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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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

Savage Bull Man Seriously Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 26 February 1945 · page 6

With a large lacerated wound in the abdomen and further injury to his right shoulder, Mr. William Plummer (50), of Macleay River…

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Baby Drowned When Boat Capsizes Mother Saves Other Children

National Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1945 · page 3

MACKAY (Q) Monday Roy William Waddington (14 months) was drowped on Saturday when a [?] which his mother and two other…

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Boy Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 28 February 1945 · page 2

Ron Cole (14), of 260 Ranka St., received abrasions to the face and an arm yesterday when a bicycle he was riding and a council lorry came into…

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Shire President in Accident—Twins Win State Bursary

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 17

Mrs. Les. Gibbons' father. Cr. T. J. Houlahan, of Sunnyside, Cassilis (president of the Merriwa Shire Council) had a wonderful…

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Queer Accident Man Hooked Up

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 March 1945 · page 19

A queer accident happened to Mr. Fred Ashcroft, butcher, of Hay, recently. He was pulling the body of a…

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Woman Killed by Train Husband Seriously Injured

National Advocate · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Thursday : A young woman was killed and her husband criticaly Injured when they fell before an electric train at Hurstville station…

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Cudal Courier School Bus in Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 2 March 1945 · page 3

Whilst driving the school children's transport bus to Canowindra this week, Mr. Don had a very unenviable experience…

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Head-on Smash Collision at Clarendon SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 8

Two trains collided head-on at Clarendon Station at Richmond this morning. Eighteen people were injured…

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Mr. Makin Injured Car Crashes at Strathfield

National Advocate · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: When the car in which he was travelling to Sydney skidded on a wet road surface at Strathfield today and crashed into a…

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Week-end Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 March 1945 · page 3

Four youngsters, were injured in accidents over the week-end, when two boys cut themselves on broken bottles, another was thrown from a…

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35 Injured in Bus Smash

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 March 1945 · page 2

PERTH Monday: Thirty-five people were injured four seriously in a bus accident near perth early this morning A bush [?] through a…

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Drowning Fatality at Mandurama Death of Mr. Bruce Allan Death

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 7 March 1945 · page 3

Lyndhurst Shire residents were shocked to learn on Saturday last that Mr. Bruce Allan Death had lost his life by…

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Fractured Skull Remarkable Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 March 1945 · page 13

Two brothers, Messrs. Ivan and Laurie Digby, of Wallaroo East, met in a head-on collision while riding bicycles in search…

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Woman Injured on Cowra Mail

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

Shortly before the Cowra mail reached Lithgow this morning a railway attendant patrolling the corridors discovered a woman lying on a…

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Two Injured in Car Crash

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 2

Two cars were involved in a head-on collision at Blackman's Flat at about 5.15 last night; and two men injured. A large sedan and a single-seater…

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Woman Badly Injured Lorry and Car Collide

National Advocate · Friday 9 March 1945 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: A lorry which had been in collision with a car, bounded ihp footpath at the corner of George and Barlow Streets…

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Boy Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 10 March 1945 · page 2

Maurice Tothurst (16) of Vale Road, ran into a fence while riding nome from school on a bicycle yesterday and suffered contusions to the…

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Injured Jockeys Progressing

National Advocate · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday; Apprentice jockey A. R. Smith who was injured in a fall at Randwick yesterday was still unconscious this morning, but regained…

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Week- End Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 1

A number of unusual accidents took place over the week-end, a young man shooting himself in the foot, when his rifle went off, while…

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Sunny Corner Road Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 March 1945 · page 4

Mr. L. O. Wilkinson, who has been in indifferent health for some time, was conveyed to Portland hospital by Lithgow ambulance at the…

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