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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

639 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 32

Bathurst Dog Injured at Wentworth Park

National Advocate · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

The Bathurst dog Dark Sport, owned by Mr. Bill Tuite, was injured during the running of the Control Stake at Wentworth Park on…

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19 Killed—49 Injured Express Train Derailed

National Advocate · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 3

JERUSALEM, Sunday: The Cairo to Haifa express was derailed this morning and three military coaches attached to it were wrecked by mines…

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The Wallabies Easy Win Against Shehadie Injured

National Advocate · Monday 1 March 1948 · page 2

VANCOUVER, Sunday: The Australian, Wallabies defeated Vancouver All Stars by 36 to 3 before 5,000 people in the greatest Rugby Union…

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Australian Accidentally Killed Shooting Ducks

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

TOKIO, Monday: Lt. Col. Harlcy Gale of Wollongong, who was Area Commander at Essa Gama, Accidentally shot and killed himself while…

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Accident Sequel No Proof Of Negligence

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 2 March 1948 · page 1

Sequel to an accident at the intersection of Summer and Anson Streets last November, was the…

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Injured Foot

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Kevin Burns, of Naylor Street. Carcoar. received contusions and abrasions to the right ankle when his foot was crushed by a heavy railway sleeper…

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Head-on Collision at Kelso

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

Two men received abrasions to the aims when a motor car and lorry came together in a head-on collision near Kelso yesterday. The men were…

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Accidental Death Verdict in Gunnedah Poisoning

National Advocate · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 2

GUNNEDAH, Tuesday: A verdict of accidental death from the effects of strychnine administered by a member of the hospital staff in the ordinary…

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Motoring Review :Horror Films of Road Accidents Not Favored by Nrma

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 3 March 1948 · page 3

Showing of horror films of road accidents to all applicants for driving licences under the age of 40 , as an accident prevention measure, suggested by a witness before the Parliamentary Select Committee on Road…

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Two Injured in Lithgow Collision

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

A 23 years old motor cyclist, and his wife, were injured seriously late yesterday afternoon when their machine came into…

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Injured Woman's First Thought Is For Husband

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 2

Although her clothes were almost torn from her body and she herself was seriously injured, a woman begged motorists to help her husband after they had been hurled from their motor cycle following a collision with a heavy lorry on the…

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Doctors Fight to Save Life Injured Train Driver

National Advocate · Thursday 4 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Wednesday: Doctors at Canterbury Hospital believe that they may save the life of train driver Percy Hayes, who was seriously…

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Goronial Inquiry on Pinecliffe Fatality At Molong This Morning

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 5 March 1948 · page 1

An inquest was conducted by the Orange Coroner, Mr. G. Thompson, at Molong this morning on the death of Mr. A. A…

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EUGOWRA Mrs. Neich Injured

Central Western Daily · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 3

Mrs. A. Neich. of the Central Hotel, when ascending the steps of the cellar, slipped on the concrete floor, receiving a…

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Unusual Accident Man Killed at Forbes

National Advocate · Saturday 6 March 1948 · page 2

FORBES, Friday: A man was killed as the result of an uncommon accident on Bunda Buda station, near Forbes, late yesterday…

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Two Youths Drowned Fatality at Newcastle

National Advocate · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Two youths were drowned at Newcastle today when they were swept off rocks near the Bogey Hole…

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Bathurst Youth Injured

National Advocate · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

A nineteen year old Bathurst boy suffered a severe laceration to his chin yesterday afternoon, when the front fork of a bicycle on which he was…

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Cars Collide Six People Injured

National Advocate · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Six people were injured—two seriously—when two cars collided on the Western Highway Emu Plains, today. All of them were…

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Bathurst Woman Injured Husband's Narrow Escape Car Crash Near Orange

National Advocate · Monday 8 March 1948 · page 2

ORANGE, Sunday: When a car overturned yesterday afternoon on Mt. Canobolas Road, a Bathurst woman occupant was injured and…

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Horse Killed in Collision on Parkes Road

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 4

MOLONG—When a bus was returning to Parkes from Orange on Saturday evening, it collided wish a horse, about two…

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