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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Terrorists Throw Bombs at British Train; Eleven Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

LONDON, Monday: Three bombs were thrown at a Palestine-bound British troop train near Cairo on Sunday afternoon. Three men were seriously injured and eight were…

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Truck Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. Alf. Croft, whilst driving Cornell's truck a few miles from Arajoel last week had the disconcerting experience of noticing that one of the…

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Christmas Motor Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. Joseph Clancy and party were involved in a most unfortunate accident on Christmas morning. Motoring to the urangeline Church their…

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Lesson From Holiday Accident Toll

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 2

Coincidence of a low road accident toll and the presence on the main roads of the greatest number of police traffic patrols since the beginning of…

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Traffic Patrols Cut Down Holiday Accident Toll

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 8 January 1947 · page 4

Coincidence of a low road accident holiday toll and the presence on the main roads of the greatest number of police traffic patrols…

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Man Injured By Bomb Explosion

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Wednesday: George Thomas Ellerton, 55, was extensively, but not seriously, injured near Singleton to-day, when what was…

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Boy Critically Injured Falls From Back of Utility Truck

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 9 January 1947 · page 1

While travelling between Wombat and Wallendbeen, in a covered utility truck, returning home from Sydney, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Pearce, of…

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French Rail Crash 50 Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 1

PARIS, Friday: persons were injured when a French passenger train crashed into a goods train which was derailed when it hit barrels of…

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Bombay Riots Again 2 Killed; 100 Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 3

BOMBAY, Friday: More than 100 people, five of whom were shot and 25 stabbed, were injured in Bombay riots yesterday, after two social workers…

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Death of Clive Pearce Adelong District Lad Fatality Near Young

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

Quite a glbom passed over Yaven Creek district when word was flashed through on Monday last that an accident of a serious nature had…

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Someone Loosened Bus Wheel Near Accident to Narandera Bus

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

WHAT is believed to have been the dastardly act of some miscreant, could have easily ended in serious loss of life, when a…

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Accidents

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 10 January 1947 · page 2

Mp. Wooden, senr., who is over M years of age, widow late Mr. Wm. Wooden, of “The Pinnacle,” Old Junee. fell out of bed on Monday night,…

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12 Dead, 110 Injured in Bombay Riots

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 1

LONDON. Friday: An official communique says that 12 persons were killed and 110 injured in rioting in Bombay…

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Passengers Gassed In French Train Smash: 25 Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1947 · page 3

LONDON. Friday: Twenty-five persons were taken to hospital, some suffering from chlorine gas poisoning, when the…

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Car Accident Harden Woman Killed

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

Mrs. Lorane Bond, wife of Mr. D. Bond, Harden, was fatally inijured in a car accident. They were travelling from Harden to Narooma, intending to…

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Harden Woman Killed in Accident

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 1

Mrs Lorane Bond, wife of Mr D. Bond, of Harden, was fatally injured in a car accident on Christmas Day…

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Drowning Inquest To-day

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

The coroner (Mr. A. J. Redman) will conduct an inquest at the Wagga Court House this morning into the cause of the…

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Jockey Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday: Jockey L. Meenan suffered slight concussion when thrown from Falchion during a hurdle trial at Epsom…

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Bather Almost Drowned Exciting Rescue on River Beach

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 January 1947 · page 2

MR. Neville Wynn, a visitor to the district, who is staying with Mr. and Mrs. C. Tuckett, of Farm 928, Whitton, had a narrow…

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Workmen Hit by Timber and Bolts Serious Rail Accidents In Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 3

Three railwaymen were involved in serious accidents in Junee this week, two of them with distinct similarity. Mr. J. Waghorn, boilermaker, was…

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