Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

512 stories in Murray's papers · page 19 of 26

“Quin’s Death Accidental”

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 21 August 1954 · page 2

ST. AGATHE (Quebec), Fri.: A Corner’s jury last night ruled that Emile Dionne died accidentally on August 6, but it also…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fear woman drowned in Wodonga Creek

Border Morning Mail · Monday 23 August 1954 · page 5

Police fear that a middle-aged women who booked into a Wodonga hotel on Thursday night may have been drowned in the Wodonga Creek nearby…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Road Collision

The Berrigan Advocate · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 7

Two men were admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital at about midnight, following an accident on the Finley Road on Monday…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Accident Rate

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 25 August 1954 · page 14

In pre-war days the accident rate in both the metropolitan area and the country area remained reasonably constant. Of the total…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Jockey badly injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 13

SYDNEY, Thurs.: Apprentice K. Davis was seriously injured when his mount Celestial Glow fell and broke her near foreleg during a…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

FLICKS and PASSES from Border Football Hume League Final Doubt on Walbundrie’s injured players

Border Morning Mail · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 14

Tomorrow’s Hume League final between Burrumbuttock and Walbundrie, at Jindera, should be close provided Walbundrie can field a full side after last week’s hard game against Howlong…

Continued on Trove, page 14 →

Truck Hit Caravan: Councillors Told of Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 August 1954 · page 9

Both the Windouran Shire Clerk and Shire Engineer yesterday reported to councillors on a recent accident in which…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

On the Border No Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 28 August 1954 · page 2

Albury Apex Club’s road week starts tomorrow with several eye-catching displays. Most outstanding will be…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Injured skier carried nearly 100 miles in below freezing temperatures

Border Morning Mail · Monday 30 August 1954 · page 16

COOMA, Sun.: Two men carried on injured skier by sled, snowmobile and ambulance nearly 100 miles to hospital yesterday. The skier, Mr. E. Telford…

Continued on Trove, page 16 →

Items of news Van, Car in Freak Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 31 August 1954 · page 2

A panel van was overturned and a ear was extensively damaged in a freak accident at the corner of Dean and Macaulay streets;…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Child seriously injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 5

A 21-year-old child suffered serious head injuries when he fell from the counter of the new koisk at the Yarrawonga recreation…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Six N.S. trainees are injured when shell explodes

Border Morning Mail · Friday 3 September 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thurs,: Six national service trainees were injured, one of them critically, when a 37 millimetre shell exploded in a marquee at Puckapunyal military training camp late this…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

N.s. Trainee Injured in Blast Dies

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 22

MELBOURNE, Fri.: One of the national service trainees injured in the explosion at Puckapunval military camp yesterday…

Continued on Trove, page 22 →

Taxi in Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 4 September 1954 · page 2

A taxi driven by Vernon Slater, 1017 Mate street, and a utility driven by Kevin Boyd, 332 Down side street, were involved in a…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Girl shot, boy hurt in four week-end accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 6 September 1954 · page 3

Two children were injured in four district accidents over the weekend. Three of the mishaps involved cars…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Collision in Mate Street

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 4

Slight damage was caused when car driven by Leslie R. Christie. Murray st., Tumbarumba, and one driven by John Thomas Goulding…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Council to Go to Minister Over Parking Problem "Don't Wait For a Fatality"

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 1

HAY Municipal Council has decided to go direct to the Minister for Transport with representations that the parking of large transports near the Public School in Lachlan Street should be prohibited. The Department…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Girl Accidentally Shot

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 7 September 1954 · page 3

While playing with several young people on Sunday evening, a 13-year-old Corowa girl war accidentally shot with a…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Injured N.S. trainees making good progress

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 9 September 1954 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wed. : The five National Service trainees admitted to the Heidelberg Military Hospital, following the explosion…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Three warders injured in fierce gaol riot

Border Morning Mail · Friday 10 September 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Thurs.: Three warders were injured when a riot broke out among prisoners in the exercise yard of Pentridge Gaol late this afternoon…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →