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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

405 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 21

Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 18

Pte. Len ("Tax") Treeve, who is home on leave from Wollongong camp, met with a nasty accident last week. He was riding a bicycle…

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Cassilis Accidents

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 5 March 1942 · page 5

Mrs. Percy Soles met with at nasty accident while riding a horse belonging to Mr. Jack Lennox. She was thrown and sustained a broken…

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Soldier Badly Injured Found Unconscious on Street Corner

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 3

A soldier was found on the corner of Brougham and Darling Streets, Cowra, at midnight on Saturday in a badly injured…

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Three Charges Follow Woodstock Accident Motor Cyclist Involved

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 6 March 1942 · page 4

The defendant had held a motor licence for nine years and a public vehicle driver's licence for 18, and had only been involved in…

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Yeoval Man Injured

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 7

Mr. Geo. O. Johnson, one time of Molong and later of Yeoval, had a nasty accident on Wednesday, February 25th, while working on a Defence…

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Car Fatality Small Boy's Death DUBBO

National Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 6

James Stewart Fry, the three years old son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Fry, of Tamworth-strest, Who was run over and fatally injured by a taxi-cab…

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Serious Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 10

What could have been a fatal accident occurred to Mr. J. Ryan, of Yullundry, on Tuesday night. From information to hand it appears he was…

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Dubbo Accident Dubbo

National Advocate · Saturday 7 March 1942 · page 6

Douglas Andrews, aged 14 years, trod on a wool hook yesterday and suffered a severe punctured wound to the left foot…

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Queer Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 7

AN unusual incident recently occurred in Ireland to a motorist and his passengers. A barrage balloon that ran…

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Accidents

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 6

MR. ALBERT (BERT) LORD, licensee of the Town Hall Hotel, Mudgee, broke his leg when he fell at the hotel on Friday and was…

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Mishaps and Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 2

The following were among the cases attended to by the Lithgow Ambulance at the week-end:-- Shortly after 5 p.m., Saturday, Mr…

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Survived Sinking of Bomb-holed Ship. Seaman Killed in Road Accident. Alice Springs

Leader · Monday 9 March 1942 · page 2

Second-Officer Reginald Forster, who survived the sinking of his ship by Japanese bombs at Darwin, was killed in a road…

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A Witness Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 2

As she was entering the court yesterday morning to give evidence in a Fair Rents Board case, Mrs. Elsie Harris, who had come from Sydney…

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Twice a Hero V.C. Winner Killed in Accident London

National Advocate · Tuesday 10 March 1942 · page 2

Brigadier J.C. Campbell who had been awarded the V.C. has been killed in a motoring accident in the western desert. Brigadier…

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Typhoon Strikes Ship Three Chinese Injured SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 5

Three Chinese seamen were seriously injured when their ship ran into a typhoon 34 hours after it left an Australian port last week…

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Killed by Plane Young Girl's Terrible Death Young Boy Injured—Horse Chopped to Pieces SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred near Nowra this afternoon when a young girl was killed when a military plan, crashed through a fence…

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Mishaps and Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 11 March 1942 · page 2

The ambulance still remains one of the busiest services in Lithgow, and a heavy demand upon it continues. In addition to innumerable transport…

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Horses Cause Accidents Warning to Owners

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 12 March 1942 · page 8

SIX persons have been killed and twenty-five others injured in road accidents caused by horses during the last three months in…

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Latest Casualties Bathurst Man Injured SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 13 March 1942 · page 2

A casualty list issued today contains the names of the following: Wounded in action: Pte. R. F. Driscoll, Infantry, of Bathurst…

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Dubbo Accidents Dubbo

National Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1942 · page 4

Dubbo district [?] yesterday conveyed to the hospital from Trangle Mr. W. G. Lincoln a district farmer residing at "Glen Ayr."…

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