Two Drowning Tragedies
The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 January 1957 · page 1
Camping in the district ended tragically for two Melbourne families last week when a young man was drowned near Stevensâ Weir, and a five-year-old girl was drowned in the Murray River at Tocumwal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Several Minor Accidents Over Holiday Period
The Pastoral Times · Friday 4 January 1957 · page 1
No serious car accidents were reported to police during the Christmas-New Year period, although there were a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Hay C.P.S. Drowned
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1957 · page 1
A young man, who was assistant C.P.S. at Deniliquin for some months-last year, was drowned at Hay during the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Injured Man to City Hospital
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 8 January 1957 · page 1
Desmond Stratton, who has been seriously ill in Deniliquin Hospital for about 10 days, was removed to the Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, by ambulance this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident Not Reported
The Pastoral Times · Friday 11 January 1957 · page 1
An accident occurred at North Deniliquin yesterday when a semi-trailer sheep crate truck struck a lorry at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Father and Son in Drowning Mishap
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 15 January 1957 · page 1
A man and his son were drowned in Buccani Creek, about 12 miles from Moulamein, on Saturday afternoon. Drowned were: Stanley Bradley (40), of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Four Injured In Road Accident
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 January 1957 · page 1
Four people were admitted to Deniliquin Hospital on Saturday night following an accident on the Finley Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Accidents In One Afternoon
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 22 January 1957 · page 1
A Deniliquin man was involved in tow road accidents within a matter of two hours on Friday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Small Boy Injured
The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 January 1957 · page 6
A Mathoura boy was injured whilst playing in Burns Street on Saturday morning. The boy was William Vesty, of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Drowned In Edward River
The Pastoral Times · Friday 25 January 1957 · page 1
A full-blooded aborigine was drowned in the Edward River, near Moulamein, on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Injured [?] Motor Cycle Crashes
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 29 January 1957 · page 8
A man suffered a [?] fracture of the nose and tons to the fatt [?] motor cycle crashed [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Injured In Fall From Horse
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 5 February 1957 · page 1
A young girl was injured when she fell from the horse she was riding yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Lighter Side of Accidents
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1957 · page 5
What do you do when your car battery is so flat it will not turn the engine over? You hail a passing motorist,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vehicles Damaged In Collision
The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 February 1957 · page 7
Two vehicles were damaged in a collision in End Street on Wednesday afternoon. The accident occurred when a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Man Drowned In Wakool River
The Pastoral Times · Friday 8 February 1957 · page 3
A man was drowned in the Wakool River on Friday last whilst trying to rescue his young son…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seriously Injured in Road Accident
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 12 February 1957 · page 1
A man received shocking head injuries when the car in which he was a passenger overturned on the Echuca Road on Sunday. The injured man wads paul…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision In Cressy Street
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 19 February 1957 · page 8
A collision between [?] occurred in Cressy [?] last Friday. Fortunately, no [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Accidents
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1957 · page 4
At about 6.50 p.m on Sunday last, a motor car driven by Gordon Benton, 53, of Mountain View Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Boy Injured While Diving
The Pastoral Times · Friday 22 February 1957 · page 1
A young boy was injured when diving for scrap metal in the Edward River on Wednesday. The bov. Thomas Watts, (12),…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Drowned Near Echuca
The Pastoral Times · Tuesday 26 February 1957 · page 5
An elderly man was drowned in the Murray River, near Echuca, on Friday last. The man was Angus Malcolm…
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