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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Drowned in Murray

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 6

Harold Arthur Schubert 26, farm hand, of Walker's Flat, near Mannum, was drowned on Monday, when he tried to cross the River Murray…

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Jockey Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 16

One of A. Reed's toes was badly bruised when he was forced on to the rails when riding Jucata in the Port Adelaide Cup on Tuesday…

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Donaster Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 16

Donaster has been the unlucky horse of the year. After many minor placings he lost a face on a protest and after the good third at…

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Many Accidents Car Turns Over Wagga People Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

A remarkable escape from death was experienced by Mr. Eugene Gurtner, of 23 Peter Street, Wagga, and two passengers, when a car he…

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Child Drowned Near Yanco Party From Sarella[?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 3

On Sunday last a child, Laurel Elva Jones, aged 6, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs G. Jones of Barallan, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee…

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Collision in Fog Wanganella Rushes Back to Port

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

Damaged in a collision with the trawler Durraween during a fog at 1.35 a.m. on Tuesday. 18 miles off Montague Island, South Coast, the…

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Family's Unlucky Day Two Boys Injured Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 2

John Evans, aged 13 years, of Barellan, was helping his parents to cart wheat when he fell over and severed an artery in his leg on a broken bottle…

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Cattle On Aerodromes Wagga Accident Stirs the Authorities Full Inquiry to Be Made

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 4

The Minister for Defence (Mr, Thorby) states that cattle should hot be permitted to graze on an aerodrome which was in general use. He…

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Wagga Accidents

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 1 January 1938 · page 5

Mr. William Jones, saddler, of 63 Crampton Street, an elderly man was knocked down by a car at the intersection of Kincaid and…

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Postmaster Drowned Gloucester

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Max Lang, aged 55 years, postmaster at Curimba, was drowned yesterday when he was swept out by heavy seas while surfing at Shelley Beach. Lang's…

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Car Passengers Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Three Albury residents, when travelling in a car on the Yackandandah-Kiewa road about four miles from Albury on Saturday night, were…

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Cars Collide Person Injured

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 2

Late on Xhas Eve two cars met in a head- on collision on the Hume High way, a few miles on the Tarcutta side of Tumblong…

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Youth Drowned in River Maitland

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Charles Miller, aged 15 years, of Lorn, was drowned in the Patterson River in which he went for a swim shortly after a meal…

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Two Riders Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 7

Two riders, Keith Oliver and Norman Ives, were admitted to hospital following a fall of three riders in the motor paced events at the Sports…

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Three Drowned Two Men and Boy Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

There were three more drownings to-day, making a week-end total of five. An Orange resident lost his life in the Nepean River, a four-year-old…

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Four Persons Injured Car Capsises at Berremangra

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

Extensive injuries were su[?]tained by a Victorian family and their cars was badly damaged on Christmas Day, when the…

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Girl Killed Companion Gravely Injured Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Dorothy Stace, aged 17 years, of Surry Hills, was fatally injured when a motor cycle in which she was riding skidded in loose gravel and she was…

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One Killed; Two Badly Injured Car Overturns on Bend Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

Thomas Browniee, aged 22 years, of Wattle-street, Haberfield, was killed yesterday when a motor car overturned on a hairpin bend on the main road…

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Injured Journalist Reported Heavy Losses of Republicans at Thruel Saragossa

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 4

The American journalist, Edward Nield, who was wounded in the Teruel area, is worse and undergoing blood tranfusions. It is thought that his…

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Marcus Show Dancer Injured Found Lying in Street Victim of Assault Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1938 · page 1

Found lying unconscious on the foot-path in busy Bourke-street last night, when the New Year's Eve celebrations were at their height, Audrey Foley, aged…

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