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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Fatality From Unusual Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 1

It was obvious that there was a dangerous defect, or imperfection, in an assembled wheel which exploded at Griffith Sales and…

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The Road Accident “Account”

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 3

The Chairman of the Australian Road Safety Council (Mr. T. G. Paterson), in his annual report just issued…

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Utilities in Accident

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 20 November 1954 · page 2

Only minor damage was caused to two utilities which were involved in an accident at the corner Kenilworth and Parkinson…

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No One Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 2

No one was injured when a utility and a car collided in Wodonga place, near Ebden street, on Saturday, at 5 p.m. Utility was…

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Station Hand Killed : Six Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 3

A 51-year-old station man was killed and six people were injured when two cars collided on a crest of the road between…

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Mutton faces problems as accidents mount in tourists’ camp

Border Morning Mail · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 8

BRISBANE, Sun.: Yesterday’s rain ruined what might have been an instructive day’s cricket at Brisbane, and so far the game has been a chapter of accidents. First Graveney, badly needing match practice, was unavailable to play…

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Two men ore believed drowned

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 3

SYDNEY, Mon.: NO trace has been found of two men who disappeared at Bondi Beach during the weekend…

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Accident Victim “Off” Serious List

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 20

Mrs Alison Parker of Eaglemont Victoria one of the passengers injured in a road Smash on the Hume Highway between…

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Apprentice jockey injured

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 23

SYDNEY, Tues. : Apprentice G. Lees was injured when he was thrown heavily at the start of the second heat of the two-year-old…

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Utility in Peculiar Accident

Border Morning Mail · Wednesday 24 November 1954 · page 22

A utility which “hooked” into a loaded semi-trailer while overtaking it on the Hume Highway Springhurst yesterday…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Thursday 25 November 1954 · page 24

A Sydney motor cyclist, Karl Winnick, of Rushcutter’s Bay, had his left leg slightly lacerated when his machine and the rear…

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Girl Cyclist Is Injured

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 2

WAGGA, Thurs. : A 15-year-old North Wagga girl was thrown heavily to the roadway this afternoon when a car collided with her…

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Yugoslav drowned in the Hume Weir

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 3

A 19-year-old single Yugoslav from Trieste was drowned in the Hume Weir yesterday afternoon, about 2.30, in…

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Accident-free drivers

Border Morning Mail · Friday 26 November 1954 · page 10

SYDNEY. Thurs.: Three country drivers of the Atlantic Oil Co. are eligible for awards under the National Road Safety Council…

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Bus Conductor Badly Injured

Border Morning Mail · Saturday 27 November 1954 · page 1

SYDNEY. Fri.: A bus conductor was seriously injured and seven passengers were slightly injured when a double-decker bus collided…

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YARRAWONGA Girl Cyclist Injured

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 19

Whilst returning home from Yarrawonga on Saturday evening, Mr. Jerry Gleeson, of Boosey, who was driving into the sun, collided…

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Two men killed: Border district’s black accident week-end

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 3

Two men were killed and one man badly injured in 10 road accidents in the border district over the week-end. Most of the mishaps…

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Cow Causes Accident

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 2

At 5.45 p.m. on Saturday a semi-trailer carrying newspaper from Sydney to Adelaide ran down a cow at the intersection of the…

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Fog Causes Many Accidents

Border Morning Mail · Monday 29 November 1954 · page 15

LOS ANGELES, Sun.: A dense blanket of fog cloaked Southern California on Friday, almost paralysing transport and causing 1300…

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After the Collision

Border Morning Mail · Tuesday 30 November 1954 · page 11

When this car (top), driven by Mr. D. Megrarity, of Yarrawonga, and the truck [?] driven by Mr. P, J. Mulqueen,…

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