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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Man's Shocking Injuries in Accident on Bus

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Boterrence Keith Hanlon, 23, of Prospect, was shockingly injured at Prospect to-day when his head was jammed…

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Man Drowned in Harbor; Thought to Have Taken Fit

Daily Advertiser · Monday 16 February 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Thought to have taken a fit. Roy Farmer, 22. single Roxburgh Street. Stockton, fell from a wharf at North…

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Cyclist Injured Collision With Truck

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 17 February 1948 · page 3

While riding a bicycle along Pine Avenue Mr. M. Ginlianlc, of Farm 546 collided with a stationary truck and suffered abrasions and an injury…

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Woman Injured

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 2

Mrs. W. J. Wilson, of 78 Travers Street, received a probably fracture of the right knee when she was quietening a child's pony…

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U.S. Naval Launch Crashes Crashes Six Drowned; 12 Missing

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 1

MARSEILLES, Wednesdays Official figures of casualties as a result of a launch from the U.S.S. Midway crashing into a breakwater were six sailors…

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Semi-trailer Smashes Into Wheat Paddock Cowra Man Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 February 1948 · page 1

A Cowra man Mr. Earl Bryant, of Morongla, suffered a fractured spine and other injuries when a truck which he was driving got out of control and…

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Kiddies Nearly Drowned in Lachlan River

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 2

Three Cowra kiddies narrowly escaped drowning in the Lachlan river on Sunday afternoon. The smallest of three little girls had…

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Asleep for Ever After-an Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 19 February 1948 · page 1

FRAMINGHAM (Mass.), Thursday: A long sleep that began for Ralph Abbott, 32, one year ago yesterday continued last night with doctors…

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Batlow Resident Found Drowned

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 3

Mrs. Florence L. Keenan, 63, widow of the late Mr. James Keenan. of Batlow, was found drowned early yesterday morning in a…

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Drowning in Grong Grong Dam Coroner’s Inquest

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 20 February 1948 · page 1

On Saturday week last, the Narandera Coroner, Mr. J. S. Dickson J.P., held an inquiry into the cause of death of Edward Patrick…

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Police Turn Out But Man Not Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

Wagga police were called out on Saturday night after being told that a man was believed to have drowned in the…

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Several Hurt in Wagga Weekend Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1948 · page 2

Several people were injured in accidents at Wagga at the weekend. RAY TABER. 16, of Best St. Wagga, probably fractured seve…

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Items of News Boy Injured in Park

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

A boy suffered a probable fracture of the lower right arm when he fell while playing in Collins Park yesterday. He is…

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Man Burned in Leeton Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 24 February 1948 · page 2

LETON, Monday: A man was admitted to the Leeton District Hospital following as accident at a Leeton garage over the…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 2

Ronald Richards, of Murray Street, Wagga, received minor injuries when his motor cycle crashed at the Wagga…

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Fatal Truck Accident Near Tumbarumba

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 4

A man was killed and another seriously injured when a motor truck swerved from Jingellic road, about 3½ miles from Tumbarumba; and crashed…

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Motors and Motoring Cultivating Art of Driving Will Save Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 25 February 1948 · page 4

Most accidents are the result of negligence on the part of motor vehicle drivers, but mechanical failures sometimes are contributing causes. And, in most instances, these mechanical failures are again the result of negligence on the part of the operator…

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Fatal Junee Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 5

JUNEE, Wednesday: Shirley Amess, 14, who was seriously injured last night when thrown from a sulky in Belmore Street,…

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Fatal Accident on Tragic Death of Mr. P. M. CUSKEY

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 26 February 1948 · page 2

When a lorry loaded with timber crashed into a tree on the Jingellic road early on Tuesday afternoon, a…

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Man Seriously Injured After Horse Falls

Daily Advertiser · Friday 27 February 1948 · page 2

Noel Cross, aged 23, of "Alsace," Westby, was seriously injured when a horse he was riding lost its footing, threw…

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