Risks Drowning Escape From Regiment Australian in Scotland London, Dec. 19
A young Australian, whose name is being kept secret, this week risked his life in a vain attempt to escape from pursuers, after he had been…
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Accidents, 1939
949 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 48
Three Injured Brake Van Crushed Orange Smash
A FAST stock train, drawn by two engines, crashed into a stationary stock train at East Fork Junction, about two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Traffic Control State Heads in Conference Education Against Accidents SYDNEY
When the State Cabinet meets next week it will deal with a report on the traffic situation throughout 1938 with particular reference to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Almost Destitute English Cricketer Result of Car Accident LONDON, December 19
Alfred Bakewell, Northamptonshire and England cricketer, who two years ago was recorded as one of the country's most promising batsmen, is now…
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MR Tom Hill, an Orange rifleman well known to practically every shooter in the Mudgee district, met with a painful accident last week…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Injured Jews Come To Australia But Guarded in Remarks Sydney, This Afternoon
The Dutch liner, New Zealand, which arrived in Sydney to-day, brought a number of Jewish refugees, all of whom had landing, permits and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Father Killed Son Severely Injured Car Collides with Train On Way to Parkes Dogs PARKES
A well-known Orange resident. Mr. George Packham, a sawmill proprietor, was killed instantly in a level crossing smash l alf a mite from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed in Crossing Smash. Orange Man. Train Runs Down Lorry. Near Parkes Railway Station Son of Dead Man Injured
Crashing with terrific force [?] lorry at a level crossing, [?] half a mile from the Parks railway station last night, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Workman Injured Demolition Accident SYDNEY
William Lee, of Ryde, was seriously injured when some scaffolding and portion of a wall of a buildings which was being demolished at King's Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Parkes Fatality Young Packham Shows Improvement PARKES
Neil Packham, 18. who was seriously injured last night when a motor truck his father was driving came in to collision with a passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unusual Charge Man Committed for Trial Sequel to Hamilton Car Fatality Lithgow
A man was committed for trial at Lithgow on a charge of manslaughter in connection with a fatal car accident in which he was neither the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Drowned Fatality At Bourke BOURKE
Kenneth Hogan 20 whose parents live at Burwood was drowned in the Darling River at Bourke last night A mate made a desperate effort to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dubbo Accidents To Injured at Swimming DUBDO
While swimming in the Macquarie River on Friday night Douglas Paix, 23, of Bourke Street, trod on a piece of broken glass which severely lacerat[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Collision Truck and Train
A WELL-KNOWN Orange resident, Mr. George Packham, was killed instantly in a level crossing smash half a mile from Parkes on…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Air Liner Crashes Five Dead : Five Injured PARIS
FIVE were killed and five injured when a Swiss airliner travelling from Zurich to Paris crashed near Skills, 25 miles north of Paris…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →One Killed Four Others Injured Utility Truck Crash SYDNEY
One man was fatally injured and four others were hurt when a utility truck struck an electric light pole to-day on the Prince's Highway at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Oberon Hill Scene of Tragedy Car Out of Control One Killed, Five Injured
When an uncontrollable car, carrying a party of tourists, crashed over a sleep embankment on the Oberon-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woman Killed Five Others Injured Crash on Caves Hill Jenolan Caves House
Loading control of her car on the steep hill to Jerolan Caves, a young woman, Mrs. Warner, of Canterbury, who was driving her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Should War Come People Will Be Injured Necessity for Hospital Accommodation Visit of the Commission
The secretary (Mr. D. K. Otton) and members of the N.S.W. Hospitals Commission yesterday met members of Lithgow hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Loses Eyesight Christmas Pudding Explosion Dubbo Man's Unusual Accident DUBBO
Well-known North Dubbo engine-driven, Peter Piper, was the victim of an unusual accident at Nyngan to-day. when he lost the sight of his left…
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