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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Aly Khan Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday: Prince Aly Khan, husband of actress Rita Hayworth, broke his right leg n three places in a siding accident…

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Was He Drowned? Medical Officer Not Satsified

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday—A man, whose body was found floating in the water near Glebe Island wharf, may have been murdered and then the body thrown into the harbor…

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Lifesaver Drowned Attempt to Rescue Girl in Heavy Undertow

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A 23-year-old lifesavers' captain was drowned at North Cronulla this afternoon while trying to rescue an 18-year-old girl swept out to sea by strong undertow…

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Gale in Bass Strait Three Seamen Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE. Monday—Three members of the crew of the 141-ton auxiliary schooner Mileeta were injured when the…

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Well Known Coota. Man Fatally Injured Cyclist Crashes Into Wreckage

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 4

WELL known Cootamundra business man and former champion cyclist, Fred. Legge, aged 41, died from injuries received in a motor…

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Coroner Finds That Death Was Accidental Inquest Concerning Fatal Accident Near Cootamundra

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 20 February 1950 · page 1

Last week the Cootamundra district Coroner (Mr Roy Mahoney) conducted an inquiry concerning the death of Don Douglas Haig Kennedy…

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Injured in Fire

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 1

AUCKLAND (N.Z.), Monday (A.A.P.-Reuter): One employee was taken to hospital and two firemen were injured when fire…

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Mr. J. Kennedy's Death Accidental

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1950 · page 2

The Cootamundra Coroner (Mr. Roy Mshony) held an inquest at the Cootamudra Court House into the cause of the death of Mr. John D. H…

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Liner in Collision

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 8

COLOMBO, Tuesday: Both the P. and O. liner, Strathaird (22,568 tons), and the American cargo ship, Steel Age (7852 tons)…

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Bad Accident on Boorowa Road Two in Hospital

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

Two Harden men. Leslie John Rostra and Kenneth Sheldrick. are in Murrumburrah District Hospital from injuries received…

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£250 Damages for Ciri After Airgun Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A young girl who had been accidentally shot In the right eye by the airgun of a 16-year-old boy,…

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Finger Amputation Hay Follow Accident In Junee Yesterday

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 22 February 1950 · page 1

A JUNEE LADY, MRS. A. BLACK, OF EDWARD STREET, FACES THE POSSIBILITY OF HAVING A FINGER AMPUTATED AS THE RESULT OF A SERIOUS ACCIDENT YESTERDAY WHEN SHE WAS NEARLY ELECTROCUTED…

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Electricity Accident in Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 23 February 1950 · page 1

A Junee lady, Mrs. A. Black, faces the possibility of having a finger amputated as the result of an accident when she was…

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Inquest on Drowning During Rescue

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A North Cronulla lifesaver whose line became fouled with seaweed during the rescue of a 16-years-old…

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Seriously Injured in Capsize

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 3

A man was flung from his car when it overturned about a mile from Maru[?]an, on the Sydney road…

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Cyclist Injured in Street Fall

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 2

About 6.30 p.m. on Tuesday, Mr. R. Dargin suffered a fall from his bicycle whilst riding along Jarrah St., and suffered a lacerated wound over…

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Odd Accidents Took Place in 1949 Card Player Broke His Wrist in Triumph

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 1

A farmer in California was spraying weeds sodium chlorate which saturated his trousers. When they dried, the friction as the walked caused them…

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Sequel To Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 24 February 1950 · page 4

John Joseph Donaldson Say appealed against a conviction and fine imposed upon him by Mr. Debenham, S.M., at Leeton Court of Petty…

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Baby Hurt in Collision Near Leeton

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 25 February 1950 · page 4

LEETON, Friday: A car driven by Mrs. 8. McDowell, of Wamcon, and a car driven by Mr. F. H. Harris, of Acacia Avenue…

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40 Stitches in Arm Woman Injured in Car Accident

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

As the result of a car turning over on the Hume Highway last Thursday afternoon a South Australian woman was admitted to the…

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