast. According to radio…

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Five Wodonga, one Albury resident injured when car hits truck near The Rock

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 2

THE ROCK, Sun.: Six people received minor injuries when a car in which they were travelling from Wodonga to Waaga crashed into a truck near The Rock this morning…

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Injured Man Seeks £25,000 Damages

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday: A Supreme Court writ claiming £25,000 damages was taken out today by John Graham…

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12 die in road accidents in NSW at week-end

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 20

SYDNEY, Tues.: The holiday week-end had been one of the most tragic in NSW history, with a road…

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Shearer’s death believed accidental

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 October 1952 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tues.: Police believe a shearer, found dead with a fractured skull at the rear of a Cootamundra hotel on Saturday died…

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Lake Drowning Victim Is Identified

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 3

EDEN, Wed.: Detectives said today there was no connection between the disappearance of Frederick Alexander, of…

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