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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

554 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 28

Mr. & Mrs. T. Ashton in Car Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Tuesday 2 February 1954 · page 2

Mr. Tom Ashton was driving back to Leeton on Saturday last when he met with an accident about 11 miles this side of Yass,…

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Fatality Near Jugiong Man Killed When Car Overturns

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 3

A man was killed when the car he was driving left the road and capsized near Berremangra on Saturday…

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Two Men Injured When They Fall From 35Ft. Electric Light Pole Serious Accident At Burra Creek

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 1

Two young men were seriously injured yesterday afternoon when they fell 35 feet to the ground from the top of an electric light pole. The mishap occurred in the…

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Six Injured in U.k. Rail Smash

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 4 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Thursday — Six persons were injured, one seriously, when the famous express Royal Scot, London-bound from…

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Six hurt in train collision

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 February 1954 · page 1

LONDON, Thurs. Six preons were injured, one seriously, when the famous express, the Royal Scot…

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Drowning after trouble with fumes

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1954 · page 1

PERTH, Friday: A farmer was drowned in a well on his farm at Kalannie, 180 miles northeast of Perth today…

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Finley Boy Fatally Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

A youth was fatally injured when his horse fell on him at Finley on Saturday. The dead youth lay…

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Finley Youth Is Fatally Injured

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 2

A youth was fatally injured when his horse Fell on him at Finley on Saturday. Another youth and a woman were injured in two separate similar accidents in Wagga during the weekend…

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Seven die in Vic. accidents

Daily Advertiser · Monday 8 February 1954 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Seven people were killed and two seriously injured in road accidents in Victoria over the…

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Well Known Showman Injured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

At the Kiama show last week jack McGee, well known to Cootamundra show patrons as a horseman, had an unfortunate…

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Finley Boy Fatally Injured

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 1

Three accidents with horses— one of them fatal—occurred in Riverina at the weekend. A youth, John Nelson Bunnett…

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Well-known Lady Rider Injured

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 8

People throughout this district regretted very much when they heard early this week that Miss Patricia Burns, of Wagga met…

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Accidents at Wagga

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 9 February 1954 · page 2

A 14-year-old youth, Barry Power, 8 William Street, North Wagga, was treated by Wagga ambulance yesterday for an…

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Man. two children drowned

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

LISMORE, Wednesday: A farmer and his two children were drowned when a car in which the were travelling…

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Father and Two Children Drowned

Cootamundra Herald · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 2

LISMORE, Thursday—A farmer and his two children were drowned when a car in which they were travelling…

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Tumblong Driver in Collision Near Goulburn

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 4

A lorry was damaged when it was involved in a collision with a car on Sydney Road, near Goulburn, on Tuesday…

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Baby Drowned at Wattamondara Mother Found Body Floating In Dam

The Gundagai Independent · Thursday 11 February 1954 · page 1

A two year old baby girl [?] drowned in a large government dam at Wattamondara, near Cowra, late on…

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Coolamon Police in Sydney Const Thompson Injured

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 3

Sergt Gould and Const. Thompson, of Coolamon arrived in Sydney on Tuesday morning. Sergt Gould was…

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Under the Influence Failed to Stop After Accident

The Murrumbidgee Irrigator · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 2

Before Mr. K. Smith, S.M., at the Leeton Police Court yesterday, Ibraham Maratoff, 29, laborer of Pine Avenue,…

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Boy's Nose May Be Broken Accident in Junee School Grounds

Junee Southern Cross · Friday 12 February 1954 · page 4

Twelve year old Doug Wright came into collision with another boy in the grounds of the Junee I.H.S…

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