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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

821 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 3 of 42

Boy Saved From Drowning Dubbo Incident

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1951 · page 1

DUBBO, Tuesday: A ten year old boy from Orange was saved from drowning in the Olympic Pool at Dubbo this afternoon…

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Triple Road Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 2

A young man collapsed on the road and had to be taken to hospital following a triple collision at the intersection of…

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Man Critically Injured in Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 16

Mr. Harry Simmons brother of Mrs. George Gibbons, of "Rob Roy," Gulgong, was seriously injured in an accident at Yeoval on Christmas…

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Level Crossing Smash Three Men Injured SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 6

Three men were injured, one critically, when a passenger train and a 20 ton truck collided at the Unanderra level crossing near Wollongong this…

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Painful Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 11

Mr. J. Collins, who was cranking an engine, had the misfortune to injure himself to the extent of being admitted to Merriwa hospital. An…

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Young Couple's Lucky Escape In Car Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 11 January 1951 · page 5

Well-known Cullen Bullen resident Miss Joan Parsons, daughter of Mr. W. Parsons, licensee of the Cullen Bullen Hotel, and Mr. Allen McCann, of "Red Hills," Cullen Bullen, had a miraculous escape from death on Monday afternoon last when…

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Lithgow Smash Two Injured

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 2

LITHGOW, Thursday: Two men were taken to Lithgow hospital today with head injuries following a motor accident involving three cars at a…

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Accident Victim Dies in Sydney

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

A visitor to Yeoval who fell from a truck on Christmas Day and fractured his skull, died in Sydney, after…

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Truck Crashes Over Bridge; 2 Injured

Central Western Daily · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

A man and a woman had narrow escapes from death when the utility track in which they were travelling plunged over a bridge on the Forest Reefs Road late on Thursday night…

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Two Injured in Crash Near Orange

National Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

ORANGE, Friday: A man and a woman were injured when a utility truck skidded on loose gravel on the Forest Road, near Orange, and…

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Car Smash Near Blayney Bathurst Men Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 2

As a result of a car accident on the Bathurst-Blayney road last night three young Bathurst men received injuries which necessitated their…

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Blayney Accident

Central Western Daily · Saturday 13 January 1951 · page 1

In a report in yesterday’s issue of an inquest into a fatal road accident at Blayney. It was stated that the acciden was caused…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

When his motor cycle came Into collision with a car at the corner of George and Russell Streets at 6.25 on Saturday night, motor cyclist…

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Arm Found Miles From Fatality

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--Railway officers found near Central Station this morning, the arm of a man whose mutilated body was discovered…

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Two Young Men Dead Young Bathurstians Fatally Injured Car Crash Near Blayney

National Advocate · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 2

Following a crash in which there cars were involved about left miles from Bathurst on the Bathurst side of Btayney late on…

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Near Drowning

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 2

A near-tragedy was averted at the Bathurst weir on Sunday. Three youngsters who got into difficulties had to be brought, to the bank. Messrs…

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Miner Killed Abermain Fatality

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday: An hour and a half after a miner returned to work today at Abermain No. 1 colliery, after three weeks' annual leave, he was…

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Condition of Accident Victim

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 2

The condition of Keith Martin, the only surviving occupant of the car which crashed on the Blayney Road killing two on Friday night, was…

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Determined Effort to Prevent Road Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

SYDNEY, This Afternoon.--The transport authorities will make an all-out blitz on people who cause road accidents, the Commissioner for…

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Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1951 · page 2

Colliding with a pedestrian while training at the Bathurst Sports ground at 5.45 last night, cyclist Keith Smythe (19), a baker,, of 180 Rankin Street,…

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