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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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Remarkable Accident at Ascot Young Rider's Narrow Escape Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1941 · page 4

There was a remarkable accident after the conclusion of the racing at Ascot this afternoon. Two apprentice riders, Ivan King and H…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents?

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 12

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being killed on the roads of the State at the rate of 31 a month and persons…

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Toll of the Road Are Road Smashes Accidents? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New Suth Wales)

National Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 6

Casualty lists for the first four months of this yeor show that people are still bein g killed on the roads of the State at the rate of 31 a month…

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Air Force Casualties Fatal Accident in Canada MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1941 · page 2

The 53rd casualty list for the R.A.A.F., issued by the Department of Air today contains [?], including that of…

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Two Hill End Residents Injured in Car Accident

National Advocate · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Mr. Carl Whittaker and Albert Leslie Mobbs. of Hill End, were admitted to the Bathurst District Hospital early yesterday morning when…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents? (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

CASUALTY lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being killed on the roads of the State at the…

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Serious Week End Accidents --Crash at Bowenfels

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Two serious accidents occurred in the Lithgow area during the weekend, Lithgow ambulance had a particularly busy time, and admitted…

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Week—end Accidents. Struck by Car, Footballer Hurt

Leader · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 2

Struck by a car at the Iatersection of Summer Street and Lord’s Place, yesterday morning, at about 8 o’clock, Leonard Michael Jamas Dickerson, 14,…

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5000 DROWNED Terrible Cyclone In India CALCUTTA

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 1

Five thousand people were drowned recently in a cyclone which struck a large village in the Ganges Delta…

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Shipboard Death Caused Accidentally" [?] Acquitted On Murder Charge SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 5

[?] James Dalstein (21) was accepted to-day at the Central Cri[?] Court after facing a trial charge of murder…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents?

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 June 1941 · page 6

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are at still being killed on the roads of the State at the rate of 31 a month…

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Injured While Tolling a Bell SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 1

ROY Livett (32) was injured in a most unusual way at St. Phillip's Church. Sydney last night. He was tolling the bell when it…

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Woman Killed at Elong Unfortunate Sulky Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

AN unfortunate accident from a sulky. in which a woman lost her life and her husband received [?]vere bruises. and suffered from…

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Giddy Turn Cause of Sulky Accident Inquest on Elong Woman DUBBO

National Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 2

At the inquest to-day into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mary Agnes Una McLeod (50),. Elong, Mr. J. B. MacKenzie…

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Car Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 June 1941 · page 7

What might have been a serious accident occurred on Wednesday of last week, when a car proceeding to Peak Hill, and driven by Mr. Southland, left…

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Three Cars in Collision. Orange Residents Injured

Leader · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 3

When a car proceeding towards Sydney ran into the rear of a stationary lorry, near Parramatta, and another vehicle crashed into…

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Car Overturned. Molong Man Injured

Leader · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 2

Cordon Woolbank, 53, Molong. was rendered unconscious and sustained bruises, when his car ran off the road, hit a tree and…

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Weather Changes Accident Causes (Road Safety Article)

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 6

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by seasons and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of a…

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Unfortunate Spot Two Sunday Afternoon Accidents at Cupro-street Viaduct

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 17 June 1941 · page 2

Three persons were injured in two collisions at almost the same spot in Main-street West, near the viaduct leading to the recreation reserve, on…

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Arrested Alleged Hit-run Driver Young Bathurst Man Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 June 1941 · page 1

While walking along Stewart Street last night Mr. Harry May, a young man, of 204 Brilliant Street, Bathurst, was hit by a motor car, which…

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