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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Tragic Happinings Over Holiday Period Han Drowned at Albury; Tried to Rescue Brother

The Gundagai Independent · Tuesday 1 January 1946 · page 7

Arthur Ferguson, aged 22 years was drowned in the Murray River about a mile and a half from Alibury last week with a younger…

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Boy Drowned at Narrabeen

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Peter Kevin Wildash, aged 5 1/2 years, of Huxtable Avenue, Lane Cove, was drowned in Narrabeen Lakes this afternoon…

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Women Injured in Car Smash

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: Two women were seriously injured when the car in which they were returning from Newcastle crashed into a telegraph…

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Two Men Found Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tues.: The police at Manly are investigating the circumstances in which two men were found lying injured in widely…

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Four Dead in Sydney Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

L. the 24 hours ended at noon to-day, Sydney's accident list for the New Year comprised four deaths and 10 injured. Three men…

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Eight Hurt in Bus Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wed.: Eight people were injured when a double decker bus collided with a shop awning in Parramatta road to-day…

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Nearly Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

At Wagga bathing beach Nola Stearman. aged 14, endeavouring to swim across the river, got into difficulties. Mrs. Schrouder, a member of the…

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A British Sailor Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 7

Just as a troop train was leaving Bethungra a British sailor who had been out of the carriage, to avoid being left behind, made a charge through…

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Remarkable Fatality Railway Fireman Killed by Falling Bricks

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 3

As the Melbourne bound express from Sydney was passing under a bridge near Fish River, half way between Goulburn and…

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Tragic Accident on Tumut-Adelong Road Lorry and Car Collide Adelong Identity Killed Instantly

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 January 1946 · page 2

One of the worst accidents in the Tumut district for a number of years occurred on the afternoon of Xmas Eve a few miles from Tumut, near Mr. Harry Piper's residence, when Mr. Digby Walter Gale, 81, of Adelong, was killed instantly…

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Broken Thigh Results From Collision with Dog

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

Mrs. Munday, of Moorong-street. Wagga, was standing on the verandah of her home about 7 p.m. last night, when a dog collided…

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Accident at Yarrangobilly Two Ladies Injured One from Cootamundra

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Leo O'Sullivan, of Cootamundra, in one car, and Mr. and Mrs. Lach, Horsley and Mr. Wallace Horsley, in another were on their way…

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Manslaughter Charge at Tumut Collision On Christmas Eve

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

At the conclusion of an inquest at Tumut yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Digby Walter Gale, aged 31 years…

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Committed for Manslaughter Collision at Tumut on Christmas Eve

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 4

At the conclusion of an inquest at Tumut into the circumstances surrounding the death of Digby Walter Gale, 81, the coroner (Mr. R. L…

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Fatal Burning Accident to Cootamundra Child

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Neville Chamberlain, aged 3, son of Mr. and Mrs. Alf. Chamberlain, of Cowcumbla street, met with a burning accident at their home last Friday,…

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Car Accidents Can Be Avoided a Few Simple Rules

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Sergeant Heffernan, of Leeton, to a representative of "The Daily Advertiser" on Friday, stated, that in view of the large number…

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Unusual Accident at Leeton Man's Skull Fractured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

Mr. J. Hester, son of Mr. Jack Hester, formerly of Leeton, who was holidaying on the M.I.A., as the guest of Mr. and Mrs. P. Grace, of…

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Skull Probably Fractured in Unusual Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 2

Mr. J. Hester, the son of Mr. Jack Hester, formerly of Leeton, who was holidaying on the area, and staying with a relative, Mr. J. Grace of Yanco…

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Practically at Accidents Avoidable Sgt. Heffernan Warns Public of Increasing Road Risks

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

IN the course of a chat with a rep. of the "Irrigator" on Friday Sergeant Heffernan stated that in view of the large number of…

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Fatality at Swimming Pool

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 1

PERTH, Tuesday: James Ian Maxwell Drummond, 47. representative of Dalgety & Co. Ltd., at Boyup Brook was killed when he…

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