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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Coolac Man Injured Caught By Power Take-Off On Tractor

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

Whilst working on a tractor, used in connection with hay pressing, Noel Oliver, of Coolac, received a painful injury to the thigh…

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Yanco Boy Shot Accidentally

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

A 15-years-old Yanco boy, who was accidentally shot by a friend at East Wantabadgery yesterday morning, is in the Wagga Base Hospital in a…

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Yanco Boy Shot By Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

A 15-year-old Yanco boy who was accidentally shot by a friend at East Wantabadgery yesterday morning is in the…

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Coolac Man Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 1

Whilst working on a tractor used in connection with hay pressing Noel Oliver, of Coolac, received a painful injury to the thigh…

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Youth Drowned Grandson of Urana Residents

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 6

On Sunday, the police recovered the body of an 18-year-old youth from the Nepean River, at Douglas Park, near Picton…

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Former Lockhart Linesman Dies Following Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 4

City and provincial papers last week gave us the news of the serious accident which befell two P.M.G. linesmen, at Manly, on…

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Accidentally Shot in Stomach Unfortunate Ending To Rabbiting Expedition

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 13 January 1948 · page 2

A rabbit shooting expedition to East Wantabadgery between Junee and Wagga, by a party of Leeton residents, and a youth from Roach's…

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Queensland Nurse Injured by Freak Storm

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Tuesday: A freak cyclone storm which tore trees out by the roots injured a nurse and several children when it struck…

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Trains Collide in Canada Five Killed; 44 Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 15 January 1948 · page 1

MONTREAL, Thursday: Five persons were killed and 44 Injured (four seriously) when a Canadian National Railways express smashed into the…

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Junee Man Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2
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JUNEE, Thursday: Junee police have not yet recovered the body of a man who was drowsed in the Murrumbidgee River at…

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Yanco Boy Shot by Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

A 15-year-old Yanco boy who was accidentally shot by a friend at East Wantabadgery on Sunday morning is in the Wagga Base Hospital in a…

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Accident Victims Admitted to Wagga Hospital

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1948 · page 2

Two men were admitted to Wagga Base Hospital yesterday suffering from injuries received in accidents during the day…

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Injured Man Lies on Roadway for an Hour Jeep Overturns On /Adjungbilly Hill

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 19 January 1948 · page 1

When the Jeep he was driving capsized and rolled over three times on Adjungbilly hill last Saturday Mr Andrew Goddard. of Barmedman,…

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Former Wagga Man Injured

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

Richard Griffiths, of Burwood, son of Mr. and mrs. R. Griffiths, 98 Johnson Street, Wagga, was slightly injured when he was struck by…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 20 January 1948 · page 2

The Leeton Ambulance had a number of minor accidents to attend to on Sunday and yesterday. On Sunday evening, Geo. Aylett,…

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Sydney Harbor Collision

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Very few of the 300 passengers on board the Union Steamships Company Tasman liner, Wahine, were aware…

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Ship Wrecked in Southern Chile 100 Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 1

SANTIAGO (Chile), Wednesday: About 100 people were drowned on Monday night when the steamship Cautin capsized and sank in the…

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Spark Control Tied Down Accidentally

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1948 · page 4

The owner of an old Chevrolet complained of high fuel consumption and no power of pick-up after his valves were ground…

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Wagga Man Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1948 · page 2

Kevin O'Brien, of Lake Albert Road, Wagga, received a probable fracture of his right arm when a car he was cranking backfired…

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