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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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3 Killed, 12 Hurt in N.s.w. Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 26 January 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Three, people were killed and 12 injured In country road accidents in NSW this weekend…

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Drowning at Narrandera

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

A married man, father of three children, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River about 10 miles from Narrandera on…

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The Recent Drowning Case

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Although an intense search by dragging and other means was carried on during the week for body of Hook the…

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Road Fatality at Narrandera

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 2

A young man was killed shortly after 4 p.m. on Saturday, when a car in which he was a passenger collided with a post on the…

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Fell From Trucks Two Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 1

Two young men fell from the backs of trucks in Deniliquin district at the week-end and were conveyed by local…

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Two Injured When Car Hits Tree

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 27 January 1953 · page 3

Two men were injured when a car ran off the road and crashed into a . tree on the Wagga road. about five miles from Albury, at…

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Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 28 January 1953 · page 2

A motor cyclist received slight injuries in a collision with a car in Greta street, Wangaratta, early yesterday afternoon. He is…

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Corowa drowning Search Will Continue

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 1

The search for the body of 6-year-old Peter Hook, of Corowa, who was drowned in the Murray River over a week…

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Look Out for Junior Accidents to Children Should be Prevented

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1953 · page 8

Even among children between the ages of one and four years, accidents are the commonest cause of death…

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Three Drowned at Wagga Mother Sees Husband and Children Die

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

Three at a family of five lost their lives in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga last Saturday week. The three drown…

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Stan. O'Leary Drowned in Murrumbidgee River Near Narrandera Tragic Ending to Fishing Excursion

The Observer · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 1

The tragical news received by residents of Henty and district on Saturday morning last, 24th January, of the accidental death of Mr. Stanley George O'Leary, aged 41 years, a married man with a family of three, brought with it a deep sense of loss to all who knew him…

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Coroner Finds Syphon Deaths Were Accidental Leading Hand “Directed Operations with Care”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 30 January 1953 · page 8

Barry William Jones and Cornelius William McAuliffe died at the Lawson Syphon on December 4 as a result of injuries accidentally received when the pile-driving frame on which they were working fell to the ground, taking them with it.”…

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Children Drowned in Channel

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 3

MILDURA, Fri.: A six-year-old boy and his five-year-old sister were drowned in an irrigation channel at Merbein early today…

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This fire started after train-truck collision

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 31 January 1953 · page 1

Fire in two wool trucks (above) burning fiercely after yesterday’s accident at Barnawartha between a goods train…

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Three killed in N.S.W. road accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sun.: Three persons were killed in road accidents, in NSW this week-end. All the accidents occurred in the…

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Three hurt in accidents on Albury-Wodonga road

Border Morning Mail · Monday 2 February 1953 · page 1

Three men were admitted to Albury Hospital at the week-end following accidents between Albury and Wodonga. They were ALEX FOREST, Railway Hotel, Wodonga, facial injuries; COLIN KOPIE, Railway Hotel,…

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Little girl drowned in waterhole

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 10

SYDNEY, Mon.: A four-year-old girl was drowned in several feet of water at Dural today. She was Jeanette Maira,…

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Sypon Deaths Accidental

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 3

The Deniliquin v Coroner (Mr. L. R. Mathieson) found at an inquiry last Thursday that Barry William Jones and Cornelius…

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Accident on Chiltern Road

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

Miss Verna McKenzie of Beechworth, and formerly of Corowa, and Miss Norma Spencer of Corowa, were involved in a motor…

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Shocking Burning Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 3 February 1953 · page 1

Mr. Peter Joy is young man from Yarrawonga, single, life in Corowa Hospital suffering from extensive burns which he[?]…

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