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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Six Killed; Five Drowned Over Weekend

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Five persons were drowned, and six persons were killed and 12 injured in road accidents in New…

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Three Drowned in Dam Near Griffith—two Girls and Brother

Daily Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1950 · page 2

GRIFFITH. Sunday: Two sisters were drowned [?] after he had got into difficulties in a dam 8ft. deep on their father's farm at Ballingal, near Griffith, early last…

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Another Bus Accident at the Spit Woman Seriously Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday—Four persons were injured, one seriously, when a double-decker bus struck a thick branch of a tree at The Spit early today. THE branch smashed in a…

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Mother's Unfortunate Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 3 January 1950 · page 4

Shortly after entertaining some Lockhart friends at Christmastide, Mrs. Gerhardt Hoffmann, of Milbrulong, stumbled over a piece…

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Youth Injured to Wagga Cycle Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 2

A Pullitop youth received slight injuries when he was catapulted from the seat of his motor cycle to Wagga yesterday…

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Girl Drowned Near Hay

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

HAY, Tuesday: Peggy Arnold Dickens 15, daughter of Mrs W. Parker, of East Hay, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee…

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Injured Girl Rescued After Night in Bush

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 1

KATOOMBA, Tuesday: After an agonising night in the bush, suffering from a paralysed leg and an internal injury, Patricia Watts, 21, of Hargrave Street, Newcastle, was rescued from the Jamieson…

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Four Injured When Sydney Bus Grazes Against Tree Branch

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Four people were injured, one seriously, when a crowded double-decker bus struck the overhanging branches of a tree at The Spit early today…

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Pitiful Scene As Relatives Weep at Grifith Tragedy Two Sisters and Brother Drowned In Dam

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 5 January 1950 · page 10

TWO sisters were drowned in an unsuccessful attempt to save their elder brother after he had got into difficulties in a dam 8ft. deep on their father’s farm at Ballingal, near Griffith, early on Sunday afternoon…

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Lady Cyclist Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 2

Mrs. Rogers of Yanco, sustained an injury to her ankle when she fell from her bicycle near the Masonic Hall in Kurrajong Avenue, on…

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Three Drowned in Dam Near Griffith Two Girls and Brother

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 8

Two sisters were drowned in an unsuccessful attempt to save their elder brother after he had got into difficulties in a dam 8 ft. deep on…

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Accident Near Adelong on Xmas Eve Leeton Woman In Tumut Hospital

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 3

On Xmas Eve at approximately 9.30 p.m. a 1949 Bedford utility overturned down an embankment on the Wagga Road about three…

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Truck Runs Over District Man. Accident Occurs Daring Hanvesting Operations

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 6 January 1950 · page 6

Mr, Eric Belling was involved in a serious accident during harvesting operations on the property of Mr. C. J. Derrick, of Illabo…

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Pilot Fatally Injured in Plane Crash

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Friday: The pilot of a Tiger moth was fatally injured when the aircraft crashed through high tension…

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Australian Pianist Injured in U.S.

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 1

ST. PETERSBURG (Florida), Friday: Australian pianist, Vida Barnden of Adelaide, suffered an electric shock yesterday when she…

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Albury Man Dies After Accident

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 7 January 1950 · page 2

ALBURY, Friday: A young Albury man, who had only been married a few weeks, died in Albury District Hospital this…

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Bad Car Smash On Hume Highway One Seriousy Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

At 3.30 this morning, 10 miles from Juglong, on the Yass side a car crashed very badly and the occupants were a man, wife,…

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Accident Victims Found in Long Grass

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday — A man going to get milk discovered the bodies of a father and son which had been hidden in…

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Accident Near Adelong Leeton Lady in Tumut Hospital

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

A Bedford utility overturned down an embankment on the Wagga road, three miles from Adelong, and Mrs William…

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Run Over by Truck Accident During Harvesting Operations

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 9 January 1950 · page 1

Mr. Eric Belling was involved in a serious accident during harvesting, on the property of Mr. C. J. Derrick, of Illabo…

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