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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Workmen Hit by Timber, Bolts Serious Rail Accidents Occcr In Junee

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 January 1947 · page 1

Three railwaymen were involved involved in serious accidents in Junee this week, two of them being marked by distinct similarity…

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Six Drowned in Terrific Rainfall

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 17 January 1947 · page 1
Also in Daily Advertiser

CAPETOWN, Thursday: Six people were drowned when nine inches of rain fell in the centre of Pietermaritzburg between 4.40 p.m. yesterday…

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Six Injured When Two Trams Collide

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Six people were injured when two trams collided at the corner of Chalmers and Devonshire streets to-night…

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Motor Cyclist Injured at Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

Leslie Hinton, of Balmain, Sydney, fell from a motor cycle at Lanco on Saturday night and suffered extensive abrasions to the…

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Fatality Caused When Trucks Moved by Wind

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

Leonard William Langley (31), of Parkes a veteran of the Middle East campaign, was fatally injured by a railway truck. Langley, who was…

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Local & General Motor Cyclist Injured at Leeton

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2

Leslie Hinton, of Balmain, Sydney, fell from a motor cycle at Yanco on Saturday nighty and suffered extensive abrasions to the hands and arms…

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Hit Side of Junee Baths Girl Seriously Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

Eleven-year-old Ann Tuckshutt, of Regent street Junee, while on the diving board, fell in the wrong direction, and struck her face on the side…

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Injured Elderly Man Taken From Express Assault Alleged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1

An elderly man was taken off the Melbourne-Sydney express at Junee in the early hours of Friday morning suffering from severe injuries,…

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Leeton Cricketer Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 6

LEETON, Monday: Chasing a cricket ball at the hockey ground yesterday afternoon, R. Robertson, a member of the Commonwealth Bank…

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Motorist Fined After. Collision with Cyclist

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 4

A collision between a motor car and a bicycle at the corner of Palm Avenue and Pine Avenue, on the evening of November 1st, had a…

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Cricketer Injured at Hockey Ground

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. R. Robertson, a teller on the ,staff of the Commonwealth Bank, was severely injured on Saturday whilst playing cricket on the Hockey…

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Motor Cyclist Injured in Yanco Avenue

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 3

Mr. Les Hinton of Balmain, who was staying with friends at Narandera, sustained injuries which necessitated his admission to the…

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Accident Prevention in Britain

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 5

LONDON: Training and refresher in Industrial accident prevention, organised in Britain by the Royal Society for the Prevention of…

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Accident to Farmer Lucky Escape from Gruelling Position

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 2

Mr. S. Minto of Toorak Road, was working an eight-horse team, on the property of Mr. Lionel Jones, yesterday morning, when in…

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Man Fatally Injured; Trucks Collide

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY. Tuesday: John Muldowney, 64, of Marrickville, was killed and his son John Muldowney, 28 was seriously injured when a…

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2 Drowned in Dam at The Rock

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 January 1947 · page 1

Two brothers were drowned in a dam on a property two and a half miles from The Rock last night…

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THE FATAl Accident to Warren Riley

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 1

Later details are to hand as to the death of Warren Rlley, of West Wyalong, who was killed on Saturday night when thrown from a jeep he was…

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Young Man Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 2

GRAFTON, Thursday: Herbert Edwin Wallis, 20. married, of Copmanhurst, was drowned in the Clarence River last night…

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Two Brothers Drowned Near Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1

Two brothers, David Magrath, 26, married, and Hugh Magrath, 20, were drowned in a dam on their property at Warrawang, two and half miles from…

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