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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

639 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 32

Crushed by Lift Man Fatally Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday: A man was fatally injured today when he was pinned between a lift and a beam in a Sydney [?]…

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Oberon News Narrow Escape From Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 March 1948 · page 3

OBERON, Monday: Whilst taking the mail and 18 passengers to Tarana on Saturday night Mr. Ron Cu[?] flame had a narrow escape from a…

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Horseman Injured

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 10 March 1948 · page 1

George Barnes, of [?] was slightly injured while riding a [?] along McLa[?]t Street, yesterday…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 March 1948 · page 14

A very serious accident befell Allan Pish, aged 19, on Saturday, February 228. With other members of his family, he had been wheat…

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Van Catches Fire Two Men Injured

Central Western Daily · Friday 12 March 1948 · page 1

Two men received minor injuries when a furniture van in which they were travelling overturned 12 miles…

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Speedway Fatality Rider Killed

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

NEWCASTLE, Sunday: Mervyn John Larkin (32), of Dixon Street Hamilton was killed at the Newcastle [?] last night when he overslid…

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Sydney Visitors Injured

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

Two Sydney residents suffered minor injuries on Saturday when a car, in which they were travelling, overturned on the Sydney road six miles…

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Railway Employee Injured

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 2

William (Athol) Bell, 15 Blandford Street, a railway employee, suffered a fractured left elbow and, abrasions to the forehead at the Loco yards on…

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Footballer Injured Cycle and Bus Collide

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 4

SYDNEY, Sunday: A prominent Drummoyne footballer, Brian Geary, was badly injured in a head on collision between his motor cycle and a…

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Two Injured Well-known Cyclist and Official Crash at Bathurst Sports

National Advocate · Monday 15 March 1948 · page 1

Two prominent Bathurst sportsmen were injured during the running of a cycling programme at St. Patrick's Day celebrations at the…

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British Ship Wrecked; 14 Drowned

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 3

REYKJAVIK, Monday —Fourteen members of the crew of 19 of the British trawler, Epine, perished [?]…

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Injured Players Charlestons Motion Defeated

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1948 · page 3

A suggestion by Charlestons Football Club, to the effect that Clubs support their injured players during the coming season, was…

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Saved From Drowning

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 5

LISMORE, Tuesday.—Quick action by three men saved a young woman from drowning off Byron Bay jelly near…

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Criticism of Referee Injured Boxer

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday. — Maitland featherweight, boxer, Doc Wallace, who was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital after his…

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Fierce Clash In Brisbane-- Communist M.L.A. Injured BRISBANE, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

In one of the fiercest battles in Brisbane since American sub-machine guns were used to quell a fierce military riot during the war, Queensland police smashed an illegal march of several hundred strikers when they…

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Drilling Tools Break Man's Wrist Accident At Cumnock

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 17 March 1948 · page 1

Young Molong resident, Mr. G. Burgess, Junr., sustained a broken wrist on Monday morning when heavy drilling tools fell on his…

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Industrial Ravolution Threatened Throughout Australia Brisbane Strikers Batoned Communist M.L.A. Injured Action by Western Miners A.C.T.U. Supports Strikers

National Advocate · Thursday 18 March 1948 · page 2

BRISBANE, Wednesday: As a result of a clash between Brisbane rail strikers and the police, in which Mr. F. Patterson, the Communist, MLA, was seriously injured and others batoned, Australia to-night…

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Roadside Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 1

Two Lithgow men were involved in a road accident some miles from the city yesterday, but both escaped injury, although their vehicles…

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Baby in Fall From Pram Molong Accident

Central Western Daily · Saturday 20 March 1948 · page 8

MOLONG, Friday. — Little Coralie Black, of Shields' Lane. broke the strap holding her in her pram last night and fell…

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