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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Engineer Injured

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

Mrs. T. Carkeen, an engineer, employed by the Bathurst Dairying, Co. and resident of 269 Peel Street, suffered a laceration to the fingers of…

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Unusual Accident Two Girls Crushed

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday: Two girls were rushed by launch and ambulance to Hornsby Hospital this afternoon. They were admitted were severe…

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Unusual Accident

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1949 · page 2

Mr. J. Rae, 9 Murray Street, Five Dock, sustained an unusual injury on Saturday, while travelling to Bathurst by train. Mr. Rae could not…

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Man Badly Injured at Speedway

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday: At the Parramatta Anniversary speedway meeting this afternoon a man was critically injured when a water truck overturned…

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Woman Badly Injured Found on Roadside

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

WEST WYALONG, Monday: Suffering from a fractured skull, Eileen Compton, 21, of Central Wyalong, was found about eight feet off the road…

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Many Accidents Over Long Week-end

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 1

No major accidents were reported to either the police or the ambulance over the Anniverysary week-end. However,…

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Leg Severed in Accident

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 1 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Monday. — A man had his leg severed when a water truck he was driving at Parramatta Speedway this…

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Charge of Driving Under the Influence Collision With Tree

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

A policeman told the Orange Court yesterday that a man who had hit an ornamental tree and overturned his car on the Bathurst Road smelt of intoxicating liquor. Constable Max Emmerton was giving evidence against John…

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Ambulance Is Accident in Sydney

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 8

Molong District Ambulance waggon was involved in an accident, last weekend on Parramatta Road, Concord, when minor…

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Car Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 February 1949 · page 2

Four officers of the Department of Agriculture who were on their way to Bathurst yesterday to attend a field day at the Experiment Farm…

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Kandos Drowning Accident: 11 Years-old Local Boy Loses Life

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 10

In a drowning fatality which occurred at a local dam on Friday, afternoon Tony Howlett, aged 11 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert…

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Unusual Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 February 1949 · page 3

An unusual accident resulting in an employee sustaining a severe laceration to the top of the head, occurred at the…

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Man Injured in Fire

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 February 1949 · page 7

In an attempt to extinguish a fire at his shop in Summer Street, East Orange, Thomas Cridland received severe burns…

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Detectives Injured in Car Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: Three detectives of the CIB were injured tonight when a large oil tender overturned on a police car, at the…

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Heavy Toll of U.s. Accidents

National Advocate · Saturday 5 February 1949 · page 2

CHICAGO, Friday: Accidents killed [?] persons and injured one of every to persons in the U.S. in [?] year on…

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Ambulance in Collision

Central Western Daily · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 5

MOLONG—While conveying a patient to Sydney recently, Molong Ambulance came into a slight collision with a car…

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Sad Drowning of Lad Sydney, This Afternoon

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

The body of a 13-years-old boy, drowned in a crowded pool at Granville last night was recovered this morning in 17 feet of water…

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Cyclist Injured In Smash

Central Western Daily · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 1

A motor cyclist, Patrick Walker, 19, sustained slight concussion and abrasions when his…

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One Killed Four Injured Car Crash Near Goulburn

National Advocate · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A man was killed and four other people seriously injured near Goulburn this afternoon. Both vehicles concerned in the…

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Week-end Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 7 February 1949 · page 4

Although sickness calls were numerous, Lithgow ambulance. officers attended only eight minor accidents during the show…

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