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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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District Resident Seriously Injured

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 4

Miss Muriel Henseleit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Henseleit, of Methul, was very seriously injured on Monday last week, when cases…

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Many Injured in Riot

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday (A.A.P.): Bloody race riots between blacks and whites swept the slum areas of Birmingham last night…

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Coolamon Railway Man Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

A railway employee at Coblamon suffered a probable fracture of the right leg as the result of a fall across the railway…

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Motor Collision at Gilmore Local Man Arrested On Three Charges

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

As the result ol it collision which occurred about a mile on the Tumut side of Gilmore tin Monday night last when Mr. Stan Webb's…

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Accident on Blowering Road Stock Killed When Truck Overturns

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 5

On Sunday morning last about 2 a.m. a stock transport driven by Mr. Harold Rees, of [?]…

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Coroner Mystified By Circumstances Fatal Accident Near Tumblong District Agronomist Drauged to Death Beneath Utility Trcck

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 3

Mysterious circumstances surrounded the tatal accident which occurred on the Hume Highway there miles from Tumblong on…

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Agronomist's Death Mystifies Coroner. Verdict of Accidental Ending Is Returned

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 3

After the Gundagai Coroner, Mr. J. C. Byrnes, had inquired into the death of Mr. T. S. Rudkin, district agronomist, he returned a…

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Serious Accident at Coolamon Railway Station

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 14 April 1950 · page 2

There was a serious accident yesterday at the Coolamon Railway Station. Mr. Ron Curry, who was 21…

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Drowned After Fall From Manly Ferry

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—Sergeant William Knight (25) attached to the Ordinance Depot at Bogan Gate, was drowned when he fell…

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Drowned After Fall from Sydney Ferry

Daily Advertiser · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Sergeant William Knight, 25, attached to the Ordnance Depot at Bogan Gate, was drowned last night…

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Boy Dead in Gun Accident Near Gulgong

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 17 April 1950 · page 1

Ronnie Rosser, 14, of Gloaming, six miles from Gulgong, was shot through the face and head with a pea-rifle which he was carrying…

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Serious Accident at Ardmona Miss Muriel Henseleit Injured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 3

Miss Muriel Henseleit, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Henseleit, of Methul, was very seriously injured on Monday, 3rd April, when cases of…

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Collision In Capper-St, Tumut

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

At 7.30 p.m on Saturday last Frederick Henry Crichton was driving his Overland car from Wynyard Street into Capper Street towards…

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Car Overturns Local Men Injured

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 18 April 1950 · page 2

Three local men were in a Buick utility coming to Tumut from Kiewa over the week-end. The utility, which belonged to Mr. Parker…

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Head-on Collision on Illabo Road Luck Escapes After Monday's Accident

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 19 April 1950 · page 5

A head-on collision between a truck and a utility truck occurred on Monday evening last on the Junee-Illabo road opposite the…

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Head-on Collision on Illabo Road Lucky Escapes After Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 1

A head-on collision between a truck and a utility truck occurred on the Junee-Illabo road opposite the North Junee school…

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Paper Truck Driver Killed Collision, on Bulli Pass

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday — A man was killed, and another seriously Injured, when a truck collided with a petrol waggon in blinding…

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Damages for Rail, Tram Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 20 April 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Hall and tram accident victims will be able to sue for unlimited damages under amendments to…

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Local and General Motor Cycle Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 25 April 1950 · page 4

Apparently attempting to take a corner too sharply, Mr. Peter Veneris came to grief on a motor cycle, in, Ferrier street…

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Fishermen Believed Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 26 April 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — Two fishermen are believed drowned in the ocean between Kilcare and Gosford…

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