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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1953

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Migrant drowned in river collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Sun.: When a pleasure boat carrying about 40 passengers on the River Torrens came into collision with a…

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10 injured in bus and car collision

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 3

Melbourne, Sun.: Ten people were injured, four seriously when a tramways bus collided with a car at the…

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Items of News Woman Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 April 1953 · page 2

When Mrs. N. Zackalepor, of Lavington, fell off her bicycle she injured her shoulder. The accident occurred at 4.30 p.m…

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Bicycle which figured in fatal Bandiana accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 1

The bicycle which was being ridden by Major Ralph Havercroft. when he, was fatally injured in a road accident near Central Workshops, Bandiana, on Saturday. Report of his funeral at Albury yesterday on page 2…

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Involved in Fatal Accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 April 1953 · page 2

The motor-caravan, driven by Mr. David Albert Jackson, which was involved in the accident at Bandiana on Saturday in which Major Ralph Havercroft was fatally injured…

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Trapped in Car, Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 1

ADELAIDE, Wed.: when a late model car crashed through the Murray River punt gates at Mannum today and sank in 30…

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Boy brutally murdered: foster parents injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 April 1953 · page 7

MELBOURNE, Wed.: Brutally stabbed with a heavy screwdriver and a 12in. garden knife, the body of a 9-year-old boy was found in a modem villa in Colchester Kilsyth, 21 miles east of Melbourne, in the…

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Letters to the Editor Motor cycle and car collision at Lavington

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 9

Sir,—Permit me, through your columns, to say how disgusting, cruel and callous are reports and pictures of fatal accidents…

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Killed in Tractor Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 April 1953 · page 2

Mrs. Jack Biggs, of Orson Street, Hay, had sad news on Good Friday evening, of the death that day, in the Horsham district, of…

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Boy, 9, Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 5

SYDNEY, Sun.: Hoy Kenneth Burke, nine, of Dalley avenue, Botany, was drowned in five feet of water at The Lakes golf links,…

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Two Unusual Wangaratta Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 12

At Wangaratta during the weekend two unusual accidents occurred, but no one was seriously injured…

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Nine die in accidents in Victoria

Border Morning Mail · Monday 13 April 1953 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sun.: At least nine people met their deaths in accidents in Victoria during the week-end. Two of the fatalities…

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Girl Injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 2

A young woman narrowly escaped death early last night when the bicycle she was riding came into collision with a motor car…

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Involved in Fatal Collision

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 10

This car was involved in a fatal accident at Little Billabong, 56 miles north of Albury, on the Hume Highway, on Monday afternoon. Driver of the car, Ralph William Sierakowski, and his wife, Maureen, Mentone, both escaped injury…

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£6000 damages for man injured in car smash

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A Supreme Court jury today awarded £6000 damages to an elderly waterside worker who was severely injured when a car in which he was a passenger collided with a utility truck on April 25, 1950…

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Order Football Aked, injured shatters Yarrawonga’s goal hopes

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 15 April 1953 · page 19

Injury to former Footscray forward D. Aked has shattered Yarrawonga’s hopes of overcoming their weakness in front of goal. He was forced to leave…

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Woman injured ; knocked down by motor cycle in Dean street

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 10

A young woman was knocked down by a motor cyclist, crossing Dean st. early yesterday afternoon, and admitted to Albury…

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Accidentally stabbed: claims £5000 damages

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 16

MELBOURNE, Wed!.: A young slaughterman claimed £5000 damages in the Supreme Court today against a fellow worker who accidentally stabbed him in the lower neck while…

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Little Billabong Accident Man Charged with Manslaughter

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 16 April 1953 · page 1

A Mentone (Vic.) man was charged in Albury yesterday with the manslaughter of a Sydney man and his wife,…

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Sawmiller Is Fined Following Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 17 April 1953 · page 9

An 18 year old youth, who was badly injured in a saw milling accident last year, broke down while giving evidence in…

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