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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Four Drowned at Weekend in N.s.w

Daily Advertiser · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Four people were drowned in N.S.W. today. Police believe a 70-year-old Sydney man was also drowned during the weekend…

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Gundagai Grazier Injured Truck Capsises on Half Way Hill

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 1

WELL KNOWN Gunlagai district grazier, Mr. Frank Henery, of Tarrabandra, was seriously injured on Saturday evening last, when the truck he was driving overturned on the half way hill on the Gundagai-Tumut road…

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Boy Ran to Ring for a Doctor. Fell and Injured In junee Street

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 31 March 1952 · page 4

On his way to ring for a doctor to come and attend to his father, a thirteen year old boy was himself injured…

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Injured in Road Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

Mrs. F. E. Moon, of Melaleuca Avenue, Leeton, was admitted to the Leeton District Hospital last Wednesday night following an…

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Dangerous river beaches and drowning fatalities Discussed by Council

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 2

Dangerous conditions confronting inexperienced bathers in the Murrumbidgee river, and the loss the of [?]…

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Lawyer Shot Dead Over "Dispute" Another Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday — Two lawyers were Shot down yesterday as they entered a lift in the Law Building at Charlotte…

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Gundagai Grazier Injured Truck Capsizes on Hill

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

Well-known Gundagai district grazier, Mr. Prank Henery, of Tarrabandra, was seriously injured when the truck he was…

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Air Force Head Killed in Crash 9 Missing in Second Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 1

OMAHA, Tuesday — Brigadier General, Jesse Anton, Deputy Director or Fighter Operations of the US Strategic Air…

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Motors and motoring notes Fatigue Prime Cause of Accidents on Long Journeys

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 1 April 1952 · page 4

Fatigue is a real enemy of those who use their cars on long journeys and adds greatly to the danger as well as the discomfort of such travelling. People have been known to fall sleep at the wheel and…

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Fisherman Drowned After Second Fall Into River

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 April 1952 · page 1

COONAMBLE, Wednesday — After being rescued from the Castlereagh river last night, an amateur fisherman…

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Manslaughter Charge Follows Accident Muttama Man's Death

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 2

A man was yesterday charged with the manslaughter of Stephen William Beasley, who died in the Sacred Heart…

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Jockey Dies; Race Accident

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 April 1952 · page 8

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Twenty-three year old Queensland Jockey Charles Knobel, died today from injuries received in a fall at Kembla Grange races yesterday…

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Narrandera man injured in Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: A Narrandera motor cyclist was seriously injured tonight when he hit a truck after his…

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Three injured when car hits train

Daily Advertiser · Friday 4 April 1952 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: The body of a small sedan car was torn from its chassis and hurled 20 feet after a collision…

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Nine Injured in Wagga Weekend Accidents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

Nine people were injured in accidents in Wagga and surrounding districts over the week-end. . Of the nine injured, two were seriously hurt…

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Boy drowned in creek

Daily Advertiser · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A nine-year-old boy was drowned in a creek at Bonville, near Coffs Harbor, today…

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Fell in River Second Time—drowned

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

After being rescued from the Castlereagh River on Wednesday night, an amateur fisherman fell into the…

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Gundagai Ambulance Involved in Accident Transport Knocks Car Off Road Superintendent and Bearer Have Miraculous Escape

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 1

One of the Gundagai Ambulance cars was involved in an accident on Friday evening last, when a transport crashed into the car, throwing [?] off the road into a gully at one side, of the…

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Manslaughter Charge Follows Accident Muttama Man’s Death

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 7 April 1952 · page 3

A man was last week charged with the manslaughter of Stephen William Beasley, who died in the Cootamundra Sached Heart Hospital. The late Mr. Beasley, a…

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Injured Man's Condition 'Very Serious'

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 8 April 1952 · page 2

The condition of Alfred Geier, 23, farmer, "Glenferry," Mangoplah, who was found lying on the roadway…

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