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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

895 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 4 of 45

Car's Wild Dash Dubbo Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 3

DUBBO, Wednesday: Although an old model sedan car was almost wrecked when it got out of control at Dubbo last night, the 66-years-old…

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Minor Accidents Yesterday

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 2

Besides' those already reported, four accidents involving Small-Arms Factory employees, were, attended by Lithgow ambulance officers…

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Motorists Fined Following Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 19 January 1950 · page 5

The sequel to a collision on the Mudgee-road, Lidsdale, on September 7, 1949, as a result of which one passenger died, came up in Lithgow…

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Injured in Cycle Accident

Central Western Daily · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 5

When he fell from his bicycle at Orange cycling bowl yesterday afternoon, Laurence Taylor, of 9 Churchill Avenue, received…

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Molong Woman Is Injured in Freak Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 6

A motor car mounted an embankment and overturned on the Mitchell Highway, on Monday afternoon when the woman drive…

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Boy Saved From Drowning In S.A.F. Pool

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 2

A youth saved an eleven- years- old boy from drowning at the Small Arms Factory swimming pool early this afternoon…

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Man Is Injured When Sulky Overturns

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1950 · page 9

Last week Mr. A. A. West, of Yeoval. had the misfortune to break a small bone in his leg. He was driving his sulky through…

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Young Migrant Drowned Swimming Pool Tragedy

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

MAITLAND, Friday: A 15-years-old European migrant from the Greta Migrant Centre, Richard Weiss, was drowned in Maitland swimming pool…

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Man Loses Fingers Mincing Machine Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 21 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY. Friday: Unable to release his mutilated right hand from a mincing machine at the Australia Hotel today, ambulance, officers…

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Bathurst Man Injured

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

When a small car overturned on the Blayney Road yesterday afternoon, shortly before three o'clock, Mr. John Mansell, of 114 Seymour Street,…

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R.A.A.F. Fatality

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 4

SYDNEY. Sunday: An R.A.A.F. plane made a special flight from Sydney to Rockhampton with the body of Aircraftsman Palling, who was killed…

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Tragedy Follows Cyclist's Collision with Blitz-truck

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 1

Poles and Yugoslavs living at the Littleton Hostel made the funeral arrangements for a Pole who was fatally injured when his bicycle and a blitz waggon collided head-on on Friday night…

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Bowler's Throat Cut in Motor Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

A team of Lithgow bowlers had a sensational experience last week when travelling to Blayney…

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Accident Victim Recovered

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

Dud Osborne, of Wimbledon, who was injured in an accident sometime ago, showed on Saturday last that he had completely recovered from…

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Five Week-end Accidents Youngster Fractures Thigh

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1950 · page 2

Most serious accident attended by Lithgow ambulance officers over the week-end involved three-years-old (John French, of Inner…

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Fatally Injured Polish Migrants Death

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 3

LITHGOW, Monday: A tonner slave laborer for the Germans 24 years old Stefan Nankovskil, from Warsaw, died at the Lithgow Hospital last night…

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Funeral of Accident Victim

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 January 1950 · page 2

A magnificent wreath, standing 4ft. 6in. high, surmounted the profusion of flowers and other floral tributes which covered the coffin and hearse…

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Woman Drowned at Bronte

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.-- Police are investigating the death of a woman whose body was found early to-day in the surf at Bronte…

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Sydney Youth Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, Douglas Welshe, 20, of 271 Goulburn Street Sydney, fell from his motor cycle on the Orange Road, nine miles from Bathurst…

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Brother Killed—Another Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1950 · page 2

BOOROWA, Tuesday: Benjamin Cullen is still in a critical condition in the Boorowa hospital following a motor accident at Boorowa last…

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