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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

563 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 29

Accident

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 26 April 1921 · page 2

Mr. Tom Peddie, the driver of the Bathurst steam laundry [?], had a narrow escape from serious injury in Stewart-street this morning. He…

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Turbulent "Unemployed." Collision with the Police

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 4

The unemployed had a smart collision, with the police yesterday afternoon, and a window in the Treasury building was broken. The closing of the big door at the Treasury…

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An Injured Foot

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 8

Mr. C. J. McAleer of the Government Savings Bank Mudgee staff, who plays football with the Colts, had the misforutne a couple…

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Shocking Fatality. Little Girl Killed

Leader · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 4

A very sad motor-car [?] pened at the intersection of Lord's Place and Summer street on Friday at 7.30 p.m. by which a girl…

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Two Accidents

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 8

On Saturday morning Master Bruce Mulley, son of Mr. and Mrs. William Mulley, of Mudgee, was driving Messrs. Mulley and Sons…

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Portland Motor Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 2

Mr. C. Saville met with a nasty accident on Friday afternoon while driving along the 'Wang road in Mr. J. Saville's motor car. On attempting to negotiate the turn…

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Cut in Two Frightful Railway Fatality Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 5 May 1921 · page 3

A man named Charles Jackson, who lived in Stanmore, was cut in two by a through train at Newtown railway station to-day. Jackson, who was…

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Second Day Play Resumed 3 FOR 101. Bardsley's Injured Fingers. London

National Advocate · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

Though it rained during the night, there was a burst of sunshine this morning However, when play opened, the weather was cloudy and the…

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Trains in Collision a Passenger and Goods Two Travellers Suffer Shook Traffic Delayed Cowra

The Bathurst Times · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 2

A railway collision between a passenger train and a stationary goods train occurred near. Cowra railway station this morning. But for the…

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Summer Street Sulky Accident

Leader · Friday 6 May 1921 · page 6

Yesterday afternoon, W. Riley drov[?] to the front of Miller's Hotel, in [?] sulky, and getting out of it locked the wheel. He had hardly left whe[?]…

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Exciting Accident

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

All exciting accident occurred near the bridge on the Blayncy-Barry road Mr. Bern Newell was driving a waggon loaded with chaff into Blayney…

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Cowra Railway Accident

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 7 May 1921 · page 2

The Bathurst Railway Locomotive authorities have been informed in the collision between a passenger and…

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Motors in Collision

National Advocate · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 2

A collision of two motor cars occurred yesterday afternoon at the cross roads, Kelso, near the Melbourne Hotel. Mr. E. Bestwick, driving a Ford…

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Crash at Cowra. Passenger and Goods Train. Rev. Father O'reilly, of Gulgong, Injured. Cowra

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 6

A [?]way collision occurred at in Cow[?] in the early hours of this morning, the midnight passenger tram [?] harden colliding with a…

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Runaway Oil Tanks. Accident Near Newnes

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 May 1921 · page 2

A somewhat sensational accident occurred on Messrs. John Fell and Co.'s branch railway line to Newnes last week, when, between the 9 and 10-mile pegs on the…

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Car Collision at Kelso

Leader · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

At Kelso, on Monday, a Buick motor car, owned by Mr. Symons, of Lithgow, with six people on board, collided with a Ford car owned by…

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Blackheath Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 May 1921 · page 2

A rather serious accident occurred in the School of Arts park on Sunday. Miss Molly Robertson, who was staying with her parents at Yabba Yabba in Wentworth street,…

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Trains Collide 20 Killed and 60 Injured Madrid

The Bathurst Times · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

A South Andalusia express comded with a train from Toledo near Villaverde. Twenty were killed, including both…

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Ainful Accident

The Bathurst Times · Friday 13 May 1921 · page 2

Ryan, a young man, while in cutting operations with an he Bathurst railway yards sing sustained a nasty gash…

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Steamers in Collision. Crash in Fog at Midnight. Benalla's Passengers Safe. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 May 1921 · page 9

The P. and O. Branch liner Benalla, bound for Sydney from London, collided with the tank steamer Patella in a fog…

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