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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

821 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 17 of 42

Men Injured in Fall

National Advocate · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 6

SPRINGWOOD, Thursday: Three men were injured this afternoon when they fell 50 feet to the ground from the top of a chimney at…

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Leg Amputated After Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--A 27-year-old girl, injured, in an accident at Norfolk Island last week, had a leg amputated…

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Man Injured by Plane

National Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 1

CARINDA, Friday: While mustering cattle this morning on his property, 7 miles from Carinya, Keith Reed was seriously injured when he…

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Billy Cook Injured Motor Car Smash

National Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 4

LONDON, Friday: Australian jockey Bill Cook, was slightly injured in a car smash while on his way to Newmarket racecourse yesterday…

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Two Accidents On Same Road in One Hour

Central Western Daily · Saturday 21 April 1951 · page 1

MOLONG, Friday.—Two accidents took place this morning within one hour of each other in the Molong…

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Two Die In Collision

Central Western Daily · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Sunday.— Two new Australiane were killed instantly when two motor cycles collected about…

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Motor Cycle Fatality Migrants Killed

National Advocate · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: Two New Australians were killed when two motor cycles collided on the Stockinbingal-Cootamundra road, about 4 miles from…

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Man Killed, Woman Seriously Injured in Car Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 1

Mr. Alexander Macdonald, well known hotelkeeper of Baradine, was killed instantly and his daughter, Mrs. instantly and his daughter, Mrs. Thora Hawkins seriously…

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Triple Rail Smash Two Dead—69 Injured

National Advocate · Monday 23 April 1951 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday: At least three men Were killed and 69 football fan were injured, some seriously, in a three train crash near. Glasgow…

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N. Z. Drowning

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 4

DUNEDIN (N. Z.), Monday. — An elderly man and two of his grandchildren were drowned when a car crashed through a…

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Perthville Man Injured

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 April 1951 · page 2

James Touzell (69), a farmer, of Perthville, received a severe laceration over the right eyebrow and on his right cheek last night when a lorry…

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Tragic Sequence to Plane Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

KEY WEST (Florida), Thursday.-- Forty-three persons perished when a Cuban DC4 airliner and a naval…

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Accidents Due to Drink

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

Mr. Stonham, a Stipendiary Magistrate who has officiated in Mudgee Courts on many occasions, is, not frightened to deal it out to…

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Painful Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 2

Tripping and falling While carrying a broken glass candle stick, Robyn Hotham, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Hotham, of Burraga,…

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Man Accidentally Shot By Companion

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 26 April 1951 · page 1

When a rifle carried by his companion was accidentally discharged in the' bush near River Lett…

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43 Dead in Plane Collision

Central Western Daily · Friday 27 April 1951 · page 3

KEY WEST, Thursday.—Forty-three persons perished when a Cuban DCA airliner and a naval training plane collided over Key West yesterday. Both planes plunged into the…

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Baby Drowned

National Advocate · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 1

MURWILLUMBAH, Sunday: On the [?] North Coast today a baby [?] who wandered away from het home near Murwillumbah was found…

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Horse Injures Two Runaway Collision

National Advocate · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY. Sunday: At Parramatta today two people were injured when a bolting horse collided with a motor [?] and a car…

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Boy Injured in City Smash

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Stanley Merriman, aged 15, of Christie-street, Glebe, was severely injured to-day when…

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C. Cunning Injured At Blayney

Central Western Daily · Monday 30 April 1951 · page 12

Clive Gunning received a probable fracture of the right arm in a Group Ten Rugby League match at…

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