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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

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

Glen Davis Fatality Man Crushed Between Skip And Pier

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 1

Crushed between a skip and a pier at Glen Davis on Friday 'afternoon, Mr. Hugh Baird, 62, foreman at the Glen Davis shale works, was severely…

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Glen Davis Fatality

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 14

In connection with the fatality at Glen Davis, which we mentioned in last issue, it transpires that the deceased, [?] Baird (62), foreman…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 12

Les. Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Miller, of North Dunedco, who is attached to the staff of the Coonabarabran Post Office, met with a…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 17

Mr. Fred. Honeysett met with a painful accident last week. While engaged in sawing wood in the country for Mr. L. W. Norris, he…

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A Soldier Drowned

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday: Tregarther G. Hicks (30), of the A.I.F., was drowned in the Murrumbidgee river at Wagga on Saturday. He is married…

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Warning to Owner Injured in Road Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

At a meeting of the Bathurst Coursing Club last night it was decided to censure an owner for what was considered abusive conduct towards Charles Cunningham was driving along the Blayhey Road on his motor cycle with a pillion passenger near Evans Plains post office when, the…

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Local Resident's Plucky Action--Rescues Drowning Girl

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 3 March 1943 · page 2

Plunging fully clothed into the Glenroy swimming pool on Sunday, Mr. Laurie Sullivan, secretary of the Lithgow Cycle Club, rescued thirteen-yearsr-old Beryl Corney, of Ferro-street, from drowning…

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Dubbo Accidents

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1943 · page 4

DUBBO, Wednesday: While playing cricket on the Dubbo Oval, Bruce Smith, wicket keeper of the Dubbo I.O.O.F. team, had two teeth…

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Shooting Fatality Compensation for Taximan's Widow

National Advocate · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: The Compensation Court today awarded £800 to Mrs. Sarah Ann Tabrett, widow of a taxi driver, who was shot dead last…

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Railway Guard's Death Result Of Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

Apparently falling, while boarding the Mudgee mail at Hazelbrook early this morning, the guard. Mr. Phillip Leslie Ewings, 57 of 50 Falcon…

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Air Fatalities. Training Craft Accidents. (Relcated by Air Force.)

Leader · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 2

[?]. Bryan Henry Flynn, of Nelson Street, Chatswood, was killed when an aircraft in which he was flying solo crashed during training…

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A Railway Fatality Of Long Ago

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

The "Lithgow Mercury," of Saturday, Novemer 28, 1885, records a fatal accident as follows:-- Shortly before noon yesterday an…

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Wallerawang Bus Crashes Through Bridge--Several Persons Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 2

Seven persons had miraculous escapes from death, when a bus, in which they were travelling, crashed throught the rails of an overhead…

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Boy Found Dead in Pit Brutally Outraged--Then Drowned SYDNEY, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

A disclosure that Albert Edward Crutcher aged 11, who was found dead face downwards in the water in an old brick pit at Granville…

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Gulgong Locals Fireman Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 17

One of the local firemen was injured when attending to a grass fire which had got beyond control near the power station on Friday…

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Harold Badger Seriously Injured May Never Ride Again

National Advocate · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday: when his car left the road while negotiating a bend and crashed into a tree near Bittern last night, Harold…

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Painful Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 March 1943 · page 17

Mr. Alf. Cross, of "The Perseverance," met with a serious accident on Thursday last and, as a result, is a patient in the Gulgong District…

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Nasty Accident at Gallymont Mr. H. J. Molloy Suffers Compound Leg Fracture

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 3

Mr H J Molloy, of Gallymont, is an inmate of Carcoar Hospital with a broken leg, as the result of being thrown from a…

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Serious Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1943 · page 10

Mr. John Gately sustained serious injuries as the result of a fall from his bicycle on Thursday of last week. He was returning to his place of…

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Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1943 · page 3

At the St. Patrick's sports carnival held an Saturday, C. McCauley fell and fractured a collarbone when competing in the half mile cycling…

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