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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

549 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 28

Fatal Accident at Excelsior. Excelsior

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 3

Mr. James Caddis met with a fatal accident here on Saturday afternoon. Federal Labor members in Sydney want temporary buildings erected quickly at…

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Recent Kandos Accident. Allocation of Compensation

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 May 1919 · page 3

In connection with the fatality at Kandos a few weeks age Josephine Mary Abbott applied at Mudgee district court for an allotment of £450 paid into court by the New…

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The Motor Accident Brakes Fail to Hold

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1919 · page 2

Mr. Elswick and Miss Askew, who were injured an a result of the motor accident on the Yetholme-road on Sunday evening, were yesterday…

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Motor Car Accident. Several Persons Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 3

A serious motor car accident occurred on the Bathurst Yetholme road on Sunday night, at a spot which has been labelled dangerous for some considerable time. It appears that…

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Fatality at Excelsior. Further Particulars. Excelsior

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 3

I regret to report the death of Mr. James C[?]dis of this village, under most tragic circumstance. The deceased accompanied by Ilia brother William, and Mr. J. Evans,…

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Serious Riding Accident

Leader · Wednesday 21 May 1919 · page 1

Gunner George Scott, of Orange East, who recently returned from the front, met with a painful accident on Sunday morning. He was riding a…

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Capertee. the Excelsior Fatality

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 24

A shocking accident occurred at Excelsior on Saturday, at about 1.30 p.m., by which a well known resident, named James Caddis, met…

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At Orange. Accident at Wheat Stack. Man's Painful Injury

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 23

Thomas Hagar, of Forest Reefs, met with a remarkable accident recently, while working on the Government wheat stacks at Spring Hill…

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Minor Railway Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 19

Several empty carriages were, being hitched alongside the platform at the Central Station last night, when, the foremost carriage ran…

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A Driving Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 18

Mr Ted Cook was driving to Mudgee, near the Church-street railway Crossing when his horse became restive and commenced to rear and…

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Accident at Wellington

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 22 May 1919 · page 18

Mabel Sloane, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Sloane, of the Exchange Hotel, Wellington, while playing at a friends's house the other…

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A Remarkable Accident

Leader · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 6

A most remarkable accident happened at Urunga, on the North Coast the other day. Mr. Dodwell, a gravelling storekeeper, was driving along…

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All Night on the Road. Serious Riding Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 2

On Saturday 2 baker, C. Crouch, employed at Yetholme, 15 miles from Bathurst, was proceeding home along the Sydney-road, when…

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The Burning Fatality. Coronial Inquiry

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 2

An inquest concerning the death of Dulcie Gwendoline Holding, aged 7 years, who died on Sunday night as a result of severe burning was held at the Court House, Lithgow,…

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Fatal Accident at Grenfell

Leader · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 3

On Saturday morning, last, at about 11.45, an accident befel Mr. William Warner, near the flour mill, Grenfell railway station. It appears that Mr…

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All Night on the Road. Serious Riding Accident. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 1

Yesterday a baker, C. Crough, employed at Yetholme, 15 miles from Bathurst, was proceeding home along the Sydney-road, when he was thrown heavily from his horse and was…

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Double Motor Fatality. Mother and Child Killed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 15

A man named M'Sweeney and his wife and child, were motoring to Melbourne from Cootamundra, when the car overturned…

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Accident at Kandos. Man Falls Down Embankment

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 25

Mr. John Wing was walking over to the kandos railway station from the hotel about 8 o'clock on Monday evening, intending to catch the…

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Two Fatal Motor Accidents. Adelong

Leader · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 5

A man, with his wife and child, were riding in a motor car near Adelong last night, when the car was run into a deep culvert, and capsized. The…

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The Leader and Stock and Station News. Friday, May 30, 1919. Local and General. Little Girl's Accident

Leader · Friday 30 May 1919 · page 5

A painful accident occurred to a little daughter of Mr. James Donovan, of Orange East. It appears that she was climbing a fence, when she…

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