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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

405 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 21

£350 Damages for Plaintiff District Court Action Sequel to Car and Cycle Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 3

"I have not the slightest hesitation in believing the defendant was negligent in every way possible. If ever I saw a case of gross negligence as far…

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Fall in Wool Dubbo Street Accident DUBBO

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 January 1942 · page 3

[?] wool in one of Dubbos [?] yesterday did not [?] any depressing effect upon the [?] but it caused a lot of trouble…

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Actor Killed Sydney Brown-out Accident SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1942 · page 2

Knocked down by a tram in which the lighting conformed with brown cut regulations, Karl Lea Sonya, was killed instantly, this evening…

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Fatally Injured Nymagee Girl's Death DUBBO

National Advocate · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

The day after her name appeared, among the successful students for the 1942 Intermediate examinations. Miss Dorothy J Smith, a Student of…

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Rail Crash 36 Killed and Injured LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 3

It is officially stand that eleven were killed and 25 injured when an express crushed into the rear of a light engine at Cowlair East…

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Bought Lottery Tickets with Friends. Man Later Found Drowned in Pool. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 1

Seme time after William Pye, 30, of Haberfield, bought three Iottery tickets with friends whom he met by chance at the State…

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Dubbo Sergeant Pilot Accidentally Killed in England DUBBO

National Advocate · Monday 2 February 1942 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs J. E. Astley of Bourke Street, Dubbo received word yesterday of the death in England of their son, Sergeant-Pilot Bruce Astley, a…

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Bomb Outrage Many Killed and Injured Boulder Explosions PERTH

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 February 1942 · page 2

Eight people were killed and 20 injured during bomb explosions at Boulder near Kalgoorlie, just after midnight today…

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Injured Knee

National Advocate · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 2

Mr. Fred Menzie, 62 of Rots ley, fell on a concrete [?] at ahs residence yesterday and injured his knee. The Bathurst ambulance was…

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Drowned in a Petrol Tin Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 8

A MAN was drowned in a petrol tin containing one foot of water. His name was Robert Jesse Johnson, who…

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Youth Killed Soldier Sought Over Shooting Believed Accidental MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 1

A bullet fired for a sawn off pea rifle in the [?] of has home last night struck it [?] Dunk (16) in the [?] and penetrated…

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Week-end Accidents Ambulance Kept Busy

National Advocate · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 2

Compared with calls over the past two months. bathurst District Ambulance has a busy week-end Three of the cases were of a rather serious…

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Woman Terribly Burned Portland Accident Kerosene Explodes

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 February 1942 · page 2

Frightful burns were sustained by Florence Mary Holder (20), a married woman, of Limestone Creek, Portland, last night when…

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Bus Collision Three Killed at Perth PERTH

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1942 · page 3

A man and two women were killed and two other men injured as a result of a collision between a motor car and an omnibus [?] after day…

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Mt. Tamar Accident

National Advocate · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 2

When he fell to the bottom of a well at Mr. Tamar yesterday, Mr. W. Charlton: of Kelnor suffered a fractured pelvis. He was admitted to the…

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Lithgow Airman Killed in Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 13 February 1942 · page 4

Sergt. Richard Charles (Charlie) Denley, of he R.A.A.F., youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Denley, of Macauley-street, has been killed in an…

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Child Injured

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 14 February 1942 · page 6

Marcia Carpenter, aged four years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Carpenter, of Orange, had a miraculous escape from death when she was run…

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Steamer and Freighter in Collision. All Passengers were Saved. SYDNEY

Leader · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

Passengers were safely taken off a passenger steamer which collided with a freighter off the Australian coast on…

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Young Air Force Man Among Five Drowned Devastating Floods in Queensland. BRISBANE

Leader · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 1

Thrown from a capsized boat and swept away by the current while attempting rescue work, an R.A.A.F. man…

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Child's Sad Death Accident at Littleton

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 February 1942 · page 2

A twenty [?]ths old child, Daphne Jean Lowe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Theodore Lowe, of the Littleton Camping…

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