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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

1,088 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 55

Motor Reliability the Three Days Trial Marred by Serious Accident. Lady Driver and the Cigarette

National Advocate · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

Residents of Bathurst on Saturday probably saw a greater variety of makes of cars than they have ever seen here before…

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Serious Motor Accident. Car Over Suicide Corner

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

A serious motor car accident occurred to one of the cars engaged in the motor reliability contest on Saturday morning. It appears that a Cleveland Six, driven by…

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Motor Reliability Trial Accident at Cog’s River

Leader · Monday 23 March 1925 · page 2

There was more than average interest taken in the Sydney motor relishbity tests in Orange on Saturday afternoon. when, from 3.30 p.m.,…

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Admission By Brothers the Double Motor Fatality Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 2

As a result of an interview with the Goulburn police the two brothers detained in connection with the motor tragedy at Five Dock, on Friday night…

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Trams Collide Five Persons Injured. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 4

Two trams collided at Kew this morning. One which was stationery, was badly damaged. The other came with a rush down the hill, and was…

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Car Hits Sulky Orton Park Resident Injured Orange

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1925 · page 3

Mr. West, of Springhill, accompanied by his two children, were returning home by motor from Orange, when the car collided with a horse…

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Bathurst Trainer ‘Injured’

Leader · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 4

Mr. Hilton Piper, the Bathurst ricehorse trainer, who is well-known in Orange, met with a painful accident on Saturday. Mr. Piper together…

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Plane Crashes Officer Killed. Another Badly Injured. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 1

Flight-officer F. E. Mailer was killed at Point Cook Flying School this morning when an Avro machine in which he was instructing…

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Reliability Car Accident

Leader · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 2

Following on the accident which happened to the Cleveland car at Coxs River, on Saturday afternoon, during the motor [?] trial,…

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[?] Motor [?] Accident

Leader · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 2

[?] because from serious frobery last week, on the Park Hill road, through his, cycle and sidecar strik[?]…

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A Cuttino-out Accident

Leader · Wednesday 25 March 1925 · page 2

Mr. Marc Borry [?] Nevertire, and a [?] Western grower, is now recovering in a private hospital in Warran, from a…

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Double Fatality Manslaughter Charge Brothers Remanded

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 22

The two young men arrested at Goulburn following on the death of an elderly man and his wife who were run down by a motor car on…

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Motor Car Smash Four People Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 13

While driving a car on the Gilgandra roadnear Out[?] on Monday morning. Mr. W. [?] end [?] is pass a motor [?], and in…

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Disastrous Motor Smash Car Skids and Crashes Four Men Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 March 1925 · page 5

A Lithgow messages states that a accident occurred to a Chandler "Six" which was one of the competing cars in Sunday's motor…

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Accident at Funeral

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 2

The funeral of the late James Robinson, of Oberon, was Interrupted by an accident. A motor-car in the cortege backed into a sulky, in which…

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Bathurst Accident

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 2

To be trampled on by a fractious thoroughbred yearling and rendered unconscious for 18 hours, was the experience of Mr. Hilton Piper, the…

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Accident at Stockinbingal

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 6

An accident, which may easily have proved fatal, was narrowly avoided by a prompt action of Mr. A. Ball, who was running a car for hire to the…

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Accident at Ironworks

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 4

An accident occurred at the ironworks vest unlay afternoon, as a result of which W. McMurray, a dresser employed in the moulding shop, sustained very serious burns…

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Painful Accident

Leader · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 8

Whilst riding down Lord’s Place, near Wade Park, yesterday afternoon, Frank Franklyn (14), of Hill Street Orange, met with a nasty accident,…

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Gilgandra Motor Accident

Leader · Friday 27 March 1925 · page 8

A serious motor accident occurred on the Gilgandra road, seven miles from Dubbo, this week. It appears that Mr. W. Burrell (18) was driving…

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