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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Fisherman drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sun.: A fisherman was drowned when he was washed from Misery Rock, La Perouse, yesterday…

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Grazier Fatally Injured by Saw

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 3

COOTAMUNDRA. Sun : A prominent Cootamundra grazier died today from injuries he received on Saturday when he fell on a…

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Five soldiers injured when truck overturns

Border Morning Mail · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 16

WAGGA, Sun.: An Army track carrying a team of footballers overturned near Junee last night…

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Car Accident Victim “Satisfactory”

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 6 July 1954 · page 2

Passenger in a car which struck a guide post on the Union Bridge at 5.44 p.m. on Saturday was last night reported to be in a…

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Injured Man’s Condition Satisfactory

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 2

A 35-year-old New Australian who was critically injured when he was hit by a piece of steel at the Hume Weir on Tuesday…

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Police say position of tennis players accidental

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 11

SYDNEY, Wed.: The poisoning of 27 tennis players at a tennis party in Strathfield last Sunday had now been proved to…

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Injured in Truck Accident

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2

Mr. B. Gilbertson. Telford st.. Yarrawonga, received lacerations to the forehead when the truck in which he was travelling hit…

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Veteran Cyclist Injured

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 4

Veteran cyclist, Ernie Old, who set out to celebrate his 80th birthday by riding 80 miles a day for 80 days, and who was…

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Four Men Injured in Car Crash Near Culcairn

The Observer · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 3

At about midnight on Friday night, a Vauxhall car travelling norm from Albury hit a post at the Corowa railway…

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Items of news Accident Figures

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 2

Two people were killed and 10 injured in 36 accidents in Albury police patrol area for the month of June. according to…

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‘Accident’ ticket wins £10,000

Border Morning Mail · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: An Abbotsford textile manufacturer and his wife, both of whom do not gamble, won the £10,000…

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Three Men Believed Drowned

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 1

ROCKHAMPTON, Fri.: Three men are missing on a fishing trip to Double Head, about three miles south of Yeppoon, a resort near…

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Wodonga man seriously injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 10 July 1954 · page 3

Reginald Lionel Rosenberg, 40 of 198 Lawrence street, Wodonga, was pinned by this engine when it struck a rail tractor he was…

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Sir Gordon Richards Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 7

LONDON, Sun.: Sir Gordon Richards Britain’s champion jockey, was injured in the paddock at the Sandown Park race meeting…

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Henty farmer is fatally injured in road accident after football match

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 15

A 73-year-old Henty farmer died on Saturday after being struck by a car on the Henty-Cookardinia road. He was Frederick William Lubke. The accident occurred at…

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Injured Motor Cyclist Set on Fire

Border Morning Mail · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 15

MELBOURNE, Sun.: One of Melbourne’s for accident victims was a motor cyclist who crashed into a telegraph pole in Mt…

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Corowa Coach Injured

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 19

Corowa football coach Bill Byrne in trouble during the third quarter of the match against Wangaratta Rovers at Corowa on Saturday. Byrne suffered from mild concussion and played the remainder of the game from memory…

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Accident Victims Satisfactory

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 2

The condition of two accident victims admitted to Albury Hospital last week is satisfactory. They are Reginald Rosenburg, of…

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Accident costs horse its head

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 5

A bay colored horse had its head severed when struck by a utility on the Murray Valley Highway near Belga…

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Mon charged at Corowa after accident

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 11

A 52 year old man was charged with culpable driving and failing to stop following an accident in which allegedly his…

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