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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

402 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 21

Second Death in Megalong Car Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 January 1945 · page 2

A second death has occurred as a result of the motor accident in Megalong Valley on Sunday, December 31, which was caused when the…

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Huns Killed in Accident STOCKHOLM

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 8

A troop train carrying German soldiers dashed on to a dynamited bridge near Trondheim, in Norway, and fell into…

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Fatal Train Accident Man Run Over at Blayney

National Advocate · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

Kevin Bruce Price (19), a farm worker of Spring Hill, died in hospital at Orange yesterday morning following his being run over by a train to…

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Six Week-end Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 January 1945 · page 2

A number of accidents over the week-end, mainly children's cases, were reported by the ambulance station…

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Man’s Legs Cut Off. Fatality at Blayney Railway

Leader · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

At briefly reported on Monday, a Spring Hill farm laborer, Kevin Brace Price, lost his life by being run over by a train at…

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Fatal Rail Accident Tricycle Struck by Train at Lithgow

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

LITHGOW, Tuesday: James McDermott. of Mudgee, received fatal Injuries when the motor tricycle on which he was riding was struck by a…

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Soldier's Death After Road Accident Evidence at Bathurst Inquest

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

An inquest was opened at Bathurst yesterday on Phillip Keitch Dillon, a Soldier, who died from injuries received in an accident on the Peel-road near…

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Few Fatal Road Accidents

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Death toll by read accident during Christmas-New Year period was only eight persons, the lowest on record for the State…

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Ex-Gulgong Boy in Shooting Fatality

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 16

Evan P. Matthews, son of a former school teacher of Canadian Lead, Mr. C. C. Matthews, and Mrs. Matthews (now of the…

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Capertee Tragedy Funeral of Accident Victims

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1945 · page 8

The funeral of the late Mrs. Ivy May Hill and her daughter, Shirley (aged six), who met their deaths under tragic circumstances on…

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Boy Drowned in Water Hole. Inquiry at Orange

Leader · Friday 19 January 1945 · page 4

An inquiry was held at the Orange Court House before Mr. Thompson) Into the circumstances Michael surrounding the death of…

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Woman Injured

National Advocate · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

Mrs. Chem Stapleton, of Burraga. who was a passenger in a car which was involved in an accident near there on Saturday night, suffered…

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Some "Highlight" Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 22 January 1945 · page 2

Highlight accidents at the weekend included a girl bitten by a dog and a woman cut with a razor. Of the men who received ambulance,…

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Tragedy on Station Accident Led to Father's Terrible Deed

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1945 · page 1

BRISBANE, Monday: A tragedy the involsed the deaths members of the whole family at Woleebee is now revealed as a sequel to a fatal accid…

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Shooting Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 8

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Evan Paul Matthews, who was shot when a pea rifle…

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Tragedy at Dee Why Brother of Dunedoo Resident Drowned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 3

Friends of Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Dunstan, of Dunedoo, were extremely sorry to hear, during the week-end, that tragedy had…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 January 1945 · page 15

Mr. G. McKenna met with a very painful accident on Tuesday last, when an iron rail fell on his foot. He, with other workmates,…

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Woman Drowned Body Floating in Macquarie

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 4

The body of Mrs. Elsie May Morton, aged about 35, was recovered from the Macquarie River on Wednesday by members of the…

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Two Men Injured Fall at Kandos-Coomber

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Saturday 27 January 1945 · page 5

Two shiftmen, Roy Alan Davis (48), of Charbon, and James William Peattle (46), of Kandos, sustained injuries…

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Variety Of Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 30 January 1945 · page 2

A variety of accidents, 11 in all were reported over the week-end. A man sustained a lacerated wound to his chin and concussion when a…

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