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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1934

1,037 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 52

Baradine Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 4

WHILE loading bridge timber on to his lorry recently Mr. Jack Munns, of Baradine, had the misfortune to let one of the girders…

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Accident at Hampton Lorry-driver in Hospital

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 1

A lorry driven by Norman Kelly (30), of the Havy-way House, Hampton, turned over in a paddock near the premises this morning, the driver…

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A Googodery Accident

Leader · Monday 12 February 1934 · page 2

Mr. George Baker, who is wellknown in Orange, is an inmate of the Molong Hospital, as the result of an accident which befell him at Mr. C…

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Injured Foot

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

On Friday morning a young lad named Toll, the son of Mr. and Mrs W. Toll of Erskine Street, scraped his foot against a stick which inflicted a…

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Dubbo Accidents Railway Employee Injured Dubbo Sunday

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

While working in the local railway yards Mr. Harold Dawson, a loco employee, had the misfortune to have an engine cowcatcher drop on to his…

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Seasonal Chase Three Constables Injured Two Arrests MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 2

Eight shots were fired and two men arrested in a sensational three-hours roof-top chase in the city early to-day, in which 30…

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Dived on His Head Cowra Youth Badly Injured COWRA

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 3

Sriking his head while diving in the river, Leonard Atkinson, 18, sustained a fracture of the skull and a slight dislocation of the neck. The spot…

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Gular Mystery Father Dead; Son Injured Sensational Developments Expected Gulargambone

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1934 · page 2

Sensational developments are expected within the next day or so retarding the suspicions fire which destroyed two shops and…

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Lithgow Sawmills Fatality

Leader · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 1

Mr. Thomas Coates (61) a well-known [?] of Wellington in the Bathurst district, was killed at the [?] of Coated Brothers, Lithgow,…

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Drowned at Narromine

Leader · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 4

Alan [?] aged 16. [?] drowned in tragic circumstances in the Ma[?] River at [?] on Sunday afternoon, when a [?]…

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Policeman Injured

Leader · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

Precipitated with considerable for[?]e to the roadway when the front fork of his bicycle broke, Constable J. Reed sustained severe racial injuries…

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Car Accident. Three People Injured. SYDNEY

Leader · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 2

When a sedan [?] got out of control and somersaulted at Prospect, early this morning, three people were injured, namely. Harold Murphy (25)…

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Clarence Fatality Evidence at Inquest

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 5

A verdict that John Herbert Simon died from haemorrhage, caused, by a bullet wound in the right lung from a pea rifle accidentally discharged, was…

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Canoe Capsizes Narromine Boy Drowned Macquarie River Tragedy Narromine

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 3

Under tragic circumstances Allan Klintworth (16), was drowned in the Macquarie River four miles on the Trangle side of Narromine when…

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Accident Reveals Offence

Leader · Wednesday 14 February 1934 · page 3

An accident at the corner of Summer [?] and Pei[?]ey Streets, on January 27, ceasing the death of an old man led to the appear[?] at the Orange…

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Child Drowned Wellington Tragedy

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

A RUBBER lifebuoy caused the drowning of Ian Maxwell Job, aped seven, in the Wellington baths this week…

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Struck Snag Dubbo Boy Injured Dubbo

National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 5

What could have proved a fatality took place at the beautifications, Dubbo's main swimming area, last night when Jack Collie (13) struck a…

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Civil War Austrian Troops in Action 500 Killed and Injured 5000 Prisoners Taken Hundreds of Innocents Killed [?] Tuesday

National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

Apart from the capital itself fierce battles between the socialists and the Government forces are still raging, in the provincial entires and although…

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The River Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 2

The condition of the young man, Harold G. Findlay, the victim of Sunday's diving accident, was yesterday reported to have been slightly…

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Cyclist Hurt Accident on Training Track

National Advocate · Thursday 15 February 1934 · page 3

Involved in an accident at the Sports Ground yesterday afternoon, while engaged. in training, Bert Shute, of perthville, a well known local…

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