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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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[?] Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 2

Mr. T. Fogarty, of wyong, suffered fractured ribs, abdominal and head injuries when a rafter fell and struck him. Fogarty was working with the…

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British Seaman Injured Jeep and Car Collide

National Advocate · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 5

SYDNEY. Friday: John Bowan. of the Royal Navy, sustained a probable [?]re of the skull when a Jeep in which he was riding collided with a…

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Jim Davidson’s Concert Not For Orange After Fatal Accident

Central Western Daily · Saturday 13 April 1946 · page 1

Because of the fatal accident near Wagga on Thursday afternoon, in which members of Lieut-Col. Jim Davidson’s concert party were involved, the Amenities Concert which was to have been staged at the…

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Youth Injured

National Advocate · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 2

When he fell from a roof at his home yesterday L. Myers (17) of 172 Keppel-street, suffered a dislocated left shoulder. He was treated at the…

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Fatally Injured When Stack Fell at Mill

Central Western Daily · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 1

A man was fatally injured when several bags of flour fell firm a stack at Millthorpe on Saturday morning…

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Airman Rilled in Jeep Smash Accident at Glenbrook

National Advocate · Monday 15 April 1946 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A young Air Force man was killed and his companion badly hurt in an accident at Glenbrook on the Blue Mountains late…

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Infant Drowned in Bath

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

BOGGABARI. Monday: While playing in [?] bath this morning Henry [?] (20 months) was [?]…

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Bookmaker Gets Damages Injured in Rail Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A Supreme Court jury today awarded Delham Lawrence, of Potts points. £560 in his claim for £2000 against the Railway…

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Mine Fatality Sydney, The Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

Pelaw Main colliery is idle to-day following A fatality last night when Charles Mitchell, 41, a miner, was killed distantly in a fall of stone at…

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Guard Over Injured Soldiers Following Jeep's Acrobatics

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

With a police guard at their bedside, five soldiers from Bathurst camp, two of whom are seriously injured, are lying in Lithgow hospital as a result of a road accident on the Great Western Highway, about 15…

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Fatally Injured When Oil Drum Exploded Cowra

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 2

Henry Haylen, 31, married, of Woodstock, was fatally injured at Cowra at the weekend, when a…

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Child Drowned in Bath After Tap Turned by Brother Boogabri

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

While playing in a bath this morning Henry John Londate, 20 months, was drowned. The child’s three year old…

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Parkes Grazier Dead After City Car Accident Sydney

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 April 1946 · page 1

Alleged to have panicked and fled after his car had struck and fatally injured a man at Camperdown on…

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Truck Driver Dead After Collision Sydney

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 1

[?] St. Balmain was [?] this afternoon when [?] he was having subjected with a…

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Tram and Truck in Collision Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 1

When a crowded tram was involved in a collision with a three-ton truck at Redfern early to-day four persons were injured…

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Rock Crashes on House Occupant Seriously Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 3

NEWCASTLE., Tuesday: A few minutes after Alexander Stephens (60) get out of hed this morning a slab of [?] weighing more than two [?]…

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Huge Waves Batter Sydney Ferries Women Passengers Injured Wind at Gale Force on Harbor Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 1

Four women were admitted to hospital and several other people treated for minor injuries after two ferries had been badly battered by huge waves while crossing Sydney Harbor in heavy rain this…

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Road Accidents

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1946 · page 1

Central Ambulance tonight had to cope with more than 20 road accidents caused by vehicles skidding on wet road surfaces The most serious…

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Sensational Smash Five Soldiers Injured Remarkable Fortitude

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 20

With a police guard at their bedside, five soldiers from Bathurst camp, two of whom are seriously injured, are lying in…

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Remarkable Accident Cartridge Explodes

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 13

It was not known that a Bathurst woman had been shot when a 303 cartridge exploded in the fire she was sitting…

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