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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Accident at "Times" Office

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 11 January 1949 · page 1

An unfortunate accident occurred at the "Tumut and Adelong Times" office on Friday afternoon as the result of which…

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Road Fatality Near Young Two Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 3

Stanley Burtinshaw, of "Bullaworrie," Young, died from injuries he sustained when a car he was driving left the road and…

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Tram Driver Fined; Sequel to Collision

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 January 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A tram driver was facing the rear of the tram for about 20 to 50 yards immediately before it…

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Migrant Drowned Near Albury

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 2

A 26-year-old Latvial migrant was drowned at the Hume Reservoir at S p.m. today. He was Julijs Bebris, of…

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Goulburn Man Fatally Injured Fell Under Truck Wheel

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 13 January 1949 · page 1

A 31-year-old Goulburn man died in the District Hospital less than two hours after the front wheel of a motor vehicle…

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Car Overtu[?]ns Passengers Slightly Injured

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

A car owned and driven by Mr. [?] Maloney. overturned on loose travel on the Wagga Road, about five miles from Wagga, as a result…

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True Cause Road Accidents

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 January 1949 · page 2

Attention is drawn by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales to the fact that road accidents lost year…

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Double Drowning Cootamundra Father and Son

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

When the Cootamundra returned soldier, Roy Chectham, drew a soldier's block near Tocumwal recently his many…

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Boy's 40ft. Fall; Critically Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A 12-year-old boy was critically injured when he fell 40 feet from the roof of a railway goods shed in…

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Tumblong Residents Injured in Motor Accident Lorry Turns Over on Junee Road

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 1

Four people, including well-known residents of Tumblong who were to have attended a funeral at Adelong on Friday were injured in a motor accident on the Junee Gundagai road, and admitted to the Junee hospital…

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Stockinbingal Man Injured by Old Gun

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

A Stockinblngal resident received powder burns about his eyes when an old-fashioned gun he was using to shoot…

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Ardlethan Girl Injured in Fall From Horse

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 2

A six-year-old girl vas brought to Wagga Base Hospital by ambulance from Ardlethan after a fall from a horse on Saturday…

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Bethungra Resident Loses Brother in Quarry Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 17 January 1949 · page 4

The brother of a Bethungra resident, Mr. Enoch Pannowitz, was killed last week in Sydney. He was Mr. Fred Pannowitz,…

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Boy Injured Thrown From Horse

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 3

A 12-year-old boy, Terry Duffy, of Farm 1, Yanco, was injured when he was thrown by his horse on to a barb wire fence, about half-past nine…

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Four Injured on Way to Adelong

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 January 1949 · page 1

Four people who were to have attended a funeral at Adelong on Friday are in Junee Hospital as a result of a motor accident…

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Local Items Wagga Man Suffers Injured Eye

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 2

A man was treated at Wagga Base Hospital yesterday after receiving a splash of molten metal in the left eye. He was…

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One Killed, Five Injured in Cycle Crash

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 19 January 1949 · page 3

WOLLONGONG, Tuesday: A man was killed and five injured in a motor cycle smash today. When the cycle and sidecar…

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Stockinbingal Man Injured by Old Gun

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 7

A Stockinbingal resident received powder burn about his eyes when an old fashioned gun he was using to shoot rabbits backfired in his…

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Father and Son Drowned Cootamundra Resident Had Drawn Soldier’s Block on Murray River

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 20 January 1949 · page 1

Fate played a grim role in double drowning tragedy which occurred last Friday in the Murray River near Tocumwal. A man…

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Double Drowning Tragedy Cootamundra Father and Son

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 21 January 1949 · page 4

When the Cootamundra returned soldier. Roy Cheetham drew a soldier's hlock near Tocumwal recently his many friends freely…

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