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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

549 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 28

Accident in Church-st. Young Man. Saves Children From Injury

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 April 1919 · page 2

Last evening, at 7.45. Mr. E. Meoro accompanied by his wife, Mrs. P. Wild, and four children, were proceeding along…

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Serious Accident

Leader · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 1

A man named Mick Bourke met with a serious accident on the Carcoar road last Sunday The horse attached to the sulky in which he and…

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Tragic Accident at Gundagai

Leader · Monday 14 April 1919 · page 6

Trooper Jim Banwell returned years. He was welcomed home by home to Gundagai on Saturday after being at the war for nearly three…

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Scalding Accident

Leader · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 4

Douglas, the little son of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Green, of Lord'sPlace, was severely scalded yesterday with boiling water. The little fellow…

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Peculiar Accident

Leader · Friday 18 April 1919 · page 6

The young son (Donal[?]) of Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Tait met with a very nasty accident on Wednesday morning. He was running about with a piece of…

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A Mountain Fatality. Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 3

Frederick Niles, a boy of 15, died to-day in a private hospital. On Sunday the boy, while out shooting with his father and his brother, in Nellie's Glen, tripped. His…

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Motor Car and Sulky Collision at West End. Horse Killed. No One Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 24 April 1919 · page 25

On Sunday night, about seven o'clock', an accident the result of the collision of a motor car with a horse driven in a sulky occurred…

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Accident at Portland. Employee Loses an Arm. Portland

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 April 1919 · page 5

While attending to some machinery at the cement works yesterday afternoon an employee named Thomas Wild, a married man, had the misfortune to have his right arm…

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Motorist Badly Injured

Leader · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 6

While repairing a motor-car at Cumnock, the clothes of Mr. A. Kennerson became saturated with petrol He unwittingly struck a match to…

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Motor Car and Suiky Serious Collision. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 3

Whilst a reception to a returned soldier was being held at Lakemba last night, a motor car and a sulky were procured and several persona,…

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Serious Motor Accident. Sydney

Leader · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 2

An accident occurred between a motor car and a sulky at Lakemba last night. Ten people were injured, three of them seriously…

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Enshrouded in flames. Spirit Lamp Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 2

Through [?] a spirit lamp which was boiling the kettle at her home at Cu[?] while the lamp was…

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It Portland. Accident at Cement Works

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 April 1919 · page 1

I and Wold, married, employed at the commonwealth Portland Cement [?] his right arm caught [?] the a[?]y on Tuesday…

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Mail Van Aooldent Steering Gear Breaks. Several Persons Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred near Cheshire Creek yesterday afternoon, when the steering gear of Messrs. Wilson and Flood's big motor…

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Peculiar Shooting Accident Man Shot in the Arm

The Gulgong Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 5

A peculiar shooting accident occurred in the Dunedoo district on Saturday last. A man named Augustus A Peterson, aged 32 years was out…

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Burning Accident at Cudal

Leader · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 1

Grace Baker, eldest daughter of Mr and Mrs. Geo. Baker, met with a very serious accident a day or two ago Returning late from a neighbour's…

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Bathurst Motoring Accident

Leader · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident happened to the Royal Mail motor lorry on its journey from Hill End to Bathurst on Monday. When the lorry…

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Mail Motor Accident. Hill End to Bathurst. Several Passengers Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 16

As a result of the steering gear breaking, the Hill End to Bathurst mail motor and passenger van left the road near Chesh[?]s Creek and…

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Motor Car Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 24

Whilst driving from Coolah to Craboon on Thursday morning last Mr. R. A. Wheeler, of Pandora, had a serious motor smash. Mr…

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A Painful Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 17

Ex-Private Joe Collop, 54th Battalion, met with a painful accident while driving at Bombira Hill, near Mr. Fred. Roth's place. on Monday…

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