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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Boy Seriously Injured by Rolling Log

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 1

While working on Mr. S. Keffords's property at Yanco on Friday evening. Keith Lamont was injured when a log rolled over his body and legs…

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Accident on Gundagai Tumut Road Allegedly Stolen Car Smashed

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 February 1945 · page 2

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday: A patient in Gundagai District Hospital a member of the R.A.A.F. is under a police guard. Late on Saturday night this…

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Accident at Dormitories Wagga Woman Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

Mrs. O. Doran, of Wagga, who came to Leeton to work on the fruit crop slipped on some fat on the floor of the Dormitories kitchen and in…

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Jindalee Serviceman Drowned Sapper H. T. Hobbs

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

A cable came this morning for Mrs. Tom Hobbs, residing on tho property of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hobbs, of "Filey." Jindalee, to say her…

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School Bus in Collision Took Short Cut to Avoid Traffic The Magistrate's Advice

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 4

THE story of exciting happenings on the afternoon of August 11th, when a slow-moving school bus, packed with children on their way home to Wamoon, collided with a motor lorry at the Palm Avenue West and Griffith trunk road intersection, and then swerved through a fence…

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Killed in Aircraft Accident F./Sergt. Peter Kirkpatrick of Deniliquin

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

Word was received here on Wednesday last to the effect that Flight Sergt. Peter Leeton Kirkpatrick, of Deniliquin, had been killed in an…

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Tarcutta Accident Boy's Injuries Accidentally Received

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

The coroner (Mr. Hugh Oates) returned a finding of accidental death when he conducted a magisterial inquiry at the Town Hall, Wagga,…

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Car Accident On Gilmore Road

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 1

On Saturday evening last when returning to Batlow from Tumut in a sedan car Mr. E. W. Whybrow, together with Mr. and Mrs. Evans and six children,…

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Motor Accident On Gundagai-Tumut Road Allegedly Stolen Car Completely Smashed R.A.A.F. Man in Gundagai Hospital

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 16 February 1945 · page 2

At present a patient in the Gundagai District Hospital is a member of the R.A.A.F. He is under a police guard…

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Remarkable Tram Collision

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 February 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: Only seven passengers were injured, and they but slightly, when three crowded trams were this morning involved…

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Horse Rider Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1945 · page 1

MAITLAND, Monday: When his horse stumbled, Hilton Kay, aged 19, of Rossbrook, was thrown into the Hunter River near…

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Hitler Youth Leader Meets with "Fatal Accident"

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 February 1945 · page 3

LONDON, Tues. (A.A.P.): The German radio states that Helmut Mockel, Chief of Staff of the Hitler Youth, met with a fatal accident while…

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Apprentice Rider Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Apprentice jockey, F. Riley, received injuries to the ankle and wrist when he was thrown from…

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Mr. Phillip Sheekey Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 2

Mr Phillip Sheekey, of Sheekey's ice and cordial factory, Goulburn, was severely injured on Wednesday morning. He was standing…

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Car Accident on Gilmore Road

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 23 February 1945 · page 5

When returning to Batlow from Tumut in a sedan, Mr. E. W. Whybrow, together with Mr. and Mrs. Evans and six children, had a narrow escape from…

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Swiss Towns Accidentally Bombed

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 6

LONDON, Friday (A.A.P.): It is officially revealed that Allied planes yesterday accidentally bombed six Swiss towns, killing 16…

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Training Accidents Death of Wagga Bred Gelding

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 24 February 1945 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Fri.: Charles Garvice collapsed end died at Epsom yesterday and Frlldin was badly injured in a hurdle school…

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Airman Killed Motor Collision at Yarrawonga

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 3

Cpl. Douglas Raymond Nelson (R.A.A.F.), aged 21 years, singer, of Broadmeadows (N.S.W.), was killed instantly on Saturday…

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Girl Injured at Batlow Bones In Wrist Crushed By Machine

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 8

A young Land Army girl, Iv[?] Williams, aged 17 years, had the bones in her wrist and arm badly crushed on Saturday last…

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Baby Drowned Mother's Struggle to Save Children

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

MACKAY, Qld., Monday: Roy William Waddington, aged 14 months, whose parents live at Tekowai, was drowned on Saturday,…

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