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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Well-known Cullivel Man Critically Injured

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 8

With one or two other district friends, Mr. Ken Mansell, the well-known Cullivel farmer and grazier, visited Corowa last week…

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Accidents Child's Arm Broken

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

Donald, 18 months' old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alan Harrison of Wade Avenue, fractured his left forearm when he fell off a low…

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Man Injured at Junee

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 1
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JUNEE, Wednesday —A man was found lying in Junee railway shunting yards with a broken right leg. He is J. Macdonald…

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Injured man's condition still critical

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 April 1952 · page 3

Alfred Geier, 23, farmer of "Glenferry", Mangoplah, who was admitted to the Wagga Base Hospital late on Sunday…

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Serious Truck Smash Three Former Narrandera Residents Injured

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

Three people who were on their way to Narrandera to spend Easter with their mother, Mm. E. Mitcham, were severely injured early on…

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Chapter of Accidents Severe Burns

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

Last week-end Mrs. Eileen Pearson, wife of Mr. J. W. T. Pearson, of Dalgety Street, met with a painful accident. It appears that a baking…

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Motor Accidents Motor Cycle Collides with Sheep

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 10 April 1952 · page 2

About 9 p.m. on Tuesday an accident occurred along the Sturt Highway, a short distance from the Poison Waterholes. Mr. Seymour John…

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Boy Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Friday: A 14-year-old schoolboy Was drowned in the City Baths yesterday minutes after…

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Death of Accident Victim

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 12 April 1952 · page 2

Alfred Geier, 28, fanner, of The Rock, who Teas admitted to the Wagga Base Hospital late on Sunday night…

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Eight Hurt in Weekend Accidents in District

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 April 1952 · page 2

In a series of accidents in Wagga and district on Saturday and Sunday, six man, a woman and a baby were injured. However, only four were admitted to the Wagga Base Hospital…

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Six Injured in Road Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 2

Sir people were involved in minor road accidents yesterday when two vehicles…

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Man believed drowned near Mudgee

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Police believe a man drowned last night after a car stalled in a flooded creek near Mudgee…

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District Accidents and Their Sequel

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 15 April 1952 · page 4

Amongst many accidents over the State during Easter, it is regrettable to mention that our own district had its share…

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Accident to Mr. E. A. Adams Knocked Down by Car

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

Mr Ernest Adams, of Narrandera, who left on a visit to Sydney on Monday of last week, was involved in a serious accident between 5 and…

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Heavy Holiday Traffic Freedom From Serious Accidents

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

THE HOLIDAY TOURIST TRAFFIC WHICH PASSED THROUGH GUNDAGAI OVER THE EASTER HOLIDAY PERIOD, WHILST NOT REACHING RECORD PROPORTIONS, WAS ABNORMALLLY HEAVY, AND A…

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Road Accidents at Yass

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 1

Three motor cyclists were injured on Tuesday when their cycles skidded on the wet Hume Highway, near Yass…

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Coroner Returns Finding of Accidental Death

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 17 April 1952 · page 2

That deceased died on March 31 last from the effects of injuries accidentally received on that day through being crushed…

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Weaver Seriously Injured

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 1

TOKYO, Thursday (A.A.P.-Reuter): Frank Loyal Weaver, nicknamed "Boomerang" af­ter returning seven times…

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Collision on Blowering Road Blowering Man In Hospital With Broken

Adelong and Tumut Express and Batlow District News · Friday 18 April 1952 · page 4

As the result of a collision at 4.45 pm. on Thursday last between a heavy lorry owned and dirven by Mr. Charies B. Cork,…

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