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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Gundagai Man Injured Cart Wheel Passes Over Head

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 4

Thrown from a spring cart yesterday afternoon, Mr Henry Pa[?]on of South Gundagai received severe in juries when- the wheel of the cart…

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Week-end Accidents at Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 2

Henry Leslie Claude Hamilton 32, of "Glenrowan," Marrar, driving his motor truck, made a right-hand turn into Best street…

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Nine Wagga People in Traffic Accidents at Weekend

Daily Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1950 · page 1

Nine people were involved in traffic accidents in Wagga over the weekend. Two of the accidents occurred at the intersection of Best and Edward Streets within 20 minutes of each…

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Three Weeks Old Baby Seriously Injured in Collision

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

The throe weeks old son of Mr. and Mrs. S. McDowell, of Wamoon, was admitted to the Leeton District Hospital in a serious…

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Boy cricketer injured Struck by ball

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

Tom Coughlan, aged thirteen, the son of Mr. T. Coughlan, of Farm 200, Stony Point, was playing cricket in the Convent School ground at Leeton…

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Members of P. D. S. Fumigating Gang Injured Utilities Collide on U Bend

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

Shortly after half past six last night two utility trucks collided head-on at the dangerous U bend at George Arbuckle's…

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Electricity Accident In Junee

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Tuesday 28 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 nearly…

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Man's Narrow Escape in Shooting Gallery Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 28 February 1950 · page 2

Mr. Ken Wardrope, of 14 Wllga Street, Leeton, narrowly escaped serious injury, last Friday night, about 8 o'clock, when a…

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Hay Boy Saves Sister From Drowning

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 1 March 1950 · page 1

HAY, Wednesday — A ten-year-old boy, John Hanna, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Hanna, of Hay, saved his six-year-old…

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Gunning Boy Shot in Fatal Accident

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 2 March 1950 · page 8

A Gunning boy, aged 15 years, was accidently shot in a fatal rabbit shooting excursion. The lad was John Hansen…

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Semi-trailer and Car in Collision

Daily Advertiser · Friday 3 March 1950 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

A man and his wife narrowly escaped injury last night when their car collided with the rear of a semitrailer truck…

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Two Killed in Collision

Daily Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

WARREN, Sunday: Errol Cope, 18, and John O'Neil, 18, were killed last night when the motor cycle they were riding…

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Aircraft Carrier Sydney Two Accidents Mar Record

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 6 March 1950 · page 1

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.—Two planes were damaged in operations on aircraft carrier Sydney on Friday and Saturday…

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Leeton Resident Injured in Car Capsize Others Escape Unhurt

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 7 March 1950 · page 2

When a car in which they were travelling to Wagga, capsized on a hill about nine miles from their destination on Sunday…

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Collision at Goulburn

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 2

In a collision between his car and a taxi in Goulburn, Douglas V. Fraser, solicitor, was thrown out. John Price, a…

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Accident to County Council Man Burnt When Petrol Ignites

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 8 March 1950 · page 1

An employee of the Northern Riverina County Council received severe burns to the hands and arms in Temora when…

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Soldier Settler Forfeits Driving License Despite Strong Plea by Counsel Sequel to Accident On Prince Alfred Bridge Convicted of Driving in Manner Dangerous to the Public

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 9 March 1950 · page 7

DESPITE a strong plea by his solicitor (Mr H. Dawson) and the fact that the police admitted that Soldier Settler Ernest John Gallagher, of Nangus, bore an excellent character and was sober when he crashed through the railing of Prince Alfred Bridge on 28th…

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Boy Cyclist Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 10 March 1950 · page 2

At 4 p.m. yesterday afternoon, Geoffrey Thornely, of the Yanco Agricultural High School. whilst riding a bicycle collided with a truck driven…

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