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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

469 stories in Riverina's papers · page 5 of 24

Drowned at College Picnic Sad Passing of Kevin Grady

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 2

A WAVE of sorrow passed over Yanco on Friday evening, when the sad news was received that Kevin, the 13-year-old son of…

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Accident At Batlow Dehydrator Girl's Hand Torn in Elevator

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 2

The first serious accident since the Batlow Packing House began dehydration of vegetables some 3½ years ago…

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Fatal Accident At Culcairn Bot Thrown From Bolting Horse

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

The death the result of an accident, occurred on his parents' farm at Culcairn yesterday of Herbert John taylor, aged 11…

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Horseman Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

Leslie Harrison, of West Albury, was admitted to the Albury Hospital last night suffering from head injuries received when a horse he was…

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Drowned at College Picnic

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

Muck regret was felt at Yanco on Friday evening when the sad news was received that Kevin, the 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs Frank Grady…

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Woman Killed Husband Critically Injured Couple Jump in Front of Train

Daily Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A young woman was killed and her husband critically injured when they fell in front of an electric train at Hurstville…

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Accident at Cannery

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1945 · page 4

Mrs. Purdue had her thumb badly gashed at the Leeton Co-operative Cannery yesterday and, after treatment by an ambulance officer,…

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British Navy Man Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Walter Lynam, aged 19, a member of the Royal Navy, was drowned when he dived into the surf at…

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Mr. Makin Badly Injured in Car Smash On Way to See Father In Hospital

Daily Advertiser · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: When a ca[?] in which he was travelling to Sydney skidded on the wet road at Strathfield to-day and crashed…

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Shooting Accident Near Griffith

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

Mr Arthur Male of Barrellan, was admitted to hospital in Griffith on Saturday in a serious condition, caused through a pea-rifle…

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Fatality at Batlow Man Killed At Timber Felling

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 1

Henry Edward Coe, an employee of the Forestry Commission, was accidentally killed by a tree falling on him at The Granites, 20 miles from…

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Mr. Makin Injured in Car Smash

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

When a car in which he was travelling to Sydney skidded on the wet road at Strathfield on Sunday and crashed into a telegraph pole, the…

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Trains Collide R.a.a.f. and Workers' Special Fifty-three Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Out of 1200 people on two steam trains involved in a head-on collision at Clarendon railway station,…

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Fell From Sulky Accident at Yanco

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

Mrs. McNeilly received a bad shaking on Friday when she was thrown from her sulky at Yanco while returning home from a shopping trip. The…

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Burning Accident in Old Quarry

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 3

Kenny Odewahn the four year old son of Mr.and Mrs. Norman Odewahn of Waratah St., was the victim of a painful burning accident on…

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Baby Drowned At Marrar in Kerosene Tin Half Kill of Water Brothers Shocking Discovery

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 2

A tragic accident occurred yesterday afternoon when a 10-months-old child, Eileen Olive Schiller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Cyclist Injured in Street

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 4

Shortly before 7.30 o'clock last night a young woman, Mrs. Grace Baumer, of 271 Edward-street, Wagga. was slightly injured when…

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Fatality at Batlow . Man Killed At Timber Felling

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

Henry Edward Coe, an employee the Forestry Commission, was accidentally killed by a tree falling him at The Granites, 20 miles…

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Baby Drowned in Kerosene Tin Half Full of Water

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 1

A tragic accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when a 10-months child, Eileen Olive Schiller, daughter of Mr and Mrs" Michael Roy Schiller, of 'Marrar' Station, Marra , was drowned in a kerosene half full of water…

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Sad Marrar Fatality Baby Drowned in Kerosene Tin

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

A tragic happening occurred on Tuesday afternoon, when a 10-months-old child, Eileen Olive Schiller, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael…

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