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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

582 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 30

Railway Line Accident at Craboon

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 19

Mr Bert Tucker, railway stationmaster, Craboon, Mrs Tucker, Mrs. "Son" Clarke, of Mudgee (Mrs. Tucker's mother), and Mr. and…

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Football Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 19

Whilst engaged in playing foot-S. (Swifty) Croan and his collarbone fractured. He will be incapacitated for some time…

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The Perry-street Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 19

Mr. H. Skinner, of West End, Mudgee, writes to deny that he was riding his bicycle fast or was turning a corner when he met with…

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Accident at Tucker's Hill. Narrow Escape by Mr. Robert Reid. Motor Lorry Overturned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 24

Mr. Robert Reid, of Margraves, whilst proceeding from Mudgee to Hill End on Thursday night with a load of goods, had a very narrow…

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Douglas Fairbanks Injured. Los Angelos

National Advocate · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 1

Douglas, Fairbanks was severely injured through being crushed in an avalanche of earth, whilst making a "movie."…

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Boys and Detonators. Child Seriously Injured. Mudgee

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

Two children, sons or James M'Namara, a soldier settler at Oban, near Coolah, strayed from their home and went to a well-sinkers' camp about four hundred yards…

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Accident at Experimental Farm

Leader · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 4

Mr. G. Marks, manager of the Grafton Experiment Farm, met with a painful accident a few days ago, as the result of which (says the…

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Fractured Skull. Craboon Fatality

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 1

On Wednesday a man named Johnson, said to be a prominent New Zealand footballer. was brought from Craboon to Dunedoo…

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Serious Accident Two Boys Injured by Detonators. Mudgee

National Advocate · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

Two children of Mr. Jnmoa M'Naniara, who has a farm on the Obau Soldier's Settlement, strayed from their father's home, over to see the…

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Motor Smash Three Men Injured Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

A motor car collided severely with the roar platform of a tramcar crowded with passengers returning from the Richmond races, near Jolimont…

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Doug Fairbanks Injured. Too Realistic Movie. Vancouver

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 1

A message from Los Angeles states that Douglas Fairbanks suffered severe injuries through being trapped under an avalanche of…

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Serious Tram Accident Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

A motor car collided severely with the rear platform of a tram car at East Melbourne last night. The platform of the tram was…

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Accident at Tucker's Hill Motor Lorry Over-turned. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. Robert Reld, of Hargraves. whilst proceeding from Mudgee to Hill End with a load of goods, had a very narrow escape from serious…

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Injured Employee

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. T, Cornish of Keppel-street, Bahurst, wrote to the Turon Shiro Council to-day asking that his full wages [?]e made up during the seven weeks he…

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Both Legs Severed Accident at Portland Lime Works. Death of Mr. James Bennett Portland

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred at the lime works here yesterday, the result being the death of Mr. James Bennett, a married man with a wife…

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The Motor Mystery Accident at Forest Reefs

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

The mystery of a motor car has been finally agitating the minds of some folk in Orange. A few days ago a motor car was seen to overturn…

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Portland Fatality. Well Known Resident's End

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 2

Mr. James Mitchell Bennett, a well known resident of Portland, and father of Mrs. Nicholls, wife of Mr. S. Nicholls, M.H.R., for Macquarie,…

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Motor Car Overturns. Public Works Official Injured. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 3

Mr. C. Parle, of the Bathurst Public Words Department, was proceeding by car on a visit of inspection to Spring Hill, and, when nearing Forest Reefs, the driver, when…

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Fatal Accident at Portland

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 3

An accident which was unhappily attended with fatal results, occurred here on Monday, the victim, being Mr. Jas Bennett (57), a highly respected resident. The deceased…

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At Portland. Man Fatally Injured. Portland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 14

James Bennett (57), an employee of the Sydney and North Sydney Cement Company, at Portland, was run over by a truck and…

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