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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 6

A motor cyclist was admitted to Albury Base Hospital last night, suffering from a fractured ankle and abrasions, after his machine…

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Tribunal clears doctor following man’s death from accident injuries

Border Morning Mail · Friday 29 October 1954 · page 9

SYDNEY, Thurs.: The Medical Disciplinary Tribunal today acquitted Dr. Oscar Henry Louis Johnson, of Manilla, near Tamworth, of a charge of “unprofessional and infamous conduct.” The charge followed the death of Fredrick…

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Porter Was Killed Accidentally

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 30 October 1954 · page 19

An airways porter died from injuries accidentally received when his sports car left the rood and struck a creek on the Hume Highway, near Table Top, on September 9, the Coroner (Mr. A. S. Kendall) decided in an…

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Max Drowned From Ferry

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 16

SYDNEY. Sun.: A man is believed to have fallen overboard from Manly ferry and drowned in the harbor tonight. Witnesses…

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To the Editor the Glider Fatality

Border Morning Mail · Monday 1 November 1954 · page 4

Sir—At an inquest at Albury on 22nd inst., regarding a glider crash at the aerodrome on August 15, in which my son, Mervyn…

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Tram Accident—17 Dead

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 2 November 1954 · page 14

BELGRADE, Mon. : Seventeen people were killed and 35 injured yesterday in a tramway accident in the Croatian capital of Zagreb…

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Boy Shot Dead in Peculiar Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 3 November 1954 · page 5

BRISBANE, Tues.: A boy was accidentally shot and killed by his step-father in an unusual accident…

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Culcairn Girl Fatally Injured

The Observer · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 5

Margaret Jackson, aged two years and nine months, of Culcairn, was fatally injured on Wednesday morning when she…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

Border Morning Mail · Monday 8 November 1954 · page 16

SYDNEY, Sun. : An eight-year-old boy was drowned in Duck Creek, South Granville, yesterday. The boy was Gordon John Lee…

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Sequel to Truck Caravan Collision

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 November 1954 · page 2

The sequel to the collision between a semi-trailer and a utility drawing a caravan in February last was heard in the Hay Court…

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Constable’s Death “Accidental”

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 11 November 1954 · page 12

A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest yesterday at Corowa on Constable Edward Henry…

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£10,000 Damages for Widow Husband drowned when dinghy was crushed

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 November 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Fri.: A Horsham widow was today awarded £10,000, the full amount she claimed in the Supreme Court for the drowning of her seaman husband outside Port Phillip Heads nearly two years ago…

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Police sergeant visiting Albury tells a grim story of accident toll

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 November 1954 · page 5

During this month Sgt. W. Coleman, of the N.S.W. police school lecturing section, will visit Albury with a squad of specially trained lecturers to address Albury district school children on road safety. This week while in…

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Myxo. spread due to Virtual accident’: Scientist

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 13 November 1954 · page 1

CANBERRA, Fri.: The spread of myxomatosis in Australia was due to a “virtual accident.” Professor F. J. Fenner, Professor of Microbiology at…

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Boy, toddler drowned

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 6

BRISBANE, Sun.: David Beard, 9-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Beard, of Cleveland, was drowned yesterday when a dinghy capsized…

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No Accidents or Incidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 15 November 1954 · page 2

With Albury hotels closed on Saturday during the liquor poll, Wodonga police were out in full force, including a mobile patrol,…

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Dash to injured fishermen

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tues.: Four men in a schooner off Mack ay were severely injured when a compressed-air cylinder exploded…

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Highlights of Australian Road Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 15

The National Congress of the Australian Road Safety Council will begin in Hobart today, and the following highlights of accidents on Australian roads will be presented in the cause of greater safety on the roads…

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Migrant says shooting was accidental

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 17 November 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tues.: A migrant told the Criminal Court today he accidentally shot a fellow Yugoslav on their Mt. Cotterell…

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Seven Killed in Head-on Collision

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 18 November 1954 · page 18

NEW YORK Wed.: A sold who is believed to have dozed the wheel of his car was blame by a corner at Lillington, North…

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