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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

1,240 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 62

Three Year Old Boy Drowned Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 1

While bathing in private baths at Pymble yesterday Dermot O'Brien, aged three years, was drowned…

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'Plane Crash Pilot Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 7

John Sherwin aged 27 years, was seriously injured this morning when the Moth plane he was piloting crashed at Mornington. The machine was…

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2 Men Injured 5000-volt Cable Explodes SYDNEY

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 1

Two men, named Flynn and Bennett, were working in a manhole in Clarence street, City, this morning, when a 5000-volt cable exploded…

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Warders Injured at Bathurst Gaol Serious Outbreaks Riot Averted Only by Threat to Fire Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 4

Another serious disturbance took place in the Bathurst Gaol yesterday and a riot was avoided when a warder warned the prisoners that he would…

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Road Accidents the Four Absolutes

The Hillston Spectator and Lachlan River Advertiser · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 2

Here are what might be called the four "absolutes" for checking oneself in an effort to solve the human factor in the accident problem…

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Accident on Boorowa Road

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 2

Two men are in the Sacred Heart Hospital Young, as the result of a car overturning on the Boorowa road yesterday morning, about four miles from…

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Fatality at Wagga Old Man Drowned Caught on Fishing Line

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

When William John Millar, aged 74 years, at 18 Goonigul-avenue, Wagga entered the Murrumbidgee River just at the rear of the camping reserve…

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Daniel Moon Died Accidentally, Rules Coroner Hough Exonerated of Gillenbah Shooting Two-day Inquest Into New Year's Fatality

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

AT Narrandera yesterday afternoon Ernest Charles Hough was exonerated from a charge of murdering his brother-in-law, Daniel Moon, a Yanco orchardist, at Gillenbah on New Year's Day. After a lengthy statement by the Coroner, who severely…

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Old Man Drowned Caught on Fishing Line WAGGA

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 1

When William John Millar, 74, of Wagga, entered the Murrumbidgee river just at the rear of the camping reserve adjoining the bathing beach…

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Albury Resident Seriously Injured at Bathurst Bathurst

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

James Jenkinson, aged 70 years, of Albury, a former sergeant of police, was seriously injured to-night in a collision between two cars. Jenkison…

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Moon's Death Accidental Coroner's Finding the Charge of Murder Against Ernest Charles Hough Dismissed Hough Took Manly and Correct Course Wednesday, January 11

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 2

On Wednesday last the District Coroner (Mr. J. S. Diekson) opened an inquiry into the cause of the death of Daniel James Moon, who died in…

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Darlington Point Tragic River Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

Febristo Bastianon, of Farm 872, Griffith, lost Lis life in the river on Sunday afternoon, 7th January, under somewhat tragic circumstances…

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Narandera Shooting Inquest Accused Discharged; Verdict of Accidental Death Coroner Criticises Actions of Deceased Threats Against Wife's Life Narandera, Thnrsday

Daily Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the district coroner (Mr. Dickson) at the conclusion of the inquest this afternoon into the death of Daniel James Moon, who was fatally shot at Gillenbah on January 1…

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Unnecessarily Carved Road Greatly to Blame Accidental Deaths of Young Men in Christmas Tragedy Evidence Taken at Bedside

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 3

A TRENCHANT denunciation of the dangers of the Leeton-Yanco road was voiced by the Coroner,. .Mr. J. S. Dickson, of Narandera, when he brought in a finding of accidental death in the cases of Reginald John Callaghan and Leonard Edward Attwood, who diad in…

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Struck by Falling Bough Cyclist's Thigh Broken Accident in River Country

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 13 January 1939 · page 5

WHILE riding on a bicycle to the river on a fishing trip yesterday afternoon, Mr. Jack Bamblett was struck by a…

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Local and General Diving Fatality at Griffith

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 14

When he dived into shallow water in the Murrumbidgee River, some miles from Griffith. Teonisto Bastianon, 38, broke his neck, and was…

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Old Man Drowned Tangled in Fishing Line

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 3

A drowning fatality occurred in the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga on Thursday, at the rear of the camping reserve above the bathing…

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Man Drowned Rescuing Brother Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 1

While bathing in the Ashley River, Arthur Tapp got into difficulties and in the excitement following his rescue. his brother Stanley disappeared and…

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Car Falls Into Creek Family of Three Injured

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 14 January 1939 · page 8

When the steering rod failed, a car driven by Mr. Peter John Carter, 34. of Hay, fell 25 feet into the dry bed of the Deltroit Creek, near…

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Youth Drowned Tragedy at Wagga Rescue Attempt Failed

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1939 · page 2

Reginald Manning, aged 19 years, of Turvey Park, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee River below the bathing beach yesterday afternoon. Despite…

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