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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1956

43 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 3

Seriously Injured When Track Overturns

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 January 1956 · page 1

A Mathoura man was admitted to Deniliquin Hospital with severe injuries after his utility had overturned at Mathoura…

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Minor Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 January 1956 · page 2

Over the Christmas and New Year holidays only three minor collisions occurred on Deniliquin streets…

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Admitted to Hospital After Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 January 1956 · page 1

Kevin Coughlin was admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital suffering from concussion following an accident when the…

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Urana Holiday Fatality

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1956 · page 5

When he slipped from a log on which he had been playing, John William Edward Gilbert, aged 7, of Boonoke…

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Postmaster Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 6

Mathoura postmaster Mr. Roy Fulford has returned home after being a patient in the Echuca Hospital for a few…

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Cars Overturn--- Five Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 1

Wet and greasy roads caused two cars to skid and overturn within four hours of each other on district roads in the early hours of yesterday morning. As a result of the accidents…

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Elderly Lady Found Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 31 January 1956 · page 8

Mrs. Esther [?] of former well-known[?] rung district farmer [?] Morris, was found [?]…

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Near- Drowning At Bend

The Pastoral Times · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 1

A near-drowning at Brewery Bend beach this week should warn parents of the danger of allowing children to go to the…

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Woman Treated After Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 10 February 1956 · page 1

A woman was treated for superficial cuts to the head at the Deniliquin Hospital and allowed to leave following an…

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Former Resident Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 February 1956 · page 7

Former resident of [?] Mr. John Pagan, received [?] head injuries .when fee fell from a tram in Mt. Alexander Road,…

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Man Injured In Fall

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 6 March 1956 · page 1

As a result of a fall from a high ladder Mr. Bruce Boyd, of North Deniliquin, was admitted to Deniliquin Hospital…

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Injured Youth Taken To Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Friday 9 March 1956 · page 5

Hayden Day, who was rushed to St. Vincent’s Hospital, Melbourne, by ambulance last Tuesday, is reported to be…

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Berrigan Player Injured

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 April 1956 · page 5

Berrigan’s vice-captain Ednie had his collarbone broken when he collided with another player at Wagga on Saturday…

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Father and Son Die in Double Drowning

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 24 April 1956 · page 1

A 45 year old man and his nine year old son were the victims of a double drowning at Tocumwal last Saturday morning. The victims of the drowning…

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Shoulder Blade Fractured In Logging Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 27 April 1956 · page 6

Mr. K. Holmes has his shoulder blade fractured in three places as a result of a logging accident last Tuesday…

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Injured Leg While Logging

The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 May 1956 · page 8

A young man was ruse to the Echuca Hospital Deniliquin Ambulance Thursday after receiving…

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Collision in Rain

The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 May 1956 · page 1

A collision occurred on the Finley Road early Wednesday evening when a car travelling at about 50 m.p.h. attempted…

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Seriously Injured When Car Overturns

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 June 1956 · page 1

A 30 year old man was seriously injured when the Holden sedan in which he was travelling overturned about 16 miles oat on the Hay road early Saturday morning…

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Accident Victim Transferred To Melbourne

The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 June 1956 · page 1

Victim of last Saturday’s accident, Warwick Hayton, was transferred by ambulance to Melbourne today from the…

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Four killed in head-on collision

The Pastoral Times · Friday 6 July 1956 · page 1

A Deniliquin woman was killed outright and her son critically injured when the car in which they were travelled collided head-on with another vehicle near Valley Yarrawonga on the Murray Valley Highway early…

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