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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. Les Guest, butcher, employed by Mr. Keegan, met with a nasty accident on Wednesday night. He slipped on the bathroom floor at his…

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Accidents Fingers Crushed Bv Railway Truck

Coolamon-Ganmain Farmers' Review · Friday 21 February 1936 · page 2

In endeavouring to release a broke an a railway truck at the [?] railway yarse on Tuesday [?] Mr. Kelth Milson, who is emplyed as a…

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Woman Injured in Motor Accident

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 8

A motor accident occurred in Coleman-street late last night when a motor car driven by Mr. W. Hand, an employee of the Great Southern…

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Injured by Broken Glass

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 8

While the storm on Wednesday night was at its height, a peculiar and painful accident occurred to Miss Sheila O'Rourke, of Peter-Street, Wagga…

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Boys Injured by Midget Car

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 8

Two brothers, B. and T. Johnston, aged 7 and 10 years respectively, received nasty gashes at the "Midget Car" park, on the corner of Peter and…

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Taxi Driver Drowned Car Drives Into Flooded River Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 22 February 1936 · page 10

While crossing Queen's road causeway at Townsville to-day a taxicab overturned and fell into Ross River. The owner, Walter Lollo, aged 39…

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Cyclists Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

Frank Williams, aged 19 years, of Wagga, and Harold Hibberson, also a young man, of the Experiment Farm, Wagga, both of whom were riding…

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Wicket-keeper Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 2

Wicket-keeping for Manchester Unity against Yarragundry yesterday on the Diggers' wicket, Ken Chambers was struck a nasty blow over the…

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Boy Fatally Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 4

Noel Scott, aged 4½ years, of Rozelle, was fatally injured when run over by a heavy vehicle near his home. He sustained a fractured…

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Speedway Crash Two Riders Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 24 February 1936 · page 6

Two riders were injured in a terrific crash in the opening event at the Showground Speedway last night. Nearing the end of the second lap,…

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Jockey Seriously Injured Thrown on Rail Two Accidents at Randwick Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 6

There were two accidents during training operations at Randwick this morning, one of them being of a serious nature. K. Wilson, who was…

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Two Seriously Injured Taxi and Tram Collide Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 1

A man and a woman were seriously injured to-day. when a taxi in which they were riding collided head-on with a tram at King's Cross. The…

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2 Seriously Injured Taxi and Tram Collide SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 1

A man and a woman were seriously injured yesterday, when a taxi in which they were riding collided headon "with a tram at King's Cross. The…

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One Killed; Two Injured Car Crashes Over Culvert Mudgee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 25 February 1936 · page 1

John William Carter Nelson, aged 26 years, was killed to-day when the car in which he was riding crashed through a fence over a culvert on the…

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Accident

The Ardlethan-Beckom Times · Thursday 27 February 1936 · page 2

As a result of a fall at the Carpathia Mine on Wednesday evening last Mr. B. Guy had the misfortune to sustain a broken rib He was…

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Found in Yenda Canal Settler Drowned in Four Feet of Water

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 6

EARLY on Sunday morning by the light of an electric torch Constable Robinson, of Yenda, found the body of a man…

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Accidents

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 2

Mr. Jim Brown, V.C., was driving in a sulky on Wednesday, and when near the M.I.D. Butchery, his horse shied, causing him to slip off the…

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Lorry Loses Wheel Unenviable Experience of Junee Scout Cubs Shepardstown Accident

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 28 February 1936 · page 1

The Junee pack of cubs had an unenviable experience on Saturday last when the. wheel of a motor lorry on which they were being conveyed…

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Drowning Tragedy at Yenda

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 6

Early last Sunday morning Constable Robinson, of Yenda, found the body of Herbert Lionel Saunders in Yenda Canal, in four feet of water. Saunders…

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Palresco Injured Out of Australian Cup Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 29 February 1936 · page 15

The sensation of to-day at Flemington was the scratching or Palfresco from the Essendon slakes. Palfresco did not appear at the…

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