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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Another Accident Near Harden Car and Motor Lorry Collide

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 4 April 1949 · page 1

Both vehicles were extensively damaged when there was a collision between a car and a motor lorry on the Jugiong road…

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Driver Fined After Wagga Collision

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1949 · page 2

A man convicted on a charge of negligent driving wu fined £3 by Mr. A. V. Quiggin, S.m., at the Wagga Court yesterday…

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Wagga Youth Injured

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2
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A youth received head injuries yesterday when a winch with which be was unloading timber got out of control and struck…

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Wagga Jury Inspects Scene of Recent Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 April 1949 · page 2

A Wagga Quarter Sessions jury, which is trying a man for alleged wanton driving, last night inspected the intersection where the collision, out of which the charge arose, happened…

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Death From Natural, Causes After Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 7 April 1949 · page 2

Unusual circumstances surrounded the death of a woman in the Sacred Heart Hospital on Sunday morning…

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Collision Near Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 4

An accident occurred list night on the Albury Road, 15 miles from Wagga, when a sedan car and a semi-trailer…

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King'e Physician and Wife Injured In Car Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 1

LONDON, Friday — The King's physician, sir Maurice Cassidy and Lady Cassidy, have been admitted to Berkshire…

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King's Physician And His Wife in Serious Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 8 April 1949 · page 8

(A.A.P.) LONDON: The King's physician. Sir Maurice Cassidy, and Lady Cassidy, have been admitted to Berkshire Hospital with…

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Fatal Accident on Farm Field a Henty Youth Dies

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 1

A youth met his death on a property near Henty on Saturday afternoon. He last his footing when stepping from a…

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Holiday Time Is Accident Time

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 2

Serious, warning n as issued by Mr. H. A. Youden, Secretary of the Road Safety Council, against the cancer of road accidents…

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Henty Youth Dies in Accident on Farm Field

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 2

A youth met his death on a property near Henty on Saturday afternoon when, it is believed, he lost his fooling when stepping from a moving tractor to a combine on which he was alone, fell, and became…

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Car Collided with Stationary Truck Motor Accident Occurs in Junee Last Night

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 11 April 1949 · page 1

A car came into collisioin with a stationary truck parked in the vicinity of the Junee Bowling Club last night…

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Motor Accident at Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

A car came into collision with a stationary truck parked in the vicinity of the Junee Bowline Club…

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Accident-in Fitzroy-street Claim For Damages

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 12 April 1949 · page 1

At the Tumut Court on Thursday before Mr. Finlay, S.M., T. U. Elliot proceeded against E. A. Davis for £30 damages for injury…

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Child Did Not Drown in Shaft Fatality

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 13 April 1949 · page 1

LOS ANGELES, Tuesday. A public subscription to reward the workmen who braved death in a vain attempt to rescue…

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Personal Boy Injured in Fall

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 2

Miss Joan Fatzeus, of Sydney, who is a third-year nursing student at St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, is spending…

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Car and Rail Tricycle Collide at Crossing Koorawatha Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

A car and a railway tricycle collided at the level crossing on the outskirts of Koorawatha. The motor tricycle was thrown off the…

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Open Road Cause of Most Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: More people were killed on open country roads than in built-up areas, the Acting…

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Crop of Lee ton Cycling Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 April 1949 · page 2

LEETON, Wednesday: Four pupils of Leeton High School were involved in bicycle accidents in Leeton today. All…

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