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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Items of news Wangaratta Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 2

A car which left the road near Staghorn Flat at 3.20 p.m. yesterday, tore through the guard rail and over a bank into a…

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Detectives injured in brawl between soldiers, civilians

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 June 1953 · page 6

SYDNEY, Sun.; Three Vice-Squad detectives were injured when they intervened in o brawl between soldiers and civilians outside o Pitt street hotel last night. About 200 people…

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Accident-free Drivers

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 16 June 1953 · page 2

Awards by the National Sale Council of Australia have been[?] made to Murray Valley Coach[?] accident-free drivers. They [?]…

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Accident victim has to learn to walk and talk again, court is told

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 20

MELB., Tues.: A railway shunter, who had to learn to walk and talk again after being knocked down by a hit-run motorist, agreed today to an out-of-court settlement of his claim for £15,000 damages…

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DANGEROUS DRIVING—No. 3 Accidents should be reported at all times (By a Staff Reporter.)

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 June 1953 · page 11

Onus of reporting accidents is twofold and, in fairness to all parties concerned, this should be don. But unfortunately when minor ones occur there Is too often the thought of publicity and possible questions by police…

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Migrant hurt in carbicycle collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 June 1953 · page 2

A 46 years old New Australian received heads injuries when the bicycle he was riding and a motor car collided on the Tallangatta…

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To the Editor Injured Kelpie Gets a Home

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 June 1953 · page 2

Sir,—I am writing to thank yon for the kindly interest you have taken in the red kelpie that was lost and…

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Items of news Albury Man Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 June 1953 · page 2

A car was extensively damaged when it collided with a transport on the Murray Valley Highway, 15 miles from Yarrawonga, at 6.30…

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Albury man injured in this collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 12

An Albury man, Mr. Walter Stanley Day, was seriously injured in this collision which occurred on the Murray Valley Highway, about 15 miles from Yarrawonga, on Sunday night. The transport was standing on the side of the road. Condition of Mr. Day, who is in Murray Valley Hospital, was reported to be satisfactory last night…

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Heavy Drinking Leads To Man’s Drowning

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 4

At an [?] District C[?] Mr. E. [?] McMahon) [?] Otway A[?] of [?]…

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Man fined £20 following accident at Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 June 1953 · page 4

A man was fined £20 and had his licence suspended until next May by Mr. Williams, S.., when he was found guilty of falling to stop after an accident at Wangaratta Police Court yesterday…

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Gas Works Blast “Accidental”

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 June 1953 · page 15

SYDNEY, Tues.: Detectives are invinced that an explosion in an I gas-making unit at the Mortke works of the Australian…

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Talks aim at reducing motor cycle accidents

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 June 1953 · page 11

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Compulsory training courses for learner-riders and compulsory endorsement of convictions on licences were among suggestions put forward today at talks aimed at reducing the high incidence of motor-cycle accidents…

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Man Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 2

A Wangaratta man was severely injured when the motor cycle he was riding skidded under a truck at the intersection of Roy…

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Car, Cycle Which Figured in Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 June 1953 · page 8

This picture of the car driven by Cambourne and the cycle ridden by Funk was takes shortly after the accident. The…

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Footballer Fatally Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sun.: A 24-year-old Castlemaine footballer, Ian Brown, died at the Ballarat Base Hospital this morning following head injuries received while playing in the Ballarat-Bendigo inter-city match at the…

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Washed off rocks and drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 3

WOLLONGONG. Sun. : Henry Vincent Jenkins, . 27. married, of Foley’s road, Gwynneville. was washed off rocks and drowned at…

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Man drowned in launch Overturn

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 1

PERTH, Sun.: One man was drowned and two others had lucky escapes this afternoon when a squall capsized their small launch…

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Police seek, relatives of dead accident victim

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 June 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE. Sun.: Police are seeking relatives of a man believed to be John Bruce McKinley, 29, who was fatally injured in a…

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Wangaratta Mast Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 June 1953 · page 2

Forty-eight-year-old Stanley Ferguson, laborer, Dunlop street, Wangaratta, suffered shock lacerations of fee head when hit…

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