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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

405 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 21

Mishaps and Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 2

Ken Parkes, 17, of Mt. Lambie, was admitted to Lithgow hospital this morning in a rather serious condition suffering a fractured skull…

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Times Square Accident Gave G-men Clue. Spies Sentenced to Total of 117 Years in Prison. New York

Leader · Monday 16 March 1942 · page 2

A fatal street accident in Times Square, New York, 12 months ago, put G-Men on the trail of spies, seven of whom…

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Ships’ Collision Inquiry. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 3

The Court of Marine Inquiry to-day inquired into the circumstances surrounding a collision between the Newcastle and Hunter River steamer…

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Steamer in Collision Allegations Against Second Officer SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 3

A court of marine inquiry in Sydney today inquired into the circumstances surrounding the collision between the Newcastle and Hunter…

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Fifteen Injured. Railmotor Turns Over. MELBOURNE

Leader · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 2

Fifteen persons were injured when the Heathcote-Kilmore railmotor jumped the rails, a mile out of Pyalong station, to-day…

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Two Sydney Motor Accidents Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 20 March 1942 · page 1

Ten persons were injured in Sydney last night. Six when a lorry collided with a tram at Rozelle and four when a car collided in…

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Darwin Raid Two Killed—eight Injured Attack on Residential Area CANBERRA

National Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1942 · page 2

A war communique issued today by the Prime Minister (Mr. J. Curtin) disclosed further details of yesterday's raid on Darwin, and showed…

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Pilot Killed Victorian Ground Fatality MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 1

Pilot Otheer K. Shenton Andrews 23. married of Sydney was killed at an R.A.A.F. station in Victoria yesterday when struck by at an Watt…

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Fell Into the Fire Accident at Dubbo Dubbo

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 4

Mr. F. J. Lee, Those home to at Riverbank," West Dubbo, s[?]ed on the floor of his kitchen an fell into the fire. He received severe…

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Bell Worker's Serious Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 March 1942 · page 4

While Stanley Schubert, a young married man employed on the new steel and concrete bridge across the railway line at Bell, was working on…

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Captain Dunn Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 1

CAPTAIN DUNN, Minister for Agriculture, and State member for this district, met with an accident the other day which caused an old…

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Saw Bench Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 March 1942 · page 17

WHILE William Wilson, of Mudgee, was operating a saw bench at the Glen Davis oil works a piece of the guard broke oil ana struck Mr…

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ACCIDENTAL Evacuee Boy's Death

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 27 March 1942 · page 2

Suffering severe shock, a bruising to the adominal wall, ruptured spleen and ruptured bowel, Robert Murray (5) died at Cowra…

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14 Injured Two Bus Accidents Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 1

The top compartment of a double decker bus was sliced off by an awning in Central Square following a collision with a truck…

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Mishaps and Accidents Epidemic of Broken Thighs

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 March 1942 · page 2

The following accidents and mishaps are reported during the weekend:-- A very painful injury was…

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Six Injured Electric Trains in Collision SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 2

Sir, people including a railway guard, were injured to-day when two electric trains collided in a [?]unre at St. James railway…

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The Turf Jockey Injured Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1942 · page 4

While attending the hurdler Kent in his stall at Flemington this morning, the cross-country jockey J. Sewell was heard to cry for help…

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Child Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 19

WHEN the horse he was riding slipped, the other day, Hubert Harland of Market Street, was thrown heavily to the ground, the horse…

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Flying Knight Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 2 April 1942 · page 6

While galloping on the cinders rack at Victoria Park this morning Flying Kingt crashed into a small hurdles with such force that he was…

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Little Girl Drowned in Trench. Sydney

Leader · Friday 3 April 1942 · page 2

Alice Tucker, who would have been two years or age to-morrow, was drowned to-day when she fell into four feet of water, in a trench in the…

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