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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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R.c. Priest Drowned in Accident

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1952 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday: A Roman Catholic priest was drowned when his car fen over an embankment into Sydney Harbor…

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Soldier Injured in Cycle Fall Admitted to Hospital in Serious Condition

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 1

A Kapooka camp soldier. Corporal Norman Spedding, was severely injured near the Houlaghan Creek bridge on…

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Youth Injured in Fall From Truck Accident Outside Hospital

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 2

An accident at the corner of Cooper and Mackay streets yesterday afternoon was handy to both the District Hospital…

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Injured Spine—awarded £1800 Damages

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 2

STONES, Monday: A man whose spine was injured when he was struck by a bag of wheat while working in the…

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Soldier Injured in Motor Cycle Crash

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 2

A Kapooka camp soldier, Corporal Norman Spedding, was severely injured near the Houlaghan Creek bridge…

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Shooting Accident

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 19 February 1952 · page 8

Two local youths, John Finch and Terrence Pox, whilst out shooting rabbits during the week became involved in a shooting…

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Motor Car Accident

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Thursday 21 February 1952 · page 3

The condition of Frederick George Smith, who was injured in an accident 26 miles from Jerilderie on the Darlington Point road on Saturday…

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Accident [?] Council Chambers

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 23 February 1952 · page 2

A 16-year-old jun[?] employed at the City [?] Chambers was injured [?] day when she slipp[?]…

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Man drowned

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 3

COFFS HARBOR, Sunday: George Alfred Husared, 45. Public Works Dept. employee, was washed off the rocks at…

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Accident on Bridge

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 2

A woman walking on the pedestrian path on the Hampden Bridge on Saturday night received severe lacerations…

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Youth's Second Serious Accident Hit Track During Cycle TRaining

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1

Seventeen year old Bradley Wynd, of Wardle street, has again mat with a serious acwhich has necessitated his…

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Three injured in freak accidents

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 2

Two men and a woman were injured in separate accidents yesterday at Wagga and Lockhart. They were all taken by Wagga District Ambulance to…

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Youth's Second Serious Accident Hit Truck During Cycle Training

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 1

Seventeen-year-old Bradley Wynd, of Wardle street, Junee has again met with a serious accident which necessitated his…

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Coroner's Inquiry Into Fatal Accident on Narrandera Road

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 1

The Narrandera Coroner (Mr. J. S. Dickson held an inquest into the cause of the death of Mr. Joseph Brian Rowston, who was…

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3 injured when boiler explodes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A man was killed and three others injured, one critically, when a boiler exploded with…

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The Second Fatality

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

Victim of the second fatality was a married woman, with five young children, who was burnt to leath at her home at…

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Man Electrocuted Fatal Accident at Junee

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

A YOUNG ELECTRICIAN WAS ELECTROCUTED AT JUNEE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. He was Brian Thomas Kcough, aged 21 years, single, employed by the Junee Municipal Council…

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Shooting Accident at Murrulebale Marrar Man Dies in Nightime Tragedy

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

A man accidentally short himself and died instantly on "Murrulebale" during a nighttime spot-light Shooting…

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Accident Week in Junee and District Town Grieves Death of Young Man Who Was Electrocuted in Junee on

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

THE DISTRESSING ACCIDENT WHICH OCCURRED IN JUNEE ON WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON LAST RESULTING IN THE ELECTROCUTION OF 21-YEARS-OLD BRIAN THOMAS ("DOC") KEOUGH…

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Four Injured in Bethungra Crash

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

Four men were injured when a car failed to negotiate a carve on the Bethangra road early this morning…

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