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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

625 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 32

Falling Tree Snapped Pole: Injured Man

Central Western Daily · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 2

Telephone linesman Walter Bushell. of Parkes, was seriously injured on Monday when the pole on which he was repairing…

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Woman Injured Gar Crashes 20ft. SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 1

A car crashed over a 20-foot embankment at Sutherland yesterday and a young woman named Beverley Beatty was…

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Riding Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 9 May 1946 · page 24

Doreen Large, 12, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Lage, was the victim of a riding accident on Friday of last week, May 3, and as…

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Railwayman Injured

National Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 2

Mr. G. Lang of 160 George street. a railway employee injured his back whilst lifting a heavy weight at tho, railway yesterday. The ambulance…

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Laurence St. Fatality Echo

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 2

"I don't think the evidence can support a charge of dangerous driving. It might constitute negligent driving, but lie is not charged with…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 2

Harley John Cutler (22), of Princess Street. Bathurst South, received a serious injury to his kneecap and oilier injuries as a result of a collision with…

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Three Injured in Smash

National Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY. Thursday: A man on his way to a Macquarie Street specialist for treatment for osteomyelitis in his[?]ef" leg. was involved in an accident…

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Accident at Brickworks

National Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Thursday: John Joseph Rollands (22), was involved in a serious accident at a brickworks at St. Peters this morning, and may have…

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Accident Victim Improving

National Advocate · Friday 10 May 1946 · page 2

The condition of Miss Miriam Deverell of 11 Hopkins Avenue. Bankstown, who was injured on Mt. Panorama on Tuesday last, was reported…

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Gold Edifice Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday; Gold Edifive, who seriously injured himself in a fall yesterday, will not race at Canterbury tomorrow and his owner said he…

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Accident Victim Progressing

National Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 2

Hailey Cutler, a young man, who was injured in a motor cycle accident on Thursday, was reported last night to be progressing satisfactorily [?]g…

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Footballer Injured

National Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 2

Harold Bryant, a member of the Churlestons teams, suffered a laceration over one eye while playing in a match at Bathurst sports ground…

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Horse Killed Collision at Portland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 3

When a horse and cart collided with a waggon in Portland, the horse was killed by the impact…

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Mt. Panorama Fatality Deceased Patrolman Warned to Keep Off Track Evidence at Inquest

National Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 2

Evidence given at an inquest at Bathurst oh Saturday on the two victims of the Mt. Panorama motor cycle race fatality showed that one or them,…

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Car Accident

National Advocate · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 2

James Tighe. a Bathurst bookmaker suffered a painful cut on the left car lost night when he and his brother Arthur Tighe. also a bookmaker, were…

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Unusual Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 1

The canvas canopy of a military truck was badly torn when it became hooked to a ladder on a carter's truck opposite the old Supply…

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Week-end Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 13 May 1946 · page 1

At 12.30 arm. on Sunday, Mr. Mervyn Jones, a timber cutter employed at Corriey's, crashed his motor cycle, into a pine tree and fractured his…

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Vic Patrick In Street Collision SYDNEY

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 3

A car driven by champion boser Vic Patrick collided with a bicycle ridden by a telegram messenger boy, Len Darcy at Newtown…

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Nasty Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 2

Mrs. H. G. Taylor, who will bo be 'better known as Miss Mary Callinan daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. Callinan. of Russell Street, sustained…

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Boy Beheaded Shocking Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 May 1946 · page 20

A boy, aged 11, was decapitated, and a man, 39, died from a fractured skull in a collision between a stolen truck and a…

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