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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Three Killed in Road Smash Car Occupants Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Two men and a woman were killed in an accident on the Castlemaine-Maryborough road. near Newstead, late last night…

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Accidental Death

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 3

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest at Junee into the death of Flight-Sgt. Bloom, who was killed in an…

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Fatal Accident at Junee Railwayman Killed By Train

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 1

A fatal accident occurred in the Junee railway 5 yards about 11.40 on Thursday night, when Mr John Newman, a railway porter, aged 24…

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Verdict of Accidental Death Young Airman

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 5

A party of Junee residents saw an aeroplane disappear behind a hill on Friday week last, and heard the crash which resulted in the…

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Child Hurt In Simple Accident at Home

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 3 May 1943 · page 8

A twelve-year-old child, Joan Stoneham, of Thomas street, met with a nasty accident yesterday…

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Baby Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 2

Kevin George, aged 18 months, fell on something sharp in the yard at his home March-street, North Wagga, yesterday, and received a severe…

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Train Derailed Four Soldiers Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 4

BRISBANE, Monday. — Four Australian soldiers were injured in a train derailment at Fairfield road level crossing at Yeerongpilly…

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Two Men Drowned Tragedy at Burrinjuck Dam Victims Well-known Cowra Residents

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 3

Two men, well-known residents of Cowra, were drowned when a motorboat was swamped late on Wednesday week last in the Burrinjuck Dam;…

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Accidents at Adelong

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 4 May 1943 · page 2

Accidents, serious ones in two instances have been the order of the day in Adelong recently. Mrs. Salmon sr., a much respected elderly lady…

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Truck Overturns Eight Soldiers Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday. — When a military truck overturned on Bulli road, near Appin, to-day, eight soldiers were injured, five…

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Mr. George Woodbridge Injured Arm Broken In Two Places When Thrown From Horse

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

Mr. George Woodbridge, well— known and popular South Gundagai resident, was seriously injured when he was thrown from…

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Accidental Death of Child

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 2

Holding an inquiry at Wagga yesterday, the coroner (Mr. Hugh Oates, J.P.) returned a finding of accidental death in the case of…

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Schooling Accident at Flemington

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wednesday. — While riding Trent Bridge in a steeplechase school at Flemington to-day, R. Sweetnam, one of Victoria's leading…

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Chief Warden Injured in Midnight Accident Car and Truck Collide on Leeton-whitton Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 2

LAST night a car driven by. Dr. Paul Sheehan and a utility truck driven by Mr. Amos Meline, of Whitton, came into…

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Four Injured Head-on Collision On Leeton-Griffith Road

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 May 1943 · page 2

LEETON, Friday.—Then were extraordinary escapes from death in a head-on collision on the Leeton-Griffith road in the early hours of…

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Youth Injured by Motor Vehicle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

While riding his bicycle in a southerly direction near Hartwig's garage in Baylis street shortly after 11 o'clock on Saturday night…

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Fatal Accident Near Hume Weir

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 2

When two vehicles collided on a small bridge near the Hume Weir, Albury, on Saturday afternoon Captain David Sterling…

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Accidental Verdict on Local Tragedy Coroner’s Finding in Inquiry re Death of H. E. Abbott

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

The inquiry concerning the death of H. E. (“Digger”) Abbott who died on April 22nd, was concluded on Friday evening, when…

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Griffith Child Fatally Injured in Bicycle Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

An unfortunate accident resulting in the death of an eight-year-old girl, Patricia Thomas, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Leslie Thomas, 46…

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Condition of Accident Victims Satisfactory Painful Injuries Suffered in Head-on Collision

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 3

THE condition of the victims of the head-on collision between two motor vehicles on the Leeton-Griffith road on Thursday…

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