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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Woman's Foot Injured in Bottle Explosion

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 2

When a bottle exploded in her home in Wade Avenue on Monday afternoon last, Mrs. Marsh sustained a lacerated wound to her right…

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Accident At Adelong

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

On Saturday last at 7.5 p.m. a collision between $ motor lorry and a car occurred in Gundagai Street, Adelong. The lorry, which was…

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Sudden Death of Mr. Cyril Sproats Accident Near Cooma

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 16 March 1951 · page 4

Mr. Cyril Sproats, of Begu, who is well known in the Tumut district, was killed instantly when the. track he was driving failed to…

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Airliner Crashes Near Evans Head None Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 19 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday — A Butler Airways DC3 Dakota crashlanded in a wooded swamp near Evans Head during a cyclone…

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Infant Drowned at Tumut

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1951 · page 2

Judith McEntyre Davies, aged 20 months, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stan Davies, of Tumut, and formerly ot 66 For Street…

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Wagga Child Drowned at Tumut

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

Judith McIntyre Davies, 21-months-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Dan Davies, of Wagga, was drowned at Tumut while playing…

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Constable Injured in Struggle Arrest Made

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday — A police constable was injured in a struggle with a man he tried to arrest in Sussex street, City…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 4

A most serious feature of the increased road tell was the continued sharp rise in motor cycle casualties, Mr. H. A…

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Fatal Accident Near Cooma

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 2

Mr. Cyril Sproats, of Bega, who is well-known in the Tumut district was killed instantly when the truck he was driving…

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Broke Arm in Accident To-day. Engine Back-fires, Handle Hit District Resident

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 21 March 1951 · page 8

Fifteen year Old Noel Lewin, son of Mr. and Mrs, W. Lewin, well known Old Junee residents, had his arm broken in an accident…

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Baby Drowned at Tumut

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 4

Judith McEntyre Davies, aged 20 months, daughter of Mr and Mrs Stan Davies, of Tumut was drowned in…

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Aged Resident Injured

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 2

Mrs. Ellen Horsby, aged 90 yean, of Coleman Street, Wagga, sustained a lacerated wound to her scalp when she stumbled and…

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Three Injured by Falling Timber

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Thursday 22 March 1951 · page 5

On Sunday last members of the Coolamon Golf Club burned much of the grass on the links. In the process several trees caught fire,…

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Car Overturns Near Cemetery Two Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 27 March 1951 · page 2

When a car overturned on the sharp bend of the Yass road near the Cootamundra cemetery, two men suffered cuts and…

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Motor Accidents Mrs. H. S. Roberton Injured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

Mrs. Hugh S. Roberton, the wife of the Federal member for Riverina, met with a serious accident late on Thursday afternoon, 22nd March…

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Cycle Rider Seriously Injured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

About six o'clock on Saturday evening last, Kenneth Stanley Massey (19), of Abbotsford, Sydney, met with a serious accident whilst…

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Detonator Kills Boy Brother Seriously Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday—A 12-year-old boy was killed and his 9-year-old brother seriously injured when they put a lighted…

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Boree Creek News Unusual Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

Mrs. J. W. Toose sufferee a severe accident during the week. It appears she was cooking some fruit in a pressure cooker when it exploded…

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Unusual Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 2

A 14-year-old boy had an unusual accident yesterday morning when he fell on to the steel wheel of a milk cart. The boy…

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Gundagai Residents Involved in Accident on Razor-back Mountain

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 29 March 1951 · page 4

Returning home to Gundagai last Monday night two Gundagai residents had a lucky escape from injury when a…

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