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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,240 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 62

Fatal Accident Near Tumblong Wagga Woman Killed Coronial Inquiry

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

At about 3 a.m. on Monday morning last, Mrs. Mary Jane Allardice, aged 60 years, of Wagga, was fatally injured, when the car in which…

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Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

On the mill road on the morning of New Year's Eve, Mr. F. P. Kiely's delivery motor truck, driven by Mr. Bob Lamb, with two the Kiely boys…

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Fatality Near Gundagai Wagga Resident Killed When Car Overturned Two Others Injured

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

Blind for more than 30 years, in itself a tragedy, Mrs. Mary Jane Allardice. aged 60 years, came to a most tragic death near Gundagai…

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Cars in Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

A car owned by Mr. H. Kinch, and driven by his brother, Mr. F. Kinch, collided with a car driven by Mr. E. Saines, the accident occurring on the…

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JOCKEY J. Willsher Injured In Training Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 3

Jockey J. Willsher suffered a broken left collarbone as a result of his mount, Vallette, falling during a training gallop at Kensington on Tuesday…

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Level Crossing Fatality Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 1

Isabella Slyth, aged 50 years. was killed by a train on the Mordialloc level crossing to-day…

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Lighthousekeeper Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

Radio calls for help from keith Hamilton, lighthousekeeper on Cliffy Island, were not picked up until 12 hours after he had broken his right…

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Hit-run Motorist Man Injured Near Leeton

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 8

Mr. Moy, of Yanco. was walking along the Yanco-Leeton road on Wednesday, and when at the spot where the fatal accident occurred on…

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Truck Crashes One Man Killed Gundagai Resident Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 4

One man died and five others were injured as the result of an extraordinary truck crash down a mountainside in dense bush fire smoke on…

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Trucks Collide at Intersection No-one Seriously Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 6

A UTILITY truck, driven by Mr. J. Panaretto was wrecked on Monday morning at about 10 a.m., when it came into…

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Leeton's First Hit-Run Driver Pedestrian Injured on Yanco Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 1

LEETON'S first case of a hit-run driver occurred on Sunday night when a man was struck down by a car on the Yanco…

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Knocked Out by Crowbar Accident At Yanco Brickworks

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

WHEN struck by a crowbar with which he was cleaning a rotating grinding-pan at the Yanco Machine Brickworks on Monday,…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 4

A motor cyclist on the Tarcutta road was the victim of an unusual accident on Thursday morning. Frederick Cookson, of Yathong-street…

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Fatally Injured Car Crashed Into Fence Geelong

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 4

Six persons were injured, one fatally, when a car after leaving the Anglesea-road, near Bellbrae, this afternoon, crashed through a fence…

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Man Killed Level Crossing Smash Son Injured Parkes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 7

George Packham, of Orange, was killed and his son Nell injured when their motor lorry crashed into a goods train at the gasworks level crossing…

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Small Boy Drowned SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 4

Ray Osland, aged six years, of Edward-street, Glebe, Newcastle, was drowned in the lagoon at Wattamolla, National Park, to-day. It is believed…

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Fatal Accident Near Geelong Killed; 5 Injured Melbourne

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

Six were injured, one fatally, and three critically, when a sedan car, after leaving the Angelsea road, near Geelong, on Saturday, crashed through…

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Fatal Accident Near Geelong One Killed; Five Injured Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

Six persons were injured, one fatally, and three critically, when a sedan car, after leaving the Angelsea-road, near Geelong, to-day, crashed through a…

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Car Crashes Into Creek Three Injured Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

When the steering [?]red falled to function, a car, with [?] three occupants, missed the approach to a bridge over the Deltroit Creek, two miles…

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Remarkable Escape Car Crashes Into Creek Steering Fails Three People Injured

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 3

When the steering rod failed to function a car with its three occupants missed the approach to a bridge over the Deltroit Creek, two miles…

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