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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Mr. Jack Young in Serious Accident 3 Fingers Severed

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2

Mr. Jack Young, much-esteemed Cootamundra veteran, was the victim of an unfortunate accident early this morning, when three fingers of his…

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Drowned in Country Dam

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1

Recently the Harden police retrieved the body of an elderly farm-laborer from a dam on "Nantgwyllan Station," near Harden…

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Injured Constable Dies

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 3

Constable C. Bloomfield, who was seriously injured when thrown from a police motor cycle on Thursday, died in Queanbeyan Hospital on…

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Child Injured in Fall

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

Margaret Spokes, 8, of Beckwith-street probably fractured her leg when she tell from her bicycle yesterday morning. Wagga District…

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The Late Constable Bloomfield on Patrol Duty Fatally Injured Funeral at Queanbeyan

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2

THE sad news of the death of Constable Clem Bloomfield, the elder son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Bloomfield, as the result of a…

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Cost of Road Accidents

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 February 1947 · page 2

Actual cost in £ s d of road accidents, apart from physical suffering and pain, is a substantial reason why a much more energetic approach towards…

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Woman Lowered Down Cliff to Treat Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 February 1947 · page 2

IPSWICH (Q.), Wednesday: A woman doctor was lowered by ropes down the steep face of Linden Range to-day to treat five people…

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Ganmain News Ganman Residents — in Motoring Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 February 1947 · page 5

Mr. and Mrs. a. V. Cox, and their 14-year old daughter, Gwen, were Involved in an accident when returning on Thursday from a holiday at Narooma…

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Two Wagga Men Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 February 1947 · page 1

Two men were admitted to the Wagga Base Hospital last night with severe head injuries. They were:—…

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Pres. Truman's Mother Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

GRANDVIEW (Missouri), Sunday: President Truman's 84-year-old mother, Mrs. Martha Truman, fractured her right hip on Friday night,…

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Man Drowned; Launch Smashed Against Rocks

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A man was drowned and two others were admitted to hospital after a launch was wrecked in heavy seas off…

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Evacuated Jews Set Booby-traps; Troops Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Sunday: Believed to be another move in the Inter-Jewish political warfare two armed and masked Jewish youths raided a…

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Seriously Injured in Road Smash Two Wagga Men

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 February 1947 · page 1

Two were admitted to Wagga Base Hospital with sever head injuries Robert McArdy, of champion street and John Hurst, of Junee road, North…

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Ganmain Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 2

While returning from Narandera on his motor cycle, Noel Harris came into collision with an oncoming car. He was flung into a…

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Double Deckers Collide; 7 Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1947 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: When two double-decker buses collided head on at Strathfield to-day, seven people were injured…

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Tumbarumba Worker Injured By Falling Tree

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 2

While assisting with a working bee on the property of Mr. George Nichols, Wolseley, in preparation for the Tumbarumba show, to be…

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Derailment of "Red Arrow" Train 21 Dead and 117 Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 1

ALTOONA (Pensylvanla). Wednesday: Casualties in the wreck of the crack, passenger train, "Red Aarrow," now total 21 dead and 117 injured…

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The Cost of Road Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 February 1947 · page 4

The actual cost in £ s. d. of road accidents, apart from physical suffering and pain, is a big reason why a much mere energetic approach…

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Local Residents Injured in Motor Mishap Cars Collide Head On

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 February 1947 · page 2

On Tuesday night last tow cars met in a head on collision on the Hume Highway, a few miles out from Gundagai…

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Ganmain Youth Injured in Motor Cycle Collision

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 21 February 1947 · page 2

When his motor cycle coiled [?] on with a car on Sunday night last Need [?] (19) of Ganmian situated a [?] high and [?] to the…

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