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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

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Accidents a Major Problem of the Roads

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 26 May 1955 · page 6

The predominance of fatal collisions in country areas involving motor vehicles, namely, motor lorries of various proportions, is of such a disturbing nature that it has become one of the major problems of the roads…

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Matong Footballers Injured

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 27 May 1955 · page 6

On Sunday last, during the Grong Grong-Matong-Ganmain match at Matong, shortly…

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Three Cars In Accident On Ganmain Rd

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 17 June 1955 · page 1

There were narrow escapes from serious injury on the Coolamon Ganmain Road on…

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Accidents Analysed

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 1 July 1955 · page 5

More than half Australia’s accidents last year occurred on straight roads and inattentive driving…

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Prisoner's Jaw Broken in Freak Accident

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 4 August 1955 · page 2

When he was struck by a tick while loading logs on to a truck, prisoner at the Mannus Camp suffered a broken…

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Drowning At Rannock

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 12 August 1955 · page 1

The death occurred under sad circumstances at “Beechworth”, the property of Mr. A…

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Coolamon Airman Drowned

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 November 1955 · page 1

Town residents were deeply moved, and a wave of sadness spread throughout the district, when it was learned that L.A.C. Ian Robertson, R.A.A.F.,…

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Accident Tests

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 4 November 1955 · page 7

A spokesman for Britain’s Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says that the…

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What Causes Accidents?

Tumbarumba Times · Thursday 1 December 1955 · page 2

The question is often asked: What leads to the innumerable collisions on the roads of New South Wales and who is…

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Tractor Accident

Coolamon-Ganmain Review · Friday 9 December 1955 · page 1

Mr. E. C. Manning, of “Hillview”, Millwood, 63 years of age was seriously injured on…

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