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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

Mr. C. Cox, of Matong, is an inmate of the Narrandera Hospital suffering from severe lacerations to his face…

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Painful Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 15 January 1954 · page 1

Mr. Frank Crozier, of Ganmain, sustained a very painful injury on Saturday afternoon last. When he sat…

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Many Offer Aid for Injured New Australian

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1954 · page 2

A Sydney newspaper which recently published an article concerning the plight of Lithuanian migrant Stefan Pietroszys (who is at present lying in the Wagga…

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Junee youths hurt in collision

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

JUNEE, Sunday: Two Junee youths were seriously injured last night when the motor cycle on which they…

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Youths Hurt in Marrina Collision

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

JUNEE, Monday — Two Junee youths were seriously injured on Saturday night when the motor cycle on which they were riding…

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Five Injured When Truck Overturns

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

Three adults and two children were injured when the motor lorry in which they were travelling skidded in…

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Ferry strikes reef: no one injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday: The Cowes Ferry, carrying several hundred members of an R.S.L. picnic party, struck a…

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Adelong Man Badly Injured Struck By Propeller Blades Of Power Boat

The Gundagai Independent · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

A [?] was badly injured late yesterday after[?] when he dived into the revolving blades of a power boat on Lake Albert. The man is Colin Mo[?]neaux, a brother of Mr. Bruce…

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Unusual Accident at Lake Albert Swimmer Dived Under Propeller

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

A young, man was badly injured late yesterday afternoon when he dived into the revolving propeller blades of a…

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Driving Under the Influence Charge Seouel to Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

For having driven a vehicle while under the influence of liquor, Clement Lawson Greenham (30), a laborer, of "Hineholm," Wallendbeen, was find…

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Lockhart Man Dies in Shooting Accident

Daily Advertiser · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 2

A 75-year-old man was accidently shot dead on his property near Lockhart yesterday morning. Another young man…

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Motor Cyclists in Serious Accident at Marinna Admitted to Hospital Extensive Injuries

Junee Southern Cross · Monday 18 January 1954 · page 1

Had it not been for the prompt action of Mr. Walter Kanaley, a young man who was lying unconscious in…

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Cyclists in Collision Girl Taken to Hospital

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 3

Two boy cyclists and a girl, who was being given a ride on her brother's bicycle, came into collision as they were rounding the…

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Two Killed, Six Injured in Crossing Smash

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 January 1954 · page 2

PERTH, Monday :Two children were killed and six members of their family injured when their utility was wrecked in a level crossing smash…

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Drowned When Close to Safety

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: One of three fishermen stranded in a rowing boat in Port Phillip Bay off…

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Youths Injured in Accident Son of Former Coolamon Resident Involved

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

Brian Guthrie (18) son of Mr and Mrs. Pat Guthrie, of Junee and formerly of Coolamon, is in the Junee…

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Injured by fall During Electricity Blackout

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

Mrs. Bcllington an elderly lady residing with her daughter and grandsons at Murrami Road. Five Bridges, was…

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Trampled Upon by Terrified Horse Farmsr Severely Injured

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. J. Plcken, a tanner employed on Mr. Hatch's farm No. 325, Wainoon, was driving a spring cart into the farm on…

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U.s. Marines Drown in Korean Harbor Collision in Icy, Raging Current

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 1

INCHON, Friday — Twenty-eight United States Marines drowned yesterday when a vessel carrying anti-Communist Chinese to Formosa rammed their small landing craft and plunged them…

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Level Crossing Accident at Whitton Leeton Resident in Smash

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 22 January 1954 · page 2

Mr. A. Lamont, of Railway Parade, Leeton, had a narrow escape from death on Tuesday evening when his…

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