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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1944

394 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 20

Seriously Injured SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 12

Edgar White, of St. Marys, tried to leave a train after being over-carried. He missed his foothold as the train was crossing a viaduct…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 March 1944 · page 16

Mrs. Andrews, wife of Mr. W. Andrews, Green Park, Gulgong, is visiting Sydney, where their two sons, William and Leonard were…

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Injured in Falls

National Advocate · Monday 27 March 1944 · page 2

Reginold Delaney (54), of Meadow Flat, was thrown from a horse he was riding on Saturday night and suffered concussion, contusions and…

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Pyjama Girl Dramatic Development Agostini Confesses Grim Story of Accidental Shooting Police Commissioner's Evidence

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 March 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Monday.—Antonio Agostini had told him that his wife, Linda Agostini, had been accidentally shot in a struggle…

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Injured Woman Denies She Was Struck

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 30 March 1944 · page 2

The case made out against Charles Smith, charged with assaulting a female, collapsed all the Lithgow police court on Tuesday when the alleged…

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St. Warden's Trainer Injured

National Advocate · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Thursday: Veteran trainer of Saint Warden, Jack Nicholson, sustained a broken collarbone and five broken [?] when he was…

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Accident in Summer Street

Leader · Friday 31 March 1944 · page 2

Whilst cleaning Summer Street on a [?] in company with his mother Clarie Meyer aged about five years, son of Mr and Mrs. C…

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Servicewoman Saves Soldier From Drowning

National Advocate · Saturday 1 April 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A soldier who fell from the Manly wharf at Circular Quay last night was rescued by a young servicewoman, Pte. D. A…

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Three Seamen Injured

National Advocate · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 1

MELBOURNE, Sunday: Charles Parling (49), of North Fitzroy, and William Walsh (45) of Williamstown, wharf laborers both received fractured…

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Bombs on Swiss Areas 50 Persons Killed, Many Injured U.S. Air Officials Admit Mistake

National Advocate · Monday 3 April 1944 · page 2

LONDON Sunday According to Swiss radio 50 people are so far known to be killed and many injured are still being admitted to hospital…

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Men Injured in Explosion

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1944 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: Although they were standing only a few yards from charge of gelignite when it exploded at a Sydney dockyard, two men escaped…

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Leap for Freedom Military Prisoner Badly Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 18

On Tuesday last, a man who was under military escort, was on the day train which left the Wellington Station shortly after 11 a.m. From…

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Shocking Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 10

At Swan Hill (Vic), little Frances Malherbe, aged 3, hud brought her grandfather a billycan of tea while he was mowing grass with a horse-drawn…

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Painful Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 9

On Wednesday afternoon of last week, while engaged in his usual work on Dalkeith, Mr. Hunter Murray had the misfortune to…

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Fatal Accident Struck by a Lorry

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 April 1944 · page 7

A tragic accident occurred on the Coolah-Cassilis Road about two miles from Coolah an Friday, March 31, which resulted…

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Two Soldiers Injured

National Advocate · Monday 10 April 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Two men were injured last night when the motor cycle they wire riding collided with a car They are Driver Edward Vincent…

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Man Seriously Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: lames Wiggins. (52), of Eamore, was critically injured today when he was struck by a heavy piece of timber forming part of an…

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Two Cycle Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

Following road accidents this morning Bob Smith, of South Bowenfels, and Mr. Slavin, of Read-avenue, were admitted to the hospital, both…

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Fewer Holiday Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 11 April 1944 · page 2

Accidents at the week-end were fewer than is generally the case during the Easter period. One man was admitted to hospital in a serious…

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Fatal Air Accident Jimmy Cameron Killed Fine Young Australian

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 13 April 1944 · page 2

Mudgee people were painfully shocked yesterday morning when it became known that Jimmy Cameron, youngest son of Dr. and Mrs…

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