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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

770 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 39

Man Injured in Lift Well Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 3

With his left leg fractured, a 70-year-old man lay in agony for an hour at the bottom of a city lift well into which he had fallen before…

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Long Stay in Hospital for Injured Lithgow Men

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 2

No indication has yet been given when four of the five Lithgow men seriously injured in a road accident near Parramatta…

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Munro to Stand Trial Sequel to Road Accident SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 7

A police witness said at Kogarah Court today that jockey Darby Munro admitted to him he had been driving on the wrong side of the road…

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Train Smash in Tunnel; Two Injured

Central Western Daily · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday.—Two railway men were injured in a train smash in the middle of the…

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Smash in Tunnell Lithgow Man Badly Injured

National Advocate · Friday 4 March 1949 · page 1

LITHGOW, Thursday: A railway guard was critically injured today when an engine crashed Into the rear of a stationary goods…

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Accident at School Sports

National Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1949 · page 2

Joyce Taylor (11), of Raglan, suffered a fracture to the left wrist, when she fell while competing in the high jump for girls at the sports held…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

A minor collision occurred on the Orange Road near The Rocks yesterday afternoon. Both vehicles, a truck and a cur were proceeding to…

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Boy Injured

National Advocate · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 2

Allan Haines (3), son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Haines. 33 Victoria Street, suffered a laceration to his head on Saturday when he fell at his home…

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Man Drowned Trying to Save Woman SYDNEY

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 1

Norman White (26) of Epping was drowned in the Hawkesbury River yesterday. White, who with his wife and two…

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Bad Crash in Tunnel; Railway Guard Seriously Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 7 March 1949 · page 3

Crashing into the rear of a goods train, a following light engine telescoped the brakevan, in which two guards were…

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Man Injured in Drunken Row Woman Charged

National Advocate · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday: A 57-years-old woman used a knife, a broken bottle and a flat iron to attack a man during a drunken brawl in a Redfern…

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Boy's Painful Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 3

A young Manildra lad met with a painful accident last week when he slipped and fell on an elbow on a concrete step at the Convent…

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Most Road Accidents Occur In Leisure Hours

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 4

Final figures of road accidents in New South Wales for 1948 show all round increases over 1947 of 378 in accidents, 30 in persons killed and 105 in persons injured…

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Accident Ratio Very High

Central Western Daily · Wednesday 9 March 1949 · page 1

The roads in the Orange-Bathurst district have a record of having the second highest…

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Mechanic Injured

National Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 2

C. H. McMahon, mechanic, employed by Gurdon Motors. Bathurst, suffered a severe punctured wound to the left wrist yesterday when a piece…

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Accident Victim Improving

National Advocate · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 2

Max Conroy (19), of 15[?] Bentinck Street, who has been a patient in the Orange Base Hospital as a result of injuries deceived in a motor cycle…

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Lorry Driver Fined Following Serious Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 5

The driver of a lorry involved in a collision with a lorry in Main-street west on February 24 was fined £25, in default 50 days'…

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Lithgow Firemen Injured

National Advocate · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A firemen on the Sydney to Lithgow train tonight has an artery [?] in his head when he was [?] as the…

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Sulky Horse Runs Amok Two Men Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 2

A high-spirited sulky horse which had bolted on several previous occasions and which has quite a reputation in this respect…

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Young Fireman's Extraordinary Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 2

A young fireman was saved from what would have been instant death by the alertness and quick thinking of the…

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