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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1961

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Heart Diseases Kill More Than Cancer or Road Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Thursday 30 March 1961 · page 3

Heart and allied diseases caused five times as many deaths as accidents, poisonings and violence and nearly three times as many as cancer during 1958—the last year for which complete figures for the causes of death are available…

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Driver Seriously Injured in Crash

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1961 · page 3

After his car had struck a tree about three miles south of Tocumwal on Sunday week, a motorist suffered…

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Killed on Eve of Family Reunion Echuca Rd. Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 7 April 1961 · page 1

A young Scotsman who had been looking forward to the [?]rrival in Deniliquin of his parents and younger brother [?] killed instantly in a tragic road accident near Deniliquin on Good Friday…

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Accident Near Drive-in

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 18 April 1961 · page 6

Desmond Bradley, of Finley, was treated by a doctor and had his ear considerably damaged following an…

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Mr G. Whitford Seriously Injured

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1961 · page 1

Mr George Whitford, of Japarit, who for many years conducted the chemist shop in Berrigan, on Saturday…

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Berrigan Girl Fatally Injured in Car Crash

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1961 · page 1

Miss Mary Ellen Abbott, 20 years old daughter of Mr and Mrs L. C. Abbott, of Berrigan, was fatally injured in a car…

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Two Accidents

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 25 April 1961 · page 1

Two accidents were reported to the police recently. Two drivers escaped injury when their vehicles were involved in a…

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Cyclist Injured

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 April 1961 · page 1

Robert Stenteford, of 14 St Michael St, Deniliquin, was slightly injured when his bicycle and a car collided at the corner…

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Boy Injured When His Horse Bolts

The Pastoral Times · Friday 28 April 1961 · page 1

A boy was admitted to the Deniliquin. Hospital suffering from concussion and a bruised and lacerated face after he…

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[?]ry Awards Local. Girl 750 Damages Sequel to Taxi Accident

The Pastoral Times · Friday 5 May 1961 · page 1

[?]mages of £750 have been awarda[?] a Deniliquin girl, Maureen Violet [?]sell, 19, of 40 Russell Street, for [?]ies she received in an accident in…

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Injured Man Drove Tractor Mile For Help

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 9 May 1961 · page 5

A 53-year-old man had to drive a tractor over a mile to get help when he fractured his thigh while…

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Shooting Accident at Jerilderie

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1961 · page 1

Graham Cogdon, aged 17 years, of Abbotsford, Melbourne, was critically injured in a shooing accident near…

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Woman Drowned at Tocumwal

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1961 · page 2

The body of Mrs Josephine Agnes Hewett, aged 48 years, of Tocumwal, was found in the Murray River at…

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£300 Damages to Accident Victim

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 23 May 1961 · page 8

A Deniliquin man, Bernard Douglas Anderson, of Harfleur Street, yesterday was awarded £300 damages for injuries he received and expenses incurred following an accident on Christmas Eve last year…

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Badly Injured When Car Overturns

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 30 May 1961 · page 1

A man was badly injured when the car he was driving overturned after striking a guide post one…

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Freak Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 5

Mrs B. Woodward was the [?]ictim of a freak accident on Thursday week last which could have had very serious…

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Finding of Accidental Death

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1961 · page 3

“From the evidence I find that, the deceased died from multiple injuries received when the car she was driving…

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Inquest Into Fatal Motor Accident

The Berrigan Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1961 · page 1

The district Coroner Mr C. A. Shebler, conducted an inquiry at the Berrigan Court House last Thursday into the…

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Six Injured in Bad Road Smash

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 20 June 1961 · page 1

A Mathoura bank manager was admitted to hospital with deep facial cats and five other people received minor injuries in a car smash about six miles' from Deniliquin on Saturday night…

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Injured When His Utility Capsizes

The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 4 July 1961 · page 5

A Moama man, Kevi[?] Buckley, 28, of Council St., was injured early on Sunday morning when a…

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