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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Tragic British Train Collision London

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 1

Fifteen dead have been counted after a four-hour search of the wreckage of a train unloading passengers at Lichfield station in…

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Fall At Trots Horse Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Tuesday: Falling just after the start of the Divided Handicap. First Division, at Harold Park Trots today, John's Choice fractured…

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Two Drowned in Narrabeen Lakes. Sydney

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 2

A six-year-old boy was found drowned in Narrabeen Lakes today. He was the second drowning in the lakes during the…

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Four Dead in New Year Accidents Ydney, Tue day

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 2 January 1946 · page 1

Manly police are investigating the circumamres in which two men were found being injured in widely separated area, last night…

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Weir Tragedy Little Boy Drowned Long Search for Body

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 3

A shocking tragedy occurred at the weir in Lawson Park on Saturday last, when Robert John Baskerville, the…

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Holiday Toll 21 Fatal Accidents

National Advocate · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Since Christmas Eve the holiday accident toll has reached lot of which 21 were fatal. Sixteen of these died from road…

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Motorist’s First Accident in 25 Years

Central Western Daily · Thursday 3 January 1946 · page 4

A man who had never previously had an accident in 25 years of motor driving, yesterday backed his utility truck into a window…

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Summer Street Accident

Central Western Daily · Saturday 5 January 1946 · page 2

Mrs. Sam Bennett, of Lewis Ponds, fractured her left arm on Thursday afternoon, when she was struck by a bicycle while crossing…

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Near Fatality at Narrabeen Sydney

Central Western Daily · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 4

Narrabeen Lakes was nearly the scene of a third tragedy in two weeks when a three-year-old boy was taken from the lakes unconscious…

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Racing Car Driver Badly Injured

National Advocate · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Sunday: The light car driver Jack Daly who was critically injured in a smash at the Sydney Sports Ground last night was reported to be in…

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Sharks Sighted Near Scene of Fatality Sydney

Central Western Daily · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 1

Two sharks were signed today in Oatley Bay George’s River, near the spot where Valma Tegel, 11, of Russell Street, Oatlay, was killed…

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Diver Injured at Baths Says No Warning Notices Posted on Tower

Central Western Daily · Monday 7 January 1946 · page 4

Mr. Kerin O’Noil a Sydney boolmaker, was infured when he dived from the high tower at the Orange the yesterday…

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Tram Smash Nine People Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Nine people were hurt in a head on collision between two trains late this afternoon at the intersection of City-road and…

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Another Road Smash Two Men Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: Two young men were badly hurt when the car in which they were travelling capsized rounding a bend at Dundas tonight…

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Orange Man Badly Injured In Road Smash

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 8 January 1946 · page 1

Mr. Robert Gold, fettler, of Eyles street, Orange, is In a critical condition In Orange Base Hospital following a…

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Fire Fatality Mental Home Blaze

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A fire broke out in the storeroom of the Gladsville mental asylum tonight but was extinguished before much damage was done…

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Lithgow Accidents "Topper" Crashes on Miner's Head

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 9 January 1946 · page 2

Although admitted to hospital with head injuries, Mr. George Thorn, well known local resident. of Upper Hassan's Walls-road, was…

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Boy, Accidentally Drowned in Baths, “Had Been Skylarking”

Central Western Daily · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 3

Dr. Cyril Beresford Howse yesterday told the acting-Coroner (Mr. J. P. Jaeger) that a 14-year-old boy who was drowned in the Orange baths on December 15 last had…

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Fatally Crushed Wharflaborer's Death Two Others Injured

National Advocate · Thursday 10 January 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wednesday: At P[?] in the Sydney waterfront today, one man lost his life and two others were seriously injured when the number…

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Railwayman Injured

National Advocate · Friday 11 January 1946 · page 2

A Bathurst railwayman had his head caught in the big round smoke box door of an engine early yesterday morning. He is Mr. F…

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