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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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Drowned in the Surf Well-Known Riverina Resident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 2

News of the drowning in the surf at Bondi of Mr. Patrick J. Maloney, who is the father of Sister Mary Acquines of St. Mary's Convent,…

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Naples Explosion 400 Killed and 2000 Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 April 1943 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—At least 400 were killed and more than 2000 seriously injured in an explosion in a munitions dump at Naples which razed…

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Bomen Resident Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 2

When a wodden frame collapsed while being used as a point of vantage during the opening ceremony of the Service Women's…

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Lad Injured While Rabbiting

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 2

Harold Day, aged nine years, of Yarragundry, sustained a fracture of his left lower arm whsn he fell off a log late on…

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Items of News Injured While Plating at North Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 2

While Playing amongst some rubbish yesterday afternoon. John Murley, aged years, of North Wagga, sustained a severe…

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Accidental Air Raid Alarm Sounded at Canberra

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 7 April 1943 · page 1

Some alarm. occasioned in the Kingston district on Thursday morning by the raid imminent signal, which was sounded from…

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Road Smash Man Killed and Four Injured High Tension Line Down

Daily Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1943 · page 6

PERTH, Thursday.—In a sensational smash on the Stirling Highway one man was killed and four injured, one seriously. A…

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Boy Injured in Street

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 2

As he was walking across the intersection of Baylis street and Forsyth street shortly after 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon…

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Boy Injured by Broken Bottle

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 2

John Waldon, aged 12 years, of Goonigul avenue, Wagga, was conveyed by the Wagga District Ambulance and admitted to the…

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Stabbing Affrays Three Men Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 April 1943 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday: Three men wene seriously injured in three separate stabbing affrays in Sydney last night. One was Duncan…

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Leg Amputated Former Wagga Resident' in Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 2

Sgt. Dick Franklin, Jun., R.A.A.F., son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Franklin, late of Wagga and now of Sydney, met with a…

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The Showground Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 April 1943 · page 3

The names, of the riders who were thrown during the hack race at the showground on Wednesday were Kate O'Connell and Frank O'Connell…

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Child Injured In Unusual Accident While Playing

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 3

A somewhat unusual accident wag responsible for the entry during the week-end of June Longhurst, of Crown…

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Man's Leg Injured

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 April 1943 · page 2

Rain was falling heavily yesterday morning when the milkmen were making their deliveries with the result that some of the…

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Infant Critically Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 3

Denis Dominguez, 14 months old son of Mr. J. J. Dominguez, of Trail-street, fell from a cot on to the lawn early yesterday afternoon and was…

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Ten Killed R.a.a.f. Accidents in Southern N.s.w

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 2

Eight airmen were killed wh[?] two aircraft collided in mid-a[?] during R.A.A.F. training exerci[?] in Southern N.S. Wales. They…

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Former Junee Residents Lose Child In Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 16 April 1943 · page 4

Denis Dominguez, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dominguez, of Wagga, and formerly of Junee, fell from a cot at his parents…

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Baby Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 2

An 18-months-old child was brought to file Albury District Hospital about 7 o'clock last night and life was pronounced extinct after artificial…

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Soldiers Accidentally Killed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 April 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday.—After hearing evidence in camera, the Wollongong coroner found that four soldiers who lost their lives while…

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Fatality at Hockey Match

Daily Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1943 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.—Struck by a ball during a hockey match yesterday James Murie, aged 28 years, school teacher, of Newcastle…

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