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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Enginedriver Mysteriously Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

A remarkable accident occurred when No. 11. goods train was going to Junee last Thursday. with two engines drawing the train, the driver of…

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Military Medallist Injured By Frightened Horse Sensational Double Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 3

HORSEMAN and cyclist were involved in a double accident opposite the railway station on Friday evening as a result…

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Boy Not Drowned Young Brother Took Clothes

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday.—Reginald Valentine. seed 13 years. who was yesterday believed to have been drowned while surfing at Manly. arrived home…

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Farm Girl Seriously Injured Fall From Tree at Wamoon

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

Miss Catherine Clifton, a member of the Women's Land Army, was seriously injured when she fell from a tree while picking peaches at Mr. J…

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Man and Daughter Badly Burned Accident at Cootamundra

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 March 1943 · page 2

COOTAMUNDRA, Monday: Charles Eldridge and his 12-year-old daughter, Hazel Eldridge, were admitted to the district hospital to-day in a…

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M.M. Winner Injured by Frightened Horse Double Accident at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 4

Horseman and cyclist were involved in a double accident opposite the Leeton railway station, as a result of which…

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Tarrabandra Man Injured Horse Crashes Through Fence

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 1

Mr. Arch Stuckey, of Tarrabandra. was admitted to the Gundagai District Hospital this morning suffering from a dislocated and…

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H. Badger Badly Injured May Not Ride Again

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Wed.—When his car left the road while negotiating a bend and crashed into a tree near Bittern last night, Harold Badger, Victoria's…

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Man and Daughter Badly Burned Accident at Cootamundra Injuries Prove Fatal

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 2

Charles Eldridge and his 12-year old daughter Hazel Eldridge were admitted to the Cootamundra District Hospital on Monday…

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Air Raid Shelter Accident 173 Dead and 61 Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday. (A.A.P.).—The Minister for Home Security (Mr. Herbert Morrison) announced in the House of Commons…

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Land Army Girl Not Seriously Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

Mr. J. Hetherington was happy to report that Mrs. Clifton a member of the Women's Land Army who fell from a tree on Monday last, was…

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Killed in Air Accident P/0 Milton Hubert Conkey

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

The flag was at the half-mast in Cootamundro twice this week for fine young natives of cootamundra now mourned…

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Sight Returned by Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 2

George Morley's eyes were injured in a London air raid in 1918. By 1922 he was totally blind. Recently he was travelling in a bus through Sussex…

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Cootamundra Man Killed in Air Accident Pilot-Officer Milton Hubert Conkey

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 2

The flag was at half mast in Cootamundra twice last wees for fine young natives of Cootamun[?]ra now mourned…

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Sight Returned by Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 16 March 1943 · page 1

George Morley's eyes were injured in a London air raid in 1918. By 1922 he was totally blind. Recently he was travelling in a…

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Shoulder Injured by Haypress

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1943 · page 2

Mr. Alfred Gumbleton, aged 36 years, of Salmon-street, Wagga, who is a haypresser employed by James Dunn Pty., Ltd., suffered severe injuries to…

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Explosion of Petrol Ganmain Man Injured Lorry Badly Damaged

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 18 March 1943 · page 2

Mr. T. Kearney, an elderly awn, of Ganmain, received a fractured collarbone when a quantity of petrol in a petrol tin on which he was…

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Remarkable Accident Petrol Explodes Man Injured

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

At about 2 p.m. on Wednesday, a small motor lorry was bring driven towards Marrar by Mr. H. Fairweather, who was accompanied by Mr. A. Pieper in the…

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Schoolboy Seriously Injured in Leap From Moving Truck

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 2

John Pannowitz, a school boy residing at Whitton, was admitted to the Leeton District Hospital late yesterday afternoon in a serious…

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R.a.a.f. Accident Four Killed in South-western N.s.w

Daily Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday. — Flying-Officer V. C. Connellan, instructor, of Balranald (N.S.W.). L.A.C. F. M. Phillips, trainee pilot, of…

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