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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Truck Crashes Into a Temora House After Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

After colliding With another motor vehicle at the intersection of Austral end De Boos streets, a utility truck careered…

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Bible Society Men Injured Vehicle Hits Tree

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 3

Representatives of the British and Foreign Bible Society, David Grant Dalrymple and William Bingham, were injure when…

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Gundagai Resident’s Grim Discovery Local Man Found Drowned in Murrumbidgee No Suspicious Circumstances Surrounding Tragedy

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

A GRIM DISCOVERY WAS MADE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON LAST, WHEN THE BODY OF WELL KNOWN GUNDAGAI RESIDENT, MR ROBERT (“BOB”) PAINE WOS FOUND IN THE MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER AT GUNDAGAI AT THE REAR OF…

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Five Killed in Sydney Bus Accident. J Crowded Vehicle Rolls Over at The Spit

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 30 May 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: A double- decker bus crowded with passengers crashed through the safety fence near the Spit today and fell…

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Gundagai Resident's Grim Discovery Man Drowned in 'Bidgee

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 31 May 1949 · page 1

A grim discovery was made when the body of well-known Gundagai resident, Mr. Robert ("Bob") Paine was found in the…

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Man Killed in Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 June 1949 · page 2

Frederick Charles Coxhead, 57, of Condell Park, was killed when his bicycle and a motor car collided at Bass Hills. The…

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Rouse Boyton on Injured List

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 8

Rouse 'Boyton will not be able to take his place with the Gundagai team on Sunday as he is suffering from a bout of blood poisoning…

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Horse Killed and Jockey Injured On Canowindra Road

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 2 June 1949 · page 1

Albert Hetterick of Canowindra, who rode several horses at the Cowra Picnic races last Friday, was taken to hospital with a…

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Man Found Drowned in Murrumbidgee at Gundagai No Suspicious Circumstances Surrounding Tragedy

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 3 June 1949 · page 3

A grim discovery was made on Saturday afternoon last when the body of a well-known (Gumdagai resident, Sir. Robert ("Boh")…

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[?]eep Crashes at Hume Weir; Two Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 2

Two men were injured when a jeep crashed 65 feet over the Bethanga bridge at Hume Wel[?] on Saturday afternoon…

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Jeep Crashes at Hume Weir Two Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 June 1949 · page 1

Two men were injured when a jeep crashed 65-feet-over the Bethanga bridge at Hume Weir on Saturday afternoon…

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Injured in Cycling Race

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 2

Reg Cooper was involved in an accident while riding in a cycling race last Sunday. Fortunately he was not seriously injured…

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Fruiterer Injured When Horse Bolted Some Amazing Incidents

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 June 1949 · page 3

A man was severely injured and there were many amazing incidents when a horse attached to a rubber shod four wheel lorry…

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Man Hurt in Leeton Accident

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 11 June 1949 · page 2

LEETON, Friday: Roy Taylor was accidentally knocked down by a motor car in Yanco Road, Leeton, last night…

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Five Hurt in Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 2

Four persons at Wagga and one at Tarcutta were injured in accidents at the weekend. A Rugby League footballer,…

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R.A.A.F. Trainee Dies in Wagga Accident Manslaughter Charge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 June 1949 · page 2

A man was charged with manslaughter at Wagga yesterday, following the death of an R.A.A.F. apprentice trainee. It is alleged that the trainee was struck by a motor…

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Woman Hit by Car Another Serious Accident at Young

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 1

Mrs. Florence Jackson ( was wheeling her bicycle up the hill, between the Currawong and Berthong street intersections, and…

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Chapter of Accidents Knocked Down by Car

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

Clarence Skuthorpe) aged 42, a sleeper cutter, c/o Forestry Commission, Narrandera, was seriously injured when he was…

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Railway Crossing Accident Motorist's Narrow Escape

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 14 June 1949 · page 2

Mr. M. D. Hopkins, of Willow Grange, Yanco, had a very narrow escape from serious injury last evening when the…

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“Nobby” Bell Injured

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 16 June 1949 · page 12

Nobby Bell is a casualty, but not through football. This week he suffered a severe head wound whilst working with the Shire gang. Nobby…

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