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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

402 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 21

Motor Accident at Toogong

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 4

A motor accident occurred at Toogong when a car and heavily laden motor lorry collided. The car was driven by Mr. D. T…

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Unusual Accident

National Advocate · Friday 6 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday: Police Sergeant Lionel Whitney had his face badly cut by glass when the windscreen or the car in which he was…

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Freak Bus Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 7 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: A sailor was the only person injured when a double decker bus was seriously damaged in a freak accident at Collaro[?] today…

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Two Freak Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 9 July 1945 · page 1

Nineteen forty- four was a boom year for freak accidents in the United States, according to a roundup by the National Safety Council…

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Train Fatality

National Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: When he attempted to board a moving train at Clyde station today, William Joseph Gray, of Merrylands, missed his…

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SPRINGSIDE Mr. T. Commins’ Accident. SPRINGSIDE

Leader · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 3

The many friends or Mr. T. Commins, Springside’s highly esteemed citizen, were very sorry to hear of [?] recent accident…

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Bomb Explodes One Killed - Eleven Injured SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 8

A boy (16) was killed and 11 others injured when a flarebomb exploded at Byron Bay. It is believed the bomb was…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 6

Mr. George Archer, former well-known Ulan resident, was knocked down by a tram in Sydney recently. Latest reports are to the effect…

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Week-end Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 1

Mervyn Meehan, Pottery Enclosure, caught his foot under a trolley on the railway line yesterday. He was taken to hospital by ambulance…

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Serious Bus Accident Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 1

When a dauble-deckcr bus, which left Bond! Junction at 7.50 a.m. today for the South Head Cemetery, swerved across the road and crashed…

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Recipes for Short Lives. Accidents are Bad Habits

Leader · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 2

The other day a man in [?] Melbourne [?] down the [?]…

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17 Persons Injured Bus Smash Near Bondi

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Swerving out of control across South Head Road near Bondi function early today a double decker bus crashed into an…

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Fatal Tram Accident Coroner's Warning

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: When he returned a finding of accidental death at the inquiry today on Charles Alfred Blackland (73) of Bondi who was struck by…

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Motorist for Trial Sequel to Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: Charged with negligent driving and dangerous driving at Paddington court, and causing grievous bodily harm, and failing to…

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Dam's First Fatality Oberon

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 2

Falling about 40ft. from the top of the wall being constructed at the Fish River Dam site yesterday morning, John Andrew Hermeston (21),…

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Tram Fatality Driver Committed For Trial

National Advocate · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 4

SYDNEY. Wednesday: Following inquiries into the death of William Henry Costigan (56), of Paddington. Albert Taylor (41), tram driver, was…

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Industrial News Service Accidents Can Be Bad Habits

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 5

The other day a man in South Melbourne slid down the bannisters. He overshot his mark, and landed with a whack. He didn't realise he…

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Week-end Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 July 1945 · page 2

Some of the dancers at the Town Hall on Friday night found the floor, which is usually fairly fast, a little too slippery…

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Dreadful Accident to Former Mount Vic. S.m

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 July 1945 · page 3

Mr. T. Green, a well-known resident of the district and, until recently, stationmaster at Mt. Victoria, was run down by a train at Broken Hill…

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Injured in Freak Accident

National Advocate · Friday 27 July 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday: When a display dummy toppled against a plate glass window ar Farmer' Ltd., City, today, a jagged piece of glass struck…

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