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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Priest drowned; car mishap

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A Roman Catholic priest was drowned early today when his car backed over…

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Baby girl drowned in flood

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

BRISBANE, Thursday: At Rockhampton a nine-months-old baby girl, Isabella Foex, of Deeford, was…

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4 member of family drowned

Daily Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1952 · page 2

ADELAIDE, Thurs.: bodies of two baby girls [?] were drowned with the mother and eldest sister…

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Man drowned off rocks

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: A 25-year-old man was washed off the rocks and drowned while fishing at Kurnell today…

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Woman Fractures Skull Pillion Rider Seriously Injured at Jessop’s Cutting

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 4

Jessop’s Cutting at South Gundagai was the scene of a serious accident early this afternoon when a young…

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four die in road accidents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: [?] people were killed and injured in accidentes on N [?] roads over the weekend…

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Milbrulong Bush Fire Fatality The Late Mr. Ned Naughtin

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 1

Milbrulong and surrounding districts are the poorer today because of the deeply sorrowful result that followed the courageous…

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Motor Cyclist Injured When Thrown From Machine

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 2

Tony Brosco, aged 17, of Wamoon was thrown from his motor cycle when it hit a stone or hollow in the road while he…

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Big Fire at Milbrulong Two men injured in burning stubble

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1952 · page 3

Two men were injured at a bush fire which occurred along The Rock-Oaklands railway line near the Quandong Tank between…

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Bus Plunges Over Precipice 18 Killed; 8 Seriously Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 1

CARACAS (Venezuela), Wednesday.—Eighteen persons were killed and 13 others injured when a bus plunged over a 1200…

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Crossing at Silo Very Dangerous. Council Told of Near Accident at Week-end

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 16 January 1952 · page 7

"Particularly dangerous" is the way Aid. Wem C. Keast described to fellow aldermen at last night's Municipal…

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Boy Impaled on Car Handle Unusual Accident at Wagga

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 17 January 1952 · page 1

Two doctors were called out to attend a 13-year-old boy who was impaled on the door handle of a car in a freak road accident…

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Man Charged on Brisbane Accident

Daily Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1952 · page 4

BRISBANE, Thursday: The driver of a car which allegedly knocked down and injured 10 persons yesterday, was…

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Youth believed drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

BRISBANE, Sunday: A youth is missing, believed drowned, after a rowing boat swamped at Jumpin Pin…

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Us Crashes: 39 DIE 56 injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Sunday (AAP.): Thirty - nine people were killed and 56 injured in two air crashes…

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Junee Woman Fatally Injured When Car Hits Semi-trailer

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

A Junee woman was fatally injured and three others injured last night when a car collided with a…

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Junee Woman Killed in Tragic Road Accident As Picnic Party Returning From Outing at River

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 21 January 1952 · page 1

JUNEE RESIDENTS WERE STUNNED WHEN IT BECAME KNOWN THAT MRS. JANET ROBINSON, WIFE OF MR. STAN ROBINSON, OF BOUNDARY STREET, HAD BEEN KILLED IN A ROAD…

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Injured While Playing at Baths

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

Jim Byrne, eight year old son of Mr. C. A. Byrne, of 3 Boree St., sustained a deep wound the back of his head, when he…

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Condition of Accident Victims

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 2

Wagga Base Hospital authorities said last night that the condition of 23-year-old Miss Jessie Robinson of…

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Motors and motoring notes Many Road Accidents Caused by Wrong Approach to Driving

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1952 · page 5

Much thought is being given in motorised countries as to why drivers have accidents, and how best to ensure greater road safety. Recent investigations in Great Britain and the U.S.A. supply some of die answers. One outcome of the re-[?]…

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