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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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FOOTBALL Two injured Wodonga players show improvement in Albury Base Hospital

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 8 July 1953 · page 15

Wodonga footballers Fred Gilcrist and Ralph Coulston, both injured in the match at Wodonga on Saturday, are improving in Albury Base Hospital. Gilcrist suffered…

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Holbrook Man Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 July 1953 · page 2

Mr. Ben Lirsch. of Peel street, Holbrook, sustained head injuries and shock when he was knocked from his bicycle by a car in the…

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No One Was Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 July 1953 · page 2

About 6.50 a.m. yesterday George Carr, Waugh road, Albury, was driving his utility south in Mate street when it struck the…

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In Albury Court Yesterday : Little boy and 11-year-old girl tell court of street accident: man fined

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 11 July 1953 · page 5

A six-year-old boy and on 11 -year-old girl were witnesses in Albury Court yesterday at the hearing of a charge of negligent driving against a Howlong builder. The are John August…

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Two street accidents at Wodonga

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 July 1953 · page 15

Wodonga police attended two accidents during the week-end, but neither was serious. The first at 5.15 p.m. on…

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Man in Hospital After Car Accident Near Maude

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 2

Barham Cafe proprietor, K. C. poster, was taken by Hay Ambulance to hospital yesterday where he was admitted with a probably…

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Accident in Sanger Street

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 14 July 1953 · page 3

Shortly after 6 o'clock on Friday evening last a motor truck crashed into the entrance gates of the Austral Grounds, causing…

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5 Hurt in Truck-car Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 July 1953 · page 16

SYDNEY, Tues.: Two men, a woman and two children were injured at Bankstown today when a truck loaded with beer collided…

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Ship sinks in collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 16

SAN FRANCISCO, Wed.: The freighter Hawaiian Pilot, nosing its way through heavy fog with a load of molasses, rammed and…

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Man shot, another injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 July 1953 · page 16

BOOROWA, Wed.: A man was shot and another man was injured during an argument outside a Boorowa hotel late last…

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Accidental Death Finding at Cooper Inquest

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 17 July 1953 · page 2

At an inquest at Hay this morning, the Coroner Mr. T. F. Cook, J. P. returned a finding of accidental death in the…

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Collision Victim May Die-police

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 July 1953 · page 18

SYDNEY, Fri.: Redfern Court was told today that one man may die and another lose his leg as a result of a collision…

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Man Injured by Bolting Horse

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 18 July 1953 · page 17

A man was injured at Wangaratta yesterday afternoon when the attempted to stop a bolting horse. The man G. McGuffie, of Warby…

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Stoney Injured at Wangaratta

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 7

Albury’s star follower Dr. John Stoney suffered a severely sprained ankle at Wangaratta on Saturday…

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Four die in road accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 20 July 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: Four people were killed on Victorian roads this weekend—the highest road toll for several months…

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Syphon Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 July 1953 · page 4

When a mound of earth fell on him at the Lawson Syphon near Deniliquin on Tuesday last, Mr. Tony Crusio, a New Australian…

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Horse Causes Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 2

A horse which was being led to the Albury pound broke away and galloped in front of a car on the Old Sydney rd. shortly…

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Beechworth Court Man Fined: Sequel to Fatal Accident

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 23 July 1953 · page 5

A mail was fined £5 in Beech worth Court yesterday on a charge arising out of a road accident in which two people…

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No One Was Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 3

The rider of a cycle was uninjured in a collision with a motor car in Dean st. yesterday afternoon 3.25. He Was Pv. M. Graham,…

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Failed To Stop After Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 July 1953 · page 6

When it was alleged in court on Wednesday that he had collided with a vehicle at the intersection of Cressy and…

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