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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

895 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 45

Series of Minor Holiday Week-end Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 2

Seven of the ten minor accidents attended by local ambulance officers during the long week-end involved youngsters,…

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Improvement in Condition of Accident Victim

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 2

Reports that the second victim, of Thursday's road tragedy had died at the week-end were emphatically disproved by the Rev. Geoff Parish, a…

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Two Killed in Road Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 31 January 1950 · page 1

MELBOURNE, This Afternoon.-- Stanley Kilpatnck, 60, of Collingwood, and his son Francis Kilpatrick of Brunswick, were killed when their…

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Langley Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

JOHANNESBURG, Tuesday: Australian wicketkeeper Gil Langley fractured the index finger of his left hand in the match against T[?]ansvaul…

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Inquest On Drowning Of 'Wang Youngster

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 6

In the Coroner's Court yesterday morning a 12-years-old boy told the Coroner, Mr. D. M, Cregan, that his…

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Accidents at Cowra

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 1

COWRA, Tuesday: A youth and a boly were hurt in two tractor accidents today. Seventeen year old Doug[?]as Perry, of Cowra, had one leg…

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Accidental Death Of Road Accident Victim

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 February 1950 · page 3

A finding of accidental death was returned by the District Coroner, Mr. D. M. Cregan, yesterday, after he had conducted an inquiry into the death on December 16 of William Louis Fletcher, of Harbord, following an accident near Marrangaroo…

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Children Injured

National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

Two Bathurst children featured in painful accidents yesterday afternoon. The Ambulance attended both cases, and a five years old girl was taken to…

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4 INJURED 'Bus Overturns SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 3

A bus driver and four passenger were injured late this afternoon when a single-decker bus capsized after colliding with a truck at Bankstown…

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Man Killed in Car Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 1

McKenzie Landon (29), of West Brunswick, Melbourne, was killed instantly about 6 o'clock on Tuesday night last when the car in which…

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Road Accidents January Death Toll

National Advocate · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday:, With some country reports still some in, the death roll from road accidents in NSW for January of this year now…

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Heavy List of Minor Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 2 February 1950 · page 2

Spills from a toy car and a "billy cart,'' injuring three young : boys, were among: yesterday's .crop of accidents which gave…

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Fatality at Forbes

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 1

FORBES. Thursday: Thebodyof 16 years old Ronald Finn, of Boga[?]. Gate Road, Forbes, was recovered from the Lachlan River, near…

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Migrant Injured

National Advocate · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Slipping on the kerbing in William Street at 11.20 yesterday morning, Mr. Konstancis Blumbergs, of the Migrant Centre, suffered…

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Bulldozer Driver Injured At Cudal

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 6

Mr. Lindsay Davis, of Cudal, narrowly escaped serious injury whilst engaged in clearing operations with a bulldozer…

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Heavy Incidence Of Minor Accidents Continues

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 2

Continuing one of their busiest periods in months, Lithgow ambulance officers yesterday attended the victims of eight minor accidents and answered a large number of sickness and other calls. Minor accident cases attended by ambulance officers…

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Recovery From Broken Leg Farmer’s Accident

Central Western Daily · Friday 3 February 1950 · page 7

Convalescing after a serious accident a few days before Christmas, Mr. Ton Millgate, of Borenore, paid his first visit to…

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Forbes Man Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 4

ORANGE, Monday: A young man named Hancock, was taken from Forbes to Orange at the week end for a delicate eye operation after a piece…

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Accident Victim Shows Improvement

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 7 February 1950 · page 5

Admitted to Katoomba hospital following the car smash on the highway near Wentworth Falls on Sunday afternoon, Mrs…

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Bourke Motor Fatality Bourke

National Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1950 · page 2

Sixty-five years old Thomas Aley ander Howell, a blacksmith, employed on a station 33 miles from Bourke. has been killed in a motor accident…

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