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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Electricity Fatality Near Gundagai

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Shocking injuries were received by two employees of the Burrinjuck Elec- tricity Supply while working at a sub- station near the property of Mr. J. w…

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Two Children Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Within two Jays two Junte chil dren, a boy and a girl, were involved in accidents, one being in a serious condition…

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Two Men Shockingly Burned Electricity Accident Near Gundagai

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

Shocking injuries were received by two employees of the Burrininck Electricity Supply while working at a substation new the property of Mr. J…

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Accidents at Burrinjuck Two Yass Residents Lose a Finger Each

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 4

Two Yass residents were the victims of accident at Burrinjuck during last week, as a result of which each lost a…

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Inquiry Into Airmen's Deaths In'Plane Crash Near Tumut Accidental Finding Recorded

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 23 January 1942 · page 2

An inquiry into the deaths of Sergle Pilot William Armour Magrath and Aircraftsman William Joseph Werner. of the R.A.A.F. training school at…

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Jockey Injured Training Accident at Caulfield

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Friday.—J. Crockford, who is attached to J. E. Smedley's stable at Caulfield had a fall on the Caulfield tracks to-day…

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Young Soldier Killed Mother Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 2

A fatal motor smash occurred near: Young in the early hours on last Sunday morning, when a young soldier, Pte. Walter Madden, of Monteagle, who…

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Death of Electrician Result of Nangus Accident

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 January 1942 · page 4

Russell Gardiner, electrician, aged [?] years, who was seriously injured in an accident near Nangus on Thursday, when he was severely burned through coming…

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Leeton Orchardist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1942 · page 2

Mr. k. D. Lang, me well-known orchardist. of Leeton, was seriously injured yesterday morning when he tea 17 feet from the top of a shed…

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Beach Accident at Hay Child Seriously Injured on Snag

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon Dorothy Styman, aged 14 years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chris, Styman, of Pine Street, Hay and formerly of…

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Jockey Injured F. M'intyre Fractures Coliarbone at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 6

The Wagga jockey F. M'Intyre suffered a broken left collarbone and bruised back when he was dislodged from Gay Lady on the way to the post prior to the start…

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Mr. R. D. Lang Seriously Injured FELL 17 Feet From Shed Unconscious Since

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 2

MR. R. D. LANG, the exceedingly well known and widely esteemed resident of Leeton, lies unconscious and in a serious…

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Two Men Shockingly Burned Electricity Accident Near Gundagai

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 1

Shocking injuries were received by two employees of the Burrinjuck Electricity Supply while working at a substation near the property of…

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Two Men Shockingly Burned One Fatally Electricity Accident Near Gundagai

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 4

Shocking injuries were received by two employees of the Burrinjuck Electricity Supply while working at a…

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Hurdle Accident Brown Bomber Rilled at Randwick

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1942 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday.—Crashing into the hurdle at the half-mile while running in the Hurdle Race at Randwick to-day, Brown Bomber broke his neck. His rider…

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Girl Injured by Fire

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

Miss Thelma Harmer, aged 19 years, of 3 Norman-street, Wagga, received burns to the face and both forearms about 2.45 o'clock yesterday afternoon,…

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Fatal Electricity Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 2

The late Russell Gardiner, electrician, aged 30, who was fatally injured in an accident near Nangus, when he was severely burned through…

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Militiaman Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Pte. William Cherry, aged 21 years, of She Militia, fractured his spine when he dived into 2 ft. of water at Bondi to-day. He was…

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Injured While Cleaning Window

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 2

When she overbalanced from a ladder while cleaning a window at her home yesterday, Mrs. Adams, of Farm 584 Yanoo, fell to the ground, and…

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Two Cheese Injured Goulburn Market Garden Blaze

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 January 1942 · page 4

A 73-year-old Chinese, Lin Ham, was seriously injured when eight-roomed cottage, living quarters of a market garden was…

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