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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1957

65 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 4

Painful Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 24 May 1957 · page 1

Mr. Val Ingram met with a painful accident on Wednesday when he was operating a posthole digger at his property…

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[?]Second Accident Victim Dies

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 June 1957 · page 1

[?] John Clifton died in the Deniliquin Hospital yesterday [?] afternoon as a result of injuries received in a motor [?] on the Finley Road more than two weeks ago. [?]…

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Vehicles Badly Damaged In Collision

The Pastoral Times · Friday 21 June 1957 · page 1

Two vehicles were extensively damaged in a collision at the intersection of Harfleur Street and Echuca Road…

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Escaped Injury In Collision

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 2 July 1957 · page 3

Two motorists escaped injury when their vehicles collided in Deniliquin on Friday night…

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One Killed, Three Hurt In Road Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 19 July 1957 · page 1

A woman and a youth were critically injured, and two others were seriously hurt when a Holden utility crashed into the rear of a semi-trailer on the Cobb Highway about mid-day on Wednesday…

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Second Road Fatality In A Week

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 July 1957 · page 1

A woman was killed last night when a tyre blew out a car which she was travelling as a passenger, caus[?] it to somersault off the road and smash through a [?]ce 30 yards away…

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Youth Injured In Head-On Smash

The Pastoral Times · Friday 26 July 1957 · page 1

A learner driver was admitted to the Deniliquin Hospital on Wednesday night fallowing a head on…

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Son Drowned: £500 Awarded Parents

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 13 August 1957 · page 1

Parents of a man drowned in the swollen Jimaringle Creek while trying to rescue a mob of stranded sheep during last year’s floods were awarded £500 when the Workers’ Compensation Commission sat in…

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Killed In Shooting Accident

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 3 September 1957 · page 1

A man was killed in a shooting accident near Euston on Saturday afternoon. He was Charles Loy, 21, of…

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Two Men Believed Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 October 1957 · page 1

Two Nyah mm who went fishing at Lake Pooma, Koraleigh on Friday afternoon have been…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 8 October 1957 · page 1

Mr John Patrick Lawlor, a member of the well-known Lawlor family, of Tocumwal, was killed instantly in a shooting…

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Accidentally In Chest

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 October 1957 · page 1

[?]was admitted to the [?] Hospital on Sunday [?]bullet wound in the [?]Stanley Menadue,…

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Collision At Rail Crossing

The Pastoral Times · Friday 18 October 1957 · page 1

The diesel motor train and a motor lorry driven by a Finley man collided at the Harfleur Street rail crossing…

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Man Fatally Injured In Cycle Collision

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 October 1957 · page 1

Mr. James Windon, whose death was reported in our last issue, was injured when his motor cycle and a truck…

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[?] Injured [?] Thrown [?] Horse

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 November 1957 · page 1

[?] Bond, aged nine years, [?] severe head Injuries [?] afternoon when [?] thrown from his horse…

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Injured At Pic[?]

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 November 1957 · page 8

An [?] Mrs. Gu[?] Ruth Mc[?] Sunday last [?]…

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Road Accidents

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 26 November 1957 · page 5

Ever since the First World War, when the motor car became an everyday means of transport, the argument has continued…

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67-Yr. Old Drover In Tragic Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 29 November 1957 · page 1

When unloading a wagonette from the back of a lorry on Wednesday, a man was killed when the vehicle got out of control and passed over him. The man was Robert James…

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67-Year-Old Drover in Tragic Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 3 December 1957 · page 1

While [?]aloading a waggon[?]t from a motor lorry on the Moulanm[?]n road, about 96 millen from Den[?]llguia, an…

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Two Men Drowned

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 10 December 1957 · page 1

Two men were drowned in Deniliquin Police District during the week-end, one in the [?]arling and the other in the…

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