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Accidents, 1949

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Local & General Motor Collision

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1949 · page 4

It is reported from Albury that Mr. Dev. Call, the well-known district pastoralist, and his car passenger, Mr. Creely, were severely…

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Junee Man Injured in Rifle Accident Ballet Passes In and Out ef Shoe, Grazes Heel

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 1

Mr. Jack Glazier is able to exhibit a shoe with a bullet hole in' it as evidence of a lucky escape during the week-end…

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Motor Cycle Accidents Committee to Inquire

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Approval of the appointment of a committee of inquiry into road accidents involving motor…

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Inquiry Into Motor Cycle Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 18 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Approval of the appointment of a committee of inquiry into road accidents involving motor…

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Drowned While Fishing

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

The body of a 78-years-old pensioner. Jack Lowe, was found in the Hunter River near Muswellbrook. He left home to fish…

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Car Accident Near Cootamundra Man Injured on Junee Road

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

Two occupants if a car which rolled over three s[?] on the Junee road, six miles from Cootamundra yesterday…

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Collision in Parker Street. Car Lorry Damaged

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 20 May 1949 · page 2

A car and motor lorry damaged When they collided in, Parker street, Cootamundra, at about' seven o'clock last…

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Accident in Sutton Street Two Men Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 23 May 1949 · page 2

Two inch were injured when a car struck them, during a blinding rainstorm, in Sutton street, opposite Conkeys'…

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Injured in Fall

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 2

Mr. A. Green, of Farm 428, was injured last Saturday night, when he slipped while stepping from the footpath. As he fell, his head struck the…

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Lightning Causes Tunnel Explosion One Killed; 16 Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Tuesday. — One man was killed and 10 injured, ten seriously, when lightning set off explosives in Western Clucie…

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Jockey's Car in Collision

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 2

While driving from Leeton races on Tuesday night Jockey Dan Munce's car came into collision with another vehicle…

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Eric Nuttall on Injured List

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 8

Eric Nuttall who injured his shoulder on Sunday last, will not be able to play against Cootamundra. The League’s doctor has advised…

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West Wyalong Woman Shot; Kitchen Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Wednesday: A West Wyalong woman was accidentally shot in the chest this afternoon when a rifle, from which her husband was extracting a…

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West Wyalong Woman Accidentally Shot

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 26 May 1949 · page 1

A West Wyalong woman was accidentally shot in the chest yesterday afternoon when a rifle, from which her husband was extracting a…

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Accidentally Shot West Wyalong Woman the Victim

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 27 May 1949 · page 1

A West Wyalong woman was accidentally shot in the chest when a rifle, from which her husband was extracting a…

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Street Collision

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1949 · page 2

A taxi and a semi-trailer collided at the intersection of Kincald and Beckwith Streets, Wagga, yesterday morning. The…

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Footballer Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 2

North Wagga Stars footballer, Max Rudd, suffered a probable fracture of his left collarbone while playing Australian Rules…

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Double-decker Bus Crashes 5 Dead; at Least 30 INJURED Accident Approaching The Spit

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—A double-decker bus, crowded with passengers, crashed through a safety fence near The Spit today, and fell 40ft., landing upside down…

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Woman Burned to Death; Mother Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Sunday: A woman was burned to death and her mother seriously injured when a weatherboard house at…

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Trams Collide in Melb. Twelve Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday—Fourteen people, including the driver and two conductors were injured in a collision between…

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