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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Junee Man Hit by Cartridge Blast Won't Lose Eyesight After River Picnic Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 4

Latest report on the condition of Mr. Ray Boucher, of Bolton street, is that the sight of neither of his eyes will be impaired…

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Rlabo Woman's Dress on Fire Presence of Mind Saved Possible Serious Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 7

Presence of mind saved Mrs. Blackwood, of Illabo, who was involved in an accident when her clothes caught fire…

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Drowning Fatality at Tumut Youth Could Not Swim

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

A 17 -year-old Tumut youth who could not swim, was drowned in the Tumut River last evening. The youth was John Gibbons, of…

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Youth Injured in Muttama Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

A Muttama youth suffered concussion early this morning when he was hurled to the ground after the saddle girth on…

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Youth Drowned at Tumut

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 2

TUMUT, Wednesday: A 17-year-old youth was drowned in the Tumut River at Tumut tonight…

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Drowned at Tumut John Gibbons

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 1

A 17-year-old youth. John Gibbons, or Tumut, and another youth, Neville Gregory, of Temora, were swimming in the…

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Youth Drowned in Tumut River Fatality on Wednesday Evening

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

About 7.30 p.m. on Wednesday evening, John Gibbons, aged 10. of Simpson Street, Tumut, was drowned In the Tumut river, near…

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Girl Cyclist Injured In Collision with Father's Car

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 2

Barbara Hogan, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. N. Hogan of Whitton, was accidentally knocked down and injured by her father's car as…

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Tumut Drowning Inquest

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 3

TUMUT, Thursday: The Tumut coroner. Mr. R. L Blakeney, returned a finding of death by drowning at an…

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U.S. Golf Champion Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 6

NEW YORK, Thursday: Ben Hogan. United States national open golf champion was seriously injured in a collision between…

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Dutch Woman Athlete Not Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 6

BRISBANE, Thursday: Mrs. Fanny Blankers-Koen's leg injury will not prevent her from running at the Sydney Sports…

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Accidental Death Wee Jasper Plane Crash

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 4

Mr. E. A. Hickey, District Coroner, conducted an inquiry at the Yass Court House last week into the deaths of Wallace Stillard and…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning in Tumut Pool

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 2

Allan Lieschke, a farm laborer from Henty, aged 20, had a narrow escape from drowning at the Tumut swimming pool. With…

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U.S. Accident Toll

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 1

CHICAGO, Friday: Accidents killed 88,000 persons and injured one out of every 14 persons in the United States in 1948—yet…

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Child Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A 3½-year-old boy, Warren Dan Warner, was drowned in a private swimming pool next to his home in…

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Fatality Near Windsor Driver Charged

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 2

A man is to be charged at Windsor police Station with man-slaughter following the dentil of a man when a utility, truck…

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Drowned in Pool At Granville

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 3

A Sydney boy, aged 13, was drowned in a crowded pool at Granville last night. The body was recovered this morning in 17…

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Man Injured Near Holbrook

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 2

ALBURY, Sunday: A nan was injured last night when he fell from a moving transport on the Hume Highway two miles from…

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Brungle Man Injured by Falling Tree

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

When felling a tree on “Rosemont”, Brungle last Monday, Mr Harry Webb had a miraculous escape from death. The tree came…

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Youth Injured at Muttama Thrown From Horse

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 7

When out mustering stock at Muttama on Thursday morning last Peter Donoghue, son of Mr and Mrs A. J. Donoghue, of Muttama, was…

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