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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Believed Missing Boy Accident Victim Baradine

National Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 1

Police believe that Desmond Clark, the two-year-old child who was lest from a relative's home at Bugaldie, has been the…

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Toll of the Road No Accident Resolution

National Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1941 · page 4

When the final road, accident figures arc available for 1941, it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for New South Wales, despite…

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No Accident Resolution Road Safety Council Article

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 3

When the final road accident figures are available for 1940 it is certain that a substantial reduction will be shown for N.S. Wales, despite…

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Looking Behind the Accidents Wake Up And Live! (Road Safety Council Article)

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 6

Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation. Some that…

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MANILDRA. Painful Accident

Leader · Friday 3 January 1941 · page 4

Loyal Davis youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. Davis, well-known residents of Gumble met with a very [?] accident while adjusting the…

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Five Injured in Car Accident on Orange Road

National Advocate · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 2

When a tourer car overturned on the Orange Road, about four [?] yesterday the five occupants, including…

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Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 4 January 1941 · page 5

A well known and popular young resident of this district, Lloyd ("Snow") Davis, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Davis, of Gumble, had the…

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Dubbo Boy Injured in Peculiar Accident

National Advocate · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

DUBBO, Sunday.—Vincent Burge (13), of 50 Tavlor Street. Dubbo. was injured in a peculiar manner on Friday afternoon. He Jumped onto a…

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Dubbo Child Injured

National Advocate · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 6

DUBBO. Sunday.—Donald Howell (5), of 213 Macquarie Street, Dubbo, fell while climbing a tin fence at his home on Friday, night. He received…

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Minor Accidents Number At Week-End

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 6 January 1941 · page 2

A number of minor accident cases were handled at. Lithgow ambulance at the week-end. A three year old boy named Innes…

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Famous Aviatrix Drowned

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 3

Amy Johnson, the famous aviatrix who is believed to have been drowned when she parachuted over the Thames Estuary from a disabled…

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Amy Johnson Drowned in Thames London

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 1

Amy Johnson, the noted flier, was drowned yesterday while on a flight as a ferry pilot for the Air Transport Auxiliary…

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Drowned in Thames Amy Johnson. Parachuted from Plane. LONDON, January 7

Leader · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 2

Amy Johnson, 32, was drowned in the River Thames after parachuting from a plane on a mission of…

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Wallerawang Railway Bridge Two Motor Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 8 January 1941 · page 4

Two more accidents, have occured at the local overhead railway bridge --one late on Saturday night and the other on Sunday afternoon. When a…

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Amy Johnson Drowned LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 1

AMY Johnson, 32, was drowned in the River Thames after parachuting from a plane on a mission of national…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 5

Raymond Meers. son of Mr. and Mrs. V. Meers, of Vimy Ridge, met with a nasty accident when the pony he was riding trod on a rabbit…

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Former Gulgong Boy In Lorry Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 12

A FORMER Gulgong boy. Private Gordon hughes (26). of Bellevue Hill. Sydney who was in Dubbo camp. is in…

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Nasty Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 January 1941 · page 4

MR. LES BOX, of Lewis Street South, received a lacerated lip, necessitating several stitches, and a badly scarred face when he fell…

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Yeoval News Yeoval's Record Flood Two Persons Drowned

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 7

The worst flood in the history of Yeoval occurred on Tuesday morning, when both the Sandy and Buckinbah Creeks burst their banks and flooded the…

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Motor Car Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 11 January 1941 · page 7

Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Pocknall and their Son, who was driving at the time, had a lucky escape from injury when their motor car skidded in loose gravel,…

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