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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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What Holbrook Council Did Yesterday Insurance scheme to meet awards covering accidents is accepted

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 13

Shire councils in N.S.W. are concerned at the forge amounts being awarded by juries to people who have been injured and the verdicts awarded against councils. Councils were prepared to…

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Albury Coroner finds Army major’s death accidental

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 8

An Army major told Albury Coroner’s Court yesterday he thought the driver of a motor-caravan which collided with a cycle ridden by Major Ralph Hovercraft near Bandiana on April 4 was under the influence when he saw him after the accident…

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Pilot’s death ‘accidental’

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 27 May 1953 · page 11

MELBOURNE. Tues.: A finding that Flight-Lieut. Ernest Herman Luder, DFC, had died accidentally was recorded by the City…

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Lamps prevent head-on collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 5

ADELAIDE, Fri.: A head-on train collision was averted tonight on the Adelaide-Henley Beach railway line, when it was found…

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Accident victim may lose sight

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 May 1953 · page 17

MELBOURNE, Fri. : A 21-year-old man may lose his sight as the resalt of a brick smashing the windscreen, of the car…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 June 1953 · page 2

A man who fell, from his motor cycle when it skidded while travelling west in Bridge st Albury. at 7.30 a.m. on Saturday suffered…

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Tragic accident near Bright

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 2

A tragic accident befel Graham Moran, only son of Mr and Mrs L Moran, of Freeburgh, near Bright, oh Monday…

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Lad jockey’s death accidentals

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 6 June 1953 · page 17

SYDNEY, Fri.: Apprentice jockey. Barry Michael Brown, 16, of Randwick, died from injuries accidentally received at Randwick…

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Three Slightly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 June 1953 · page 16

Three people were slightly injured in an accident about four miles on the Tallangatta side of the Bethanga bridge, about 6.30…

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Man Injured

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 2

Daniel Edwards (26) was brought from Booligal yesterday by the Hay Ambulance and admitted to the District Hospital…

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Man was accidentally Shot : Coroner

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 15

Eric Francis Adams (34), Devil’s Elbow camp, Stanley Plantation near Beechworth died of wounds accidentally…

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Lorry Pins Man Against Wall Accident at gas works

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 9 June 1953 · page 11

When a grating gave way on a ramp at the Albury gas works yesterday morning, an employe had a lucky escape from serious…

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Holbrook Street Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

A semitrailer and panel van were involved in a collision in Albury st., Holbrook, yesterday morning shortly after 9 o’clock…

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Accident Victim “Doing Well”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 2

Gordon Leslie Donald, 32, of Glenly st., Albury, who was injured on Monday when a truck crushed, him at the Albury gas…

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Sun Causes Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 10 June 1953 · page 11

The sun caused a load accident on the Hume Highway near Albury yesterday morning, Edward Smithers, of…

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Car almost torn in half in collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 6

A sedan car was torn almost in half when the driver, dazzled by approaching headlights, collided with a semi-trailer standing on…

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DAYSDALE Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 June 1953 · page 8

Mr. W. T. Rhodes sustained a fractured wrist when his horse fell with him. He was riding out to muster a flock of sheep from…

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Former Bethanga Man , Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 12 June 1953 · page 2

Mr. A. W. Retallick, of Numurkah, who died in Yarrawonga Hospital yesterday, was a former Bethanga footballer. His brother,…

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Wodonga Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 June 1953 · page 2

Mr B. Hayes, of High St., Wodonga, was admitted to Albury Hospital last night suffering from lacerations to the scalp, head, and…

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Badly injured in fall

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: Edward Martin, aged 85, of Goulburn st., city suffered a fractured skull and right thigh when he fell through an…

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