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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Two died on N.S.W. roods: 10 injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 October 1953 · page 15

SYDNEY, Sun.: Two persons were killed and 10 injured in road accidents this week-end The deal were: THOMAS…

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Albury jockey injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 15

Well known Albury lightweight jockey Vic Collins suffered concussion and bruised elbows and ribs when thrown from a horse…

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Factory Accidents Halved

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 October 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Mon. : Factory accidents have been halved since 1937, chief inspector of the Department of Labor and Industry…

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Car driver is critically injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 5

A sedan car was almost wrecked and two of its occupants seriously injured in an accident near Springhurst early…

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Three injured in cliff falls

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Three people were injured in cliff falls at the south end Of Tamarama today. Air 18-year-old youth was…

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injured Corowa man sent to hospital in Melbourne

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 5

Eric Cuthbert, of Corowa who was found unconscious beside his motor cycle on Friday night, was transferred to Royal…

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Lorry Involved in Two Accidents Cause of Three Deaths

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 November 1953 · page 16

SYDNEY, Sun.: Three people were fatally injured in two separate accidents involving one lorry at Nyngan yesterday. Walter Edward Johnston,…

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Conargo Man Died From Accidental Drowning

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 3

Jack Altken whose body was recovered from the Billabong Creek at Conargo on Monday October 5, was found at an…

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Boy Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 1

Sergeant Basham, of Moulamein, reported too Deniliquin police that Garry Burdett, seven years, was accidently drowned…

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Motor Cyclist Critically Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 3

On Friday night last Mr. Eric Cuthbert, son of Mr. and. Mrs. Percy Cuthbert, of Redlands was discovered by Mr. Leo Skeb[?]…

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Family Of Five In Collision On Cobb Highway

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 1

A young married couple, John Wake, 29, and his 23 years-old wife, with their three children Sandra, four, years, Cheryl, two…

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Unusual Accident with Tomahawk

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 November 1953 · page 4

When four-years-old Colin Frauchfeider was playing with a sharp tomahawk on Monday he was the victim of a "chance in a…

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Fourth Death W Road Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 4 November 1953 · page 4

NYNGAN, Tues.: Leslie Brady, 44, of Nyngan, who was critically injured in an accident on Saturday, died in Nyngan…

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£600 damages for injured Italian

Border Morning Mail · Friday 6 November 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: An Italian, who was injured internally when a compatriots car collided with another car in Worth…

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Man Hurt in Collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 7 November 1953 · page 2

A man was injured in a collision between two cars at the intersection of Young and Perry streets, Albury, at 5.30 p.m. yesterday. He…

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Two small boys drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 16

SYDNEY, Sun. : Two young boys were drowned in NSW yesterday. They were : ROBERT…

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Holbrook Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 9 November 1953 · page 2

When he was thrown from his motor cycle at Corowa last night, John Musgrave, 21, of Holbrook, suffered concussion, lacerations and…

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Injured man lost girl friend but awarded £13,000 damages

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 10 November 1953 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Mon.: A young rigger whose engagement was broken off after he was crushed by a steel girder was awarded £13,000 damages by a Supreme Court jury today…

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Footballer Critically Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 11 November 1953 · page 2

Eighteen-year-old Wodonga footballer Allan Jones is seriously ill in Heidelberg Military Hospital. He is thought to have…

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Driver fined: sequel to collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 14 November 1953 · page 17

Driver of a semi-trailer which collided with the rear of a car in Dean street told the court the other driver had given a…

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