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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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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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Horse Killed in Motor Car Collision Driver of Sulky Fined

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

About 11 p.m. on Friday last a collision occurred on the Leeton road, near the aerodrome, when a horse driven by Allan Russell Millard was…

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Horse Killed in Narrandera Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 4

Two Narrandera men were slightly injured and their horse was killed on the Leeton Road near…

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Many Floral Tributes to Young Man Who Met Accidental Death in Junee

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 3

THE FUNERAL OF [?] LATS THOMAS [?] WHO WAS ELECTROCUTED ON W[?]DNESDAY AFTERNOON, TOOK PLACE IN JUNEE…

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19 Drowned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

ASUNCION (Paraguay), Monday: A Paraguayan Navy transport sank at the week-end on the upper reaches of…

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Two duck shooters drowned

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Mon.: Two duck shooters, a father a son, were drowned in a lake at Kooriong, 12 miles…

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Injured Woodstock Man's Amazing Courage

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

Although suffering agonising pain, a 21-year-old Woodstock man freed himself from an overturned motor cycle last week…

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Accident Ahead

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 3

You know, were a lucky lot, whether we drive cars, of just walk. Each day we hear of accidents, many fatal, some…

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Two Killed in Road Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A man was killed instantly when the door of his truck crushed his head when struck by a tram…

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Doctor Asks for Wrecked Car As Accident Warning

The Gundagai Independent · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 4

In an effort to drive home to people the danger of accidents on roads adjacent to Yass, Dr. R. A. G. Holmes, proposed to…

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Four Men in Motor Accident Three Injured and Hare Jaws Brakea

Junee Southern Cross · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 6

Four man were injured when a car failed to negotiate a curve on the Bethungra road…

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Bus Kills 4 Children Six Others Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

MANCHESTER, Wednesday—A bus knocked down and killed four children and injured six others yesterday…

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Brazil's Worst Rail Disaster Hundreds Dead and Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 5 March 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK Wednesday—Brazil's greatest railway disaster, in which two trains collided near Rio De Janeiro yesterday…

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Accidental Death Young Man Fell From Transport

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

Yesterday the Gundagai District Coroner (Mr. C. J. Bryant) conducted an inquest into the death of a brilliant young…

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Gundagai Man Convicted Charged with Drunken Driving Following Accident fotice Of Appeal Given

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 1

Luck can be pretty tough at times and a Gundagai man now knows all about the fickleness of Lady Fortune…

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Freak Accident in Pine Avenue Men Injured, Children Terrified

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

A freak accident happened at Mr. Gordon's pharmacy in Pine Avenue at five minutes to six o'clock on Wednesday…

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Serious Accident In Junee Truck Crashes Into Tree Mr "Ted" O'Rafferty Seriously Injured

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

Mr. Frederick ("Ted") O'Rafferty, of Gundagai Road, is in the Junee District Hospital in a serious condition…

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Two Killed, Two Injured in Cycle Crash

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Thursday. Two lads were killed and two injured when a member of their motor cycle party,…

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Accidental Death Young Man Fell From Transport

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

Yesterday the Gundagai district, coroner (Mr. C. J. Bryant) conducted an inquest into the death of a brilliant young…

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Accidental Electrocution of Young Junee Council Employee Council Employee Coroner Finds After Inquest Evidence

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 1

FOLLOWING EVIDENCE AT AN INQUIRY IN JUNEE YESTERDAY MORNING, THE CORNER (MR. J. A. McKENZIE) FOUND THAT BRAIN THOMAS KEOUGH WAS ACCIDENTALLY…

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