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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Man Injured at Local Abatoirs Head Badly Gashed by Knife

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 February 1949 · page 2

An employee at Conkey's abattoirs received a deep gash across the top of his head when he was accidentally…

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Man and Wife Die After Collision Near Marulan

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

Nine tons of stone crashed on the car in which a man and his wife were fatally injured, and four others hurt, on the Hume…

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Man Injured at Coota. Abattoirs Head Badly Gashed by Knife

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 2

An employee at Conkey’s abattoir Cootamundra, received a deep gash across the top of his head when he was accidentally struck by a…

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This Will Stop Road Accidents

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 10 February 1949 · page 3

Courtesy on the roads is the theme of the Road Safety Council's campaign for accident pre[?]ntion during February…

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Collision on Bicycles Two Women Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Mrs. Saddler and Mrs. Firth, both of Wamoon, were both seriously injured when the bicycles they were riding, collided. The accident…

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Collision Near Marulan

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Nine tons of stone crashed on the car to which a man and his wife were fatally injured , and four others hurt, on the Hume…

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Accident at Baths Boy May Lose Sigh of One Eye

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

Ten-years-old 'Geoffrey Gill, of Congou street, may lose the fright of one eye as the result of an accident which…

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Accidental Death Finding by Coroner

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 5

THE inquest into the cause of the death of Marlene Veronica Kirkup, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Joseph Kirkup…

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Accident at Local Garage

Adelong and Tumut Express · Friday 11 February 1949 · page 2

An accident occurred at Mr. A. J. Baker's garage in Tumut on Wednesday morning when Colin Hoed, of Richmond Street, an employee…

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Baby Dies in Blazing Home; Five Injured

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1949 · page 3

NEWCASTLE, Friday: A 19-months-old baby perished in a blazing house during the early hours of this morning after the father's desperate attempts to rescue the infant had failed…

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Baby Drowned in Fishpond

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: Allan Keith Stedman, 16 months, waa drowned in a fish pond while playing in the backyard of his…

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Injured Boy Ambulanced to Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 14 February 1949 · page 2

Geof. Gill, whose eye was injured at. the Cootamundra Olympic Pool on Friday evening. just before the "all out" was…

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17 KILLED 8 INJURED Swept off Footboards of Passing Trains

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 1

CALCUTTA. Tuesday— Seventeen people were killed and eight seriously injured when they were swept off footboards of two…

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Accident at Tumut Garage

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1949 · page 2

An accident occurred at Mr. A. J. Baker's garage in Tumut Colin Hoad, an employee, suffered head injuries when a car under…

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Accident at Bribbaree

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1949 · page 2

Mr. Albert Noonan, of Bribbaree, had a nasty fall off a wheat stock, suffering a fracture of the left elbow. He was…

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Injured with Slashing Knife

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 February 1949 · page 2

The well-known , cricketer Greg. Mulcahy, of Springdale, sustained a deep gash between the ribs at Stockinbingal, when…

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Two Badly Injured in Crash

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: One man had his left ear torn off and another man's was hanging by a shred after a smash…

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Crash in the West Two Badly Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

One man had his left ear torn off and another man's ear was hanging by a shred after a smash on the Croat Western…

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Driver’s Lucky Escape When Car Leaves Road Accident Near Coolac

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 February 1949 · page 1

Last Wednesday night, a car driven by Mr R. S. Sleeman of Sth Melbourne, skidded on some loose gravel on the side of the Hum…

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News in Brief Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 8

Whilst spending a holiday at Tumut, Mr. Allan Lieschke (20 years), of "Wattlegrove," Henty, had a narrow escape from drowning. He was…

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