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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

480 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 24

Manildra Magazine ACCIDENT

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 5

An accident occurred about 7 p.m. on Saturday afternoon on the outskirts of Manildra on the Parkes road which could easily have proved fatal to those…

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Accident to Mrs. Coady, Senr

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 6

Mrs. Coady, Senr., met with a serious accident at the home of her son, Mr. John Coady, of Obley, on Sunday afternoon last. Mrs. Coady, who has attained…

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Toll of the Road Road Accidents Decline

National Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1941 · page 6

In the first quarter of 1941 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent., from 578 in the first three months of 1940…

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To Aid Injured Boy. Rescuers’ Tough Trek. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 3

Sydney ambulance officers and police had to practically cut their way through rough country to rescue a boy who fell from a…

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One Killed Two Other's Injured Bren Gun Crash Near Bathurst

National Advocate · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 2

One young man, 23 years of age, was killed instantly, another, critically injured, and a third seriously injured…

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Fatal Accident Quarry Worker's Death at Portland

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 1

Mr. Harold Eves, an employee of the C.P.C., Company, at Portland, was killed by a large stone who working in the company's quarry on…

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Soldier Killed the Limekilns Road Crash Story of the Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death Coporal's Leg Amputated

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 1

A verdict of act accidental death was returned by the Bathurst district corner (Mr. W. s. Brom-head) yesterday into the death of…

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Victorian Jockey Injured Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 4

When Mellie fell during schooling at Caulfield this morning. Jockey A. McCoy sustained a compound fracture of the right wrist…

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Dubbo Accidents Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1941 · page 5

While swinging in a vacant allot part near his home on Saturday. I mes Jackson (12),. tell and suffered [?] fracture of the left arm. He was…

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Two Trunkey Residents One Drowned—other Dies From Unknown Cause

National Advocate · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 2

Two residents of Trunkey riled died under somewhat tragic circumstances in Bathurst yesterday. AGED FARMER FOUND IN…

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Portland Section of Lithgow "Mercury" Fatality At Quarry Stone Dislodged Workman Killed at Face

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 8

Harold Eves (32), was killed, when a stone struck him on the head while he was working in the Commonwealth Portland…

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Corner Accidents Fruitful Source Cross-roads Are Dangerous

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 6

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which accidents could…

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Small Boy Injured

National Advocate · Friday 23 May 1941 · page 2

Kevin Murphy (11), of Pye Street, received a contused wound to the top of the little finger of his left hand yesterday afternoon. He received…

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Two Injured Building Collapse SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 6

When the first floor of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Co's building collapsed today. George Prince (16), a storeman, was partly…

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Trunrey Men's Deaths Verdicts of Drowning And Natural Causes Evidence At The Inquest

National Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 1

The Coroner (Mr. A. B. Burgess) in returning an open verdict at the Bathurst Coroner's Court yesterday afternoon that…

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Road Accidents Decline

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 2

In the first quarter of 1941 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 212 per cent., from 578 in the first three months of 1910 to 438…

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Accident to Mr. Keith Longmore

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 14

Mr. Keith Longmore is suffering from a broken ankle, which he received as the result of a fall. Mr.Longmore was engaged in demolishing the verandah of…

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Young Boy Injured

National Advocate · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 2

William Edwards. (8) of 58 Morrissett Street, received severe lacerations to the right knee, near his home yesterday morning. The small boy…

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