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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

667 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 34

Car Overturns. Three Persons Injured. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 9

A serious motor accident occurred at Tarra, eight miles from Goulhurn, last night. As a result, three persons were injured and…

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An Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 12

On Monday morning last, while bringing a load of fruit to Mudgee, Mrs. Dickey, of Upper Mcroo, met with a painful accident. It…

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An Accident or Deliberate ?

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 2

Reuter.--A train conveying French engineers from Dalhausen to Weimar, was run into from behind by five engines coupled together. Two soldiers were killed and…

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Fatal Accident. Mr. W. Dempsey, Sear., the Victim

Leader · Monday 19 February 1923 · page 2

MILLTHORPE, Sunday night A serious accident betel Mr. W. De[?] sour., of ”The Grove”, [?] Millthorpe, on Saturday…

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Railway Fatality at Bathurst

Leader · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

Mr. Bruce Wallace, a clerk atached to the steamshed inspector's [?] at the Bathurst railway station, was run down by a train, at noon yesterday,…

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Mutilated by Engine Shocking Accident at Railway Yards Clerk Critically Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

Mr. Bruce Wallace, 22 years of age, was knocked down at the Bathurst Railway Yards shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday, and was shockingly…

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Railway Employee Injured. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

Bruce Wallace (22), son of Mr. arid Mrs. Walter Wallace, of Piper-street, and a clerk employed in the local loco. office, was knocked down by an engine at the railway…

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Fell from a Train Schoolboy Badly Injured. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 2

Allen McArthur, aged 8 a schoolboy whose address is unknown at present was badly injured when he fell from a moving train at Lewisham station…

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Lowther. Death Op an Old Resident. Curious Motor Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 21 February 1923 · page 3

A most successful social was held in the hall on Saturday night. Having paid the debt on the building within a few months of the opening, a splendid piano--an…

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Railway Accident Death of Mr. Bruce Wallace

National Advocate · Thursday 22 February 1923 · page 2

Mr. Bruce Wallace, the victim of the shocking accident at the Bathurst Railway yards on Tuesday, died late yesterday afternoon in the…

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Tram Fatality Small Boy Killed Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 1

Leslie Payne, aged 8, of St. Peters, while endeavoring to board a moving tram at King Street, St. Peters fell underneath. He sustained…

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Sequel to Accident. Death of Railway Employee

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 23 February 1923 · page 4

Word was received in Lithgow yesterday that Bruce Wallace (22), the railway clerk, who was knocked down by an engine, and badly injured at Bathurst on…

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Two Italians Drowned. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 12

Two Ita[?]ans named Aoundi were accidentally drowned in the Murray River, near Corowa[?] yesterday…

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Purely Accidental Druce Wallace's Death Evidence at Inquest

National Advocate · Monday 26 February 1923 · page 2

An inquest, concerning the circumstances of the death of Bruce Walrace, was conducted at the Bathurst Court House on Saturday morning…

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Motor Car Collision Action Against a Constable Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1923 · page 2

In the Sydney District Court today Walter Thomas Maunder, of Five Dock, proceeded against Constable J. Cameron for £400 damages…

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Wallerawang. Accidents and Marriages

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 3

What might have been a serious accident occurred on Friday last on the Portland road. The paymaster (Mr. Dalton, manager of the Irondale Main Range…

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Rockley. a Car Accident. Saturday's Record Temperature

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 February 1923 · page 2

When Mr. J. Kelly and a party were returning from Wimbledon the other morning the car skidded, and a tyre blew out, with the result that all the occupants were…

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Fatal Accident at Marrangaroo. Child Killed on Railway. Mother Blamed by Coroner

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 March 1923 · page 4

Coroner Boyd held an inquest at the Lithgow courthouse yesterday regarding the death of a child, Alexander Patrick Lee, aged 16 months, son of Mrs. Lee, of…

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Wily Chinese Drowned or Hiding Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1923 · page 3

Dragging operations are being conducted at Circular Quay by the Water Police, for the body of a Chinese who dived into the harbor on last…

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Rescued From Drowning

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 March 1923 · page 6

Lionel Malloy, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Malloy, of Rylstone, overbalanced and fell head first into the river on…

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