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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

639 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 32

Youth Drowned

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Nineteen years old Alan Jones, of Narrabeen, was drowned at Narrabeen Lakes this afternoon when he dived from a…

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Motor Cyclists Injured King's Parade Crash

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 2

Bathurst New Year's celebrations were marred when two young motor cyclists suffered severe injuries in a collision with a stationary taxi cab…

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Jean Simmons in Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 1 January 1948 · page 3

SUVA, Wednesday: British film Stars, Jean Simmons and Don Huston had a narrow escape from serious in[?]pury when a car driven by Huston…

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Two Injured in Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 4

The driver and passenger of a taxi cab were slightly injured on New Year's Eve when the vehicle was involved in a collision with a…

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Oberon News Driver Injured in Car Crash

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

OBERON, Thursday: An accident occurred in Oberon on Wednesday night involving two stationary [?] and a pa[?] utility truck. The…

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Condition of Accident Victims

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

The condition of Gus Ryan and Bill McFadden, who were injured in a fall from a motor cycle in Russell St[?]on New Year's Eve, was reported last…

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Fatal Road Accidents Two Killed at Stockton

National Advocate · Friday 2 January 1948 · page 2

NEWCASTLE Thursday: A motor cyclist and a girl riding pilion were fatally injured when the cycle and a car collided in Stockton early this…

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Air Gun Accident Boy Charged

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

SYDNEY, Friday: Owen George [?] naval rating who according to police accidentally fired a pa[?] from an air gun on New Year's Eve into the…

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Accident Victims' Condition

National Advocate · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 2

Mr. A. J. (Gus) Ryan, of Lort Street, who was injured in a motor cycle accident in Russell Street, on New Year's Eve, was transferred…

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Neck Fractured in Accident

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 January 1948 · page 5

A Sydney school teacher. A. R (Bob) Dunbar, 58, who is a native of Orange, fractured his neck in a car accident near Marulan this…

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Tragic Crossing Accident in U.S. CHICAGO

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

Ten children were killed and two injured yesterday at Archbold, Ohio, when the Chicago-bound New York Central train knifed its way through…

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Accident Victim Arrested While Being Treated For Head Injuries

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 January 1948 · page 1

Injured in a utility truck when it crashed on the Great Western Highway in the early hours of Sunday morning, the driver of the vehicle was arrested several hours later by police while having his injuries attended in Lithgow hospital…

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Motor Cyclist Injured PARKES. Tuesday

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 January 1948 · page 1

A 21-year-old Parkes motor cyclist, R. Henry, as injured today when his motor cycle crashed into a post a few yards from where his friend was…

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Straying Bull Causes Car Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 17

A tourer car, driven by Mr. Keith Bolton, crashed into a straying bull on the Cassilis road, near Coolah, on Sunday…

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Accidents

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 12

A serious accident occurred on December 24th to Mr. and Mrs. Ambler whilst motoring from Sydney to Kandos to spend Christmas…

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More Air Tragedies 18 Dead in Two Accidents PARIS, Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 2

Fifteen persons including there Americans and two British, were killed when a Paris Brussels passenger plane crashed shortly before reaching…

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Car Accident Now Six Months Gaol

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 8 January 1948 · page 3

Arrested at the Lithgow hospital after he had been admitted for treatment following a road accident on January 3, Phillip Charles…

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Modest Heroes Girl Saved from Drowning

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Two boys who rescued nine-year-old Barbara Shepherd from drowning at Terrigal Lakes today, walked away without giving…

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Pole Snapped Two Electricians Injured

National Advocate · Friday 9 January 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Thursday: Two Manly Council electricians were injured today When a pole suddenly snapped off at ground level…

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Attacked by Ants Injured Man's Ordeal

National Advocate · Monday 12 January 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: A middle-aged man was attacked by vicious meatants yesterday as he lay on a road near Nyngan with a broken leg…

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