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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

821 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 42

Minor Collision

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. Edwin John Endicott of 5 Cook Street, Parkes, reported to the Bathurst police yesterday that his car, which was driving towards Sydney at…

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Footballer Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

Well known Bathurst footballer, Clive Hollingsworth, was injured yesterday while working with P.M.G. workmen near the Fire Station…

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Child Migrant Killed Camp Fatality

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

A six-year-old migrant boy died in the Centre hospital last night from injuries received when he fell from the roof a but earlier in…

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Youth Drowned in Dam Near Molong

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1

MOLONG, Friday. — A 15-year-old apprentice jockey was drowned this afternoon while exercising a racehorse in a dam about a mile from Molong…

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Boy Injured by Fish Surf Incident

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday: A boy aged 14, was treated at St. Vincent's Hospital late yesterday after his leg had been torn by a small shark or a big…

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Young Jockey Drowned Thrown From Horse Into Dam

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 4

ORANGE, Friday: A 16 year old apprentice jockey, was drowned in a dam near Molong this afternoon when a horse he was exercising threw…

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Boy's Leg Shattered Dingo Trap Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 1

SPRINGSURE (Q.), Friday: Fifteen-year-old Kenneth Chapman, of Glenara station, lay in agency for three hours after a set trop spring…

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Manslaughter Charge After Accident

Central Western Daily · Saturday 3 February 1951 · page 2

Police have charged a Blayney man with manslaughter following a fatal accident on the Blayney-Millthorpe Road on…

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Tug Capsizes Six Drowned

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

SAN FRANCISCO, Sunday: At least six people have been drowned near the Golden Gate, San Francisco, following the capsize of an American…

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Three Injured in Plane Crash

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

NILS, Sunday: Three people were slightly injured in Victoria this this afternoon when a light aircraft crashed in a paddock at Mount Elgin, Nils…

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Four Injured When Truck Overturns

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 1

A truck which overturned on Saturday night and seriously injured two of the occupants was only slightly damaged. One man had his spine fractured and the other had his thigh smashed…

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Lithgow Road Smash Four Men Injured

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

LITHGOW, Sunday: Four men were injured near Lithgow today when the car in which they were travelling skidded off the road and crashed 50 feet…

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Child Drowned in Creek--body Wedged Between Rocks

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 1

The tragic death of a 15-months old baby boy occurred yesterday afternoon when William Cecil Clough, of Tweed Mill Terrace, wandered from his home and was drowned in Farmer's Creek…

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Bathurst Shooting Fatality Body Beside Gun Wife's Grim Discovery

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

The body of a 58 years old Bathurst Railway engine driver was found by his wife lying beside a shot fun in their Seymour Street…

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Road Accident

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

A utility truck and a semi-trailer collided in front of the Meadow Flat post office at 3.30 Saturday afternoon. The utility, drawing a trailer, was…

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Goulburn Baths Accident Swimmer Fractures Skull GOULBURN

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1951 · page 2

A young man swimming in the baths at Gaulburn, this afternoon was taken to hospital with a possible fractured skull after a friend had…

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Baby Drowned

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

LITHGOW, Monday: Cecil William Clough (15 months), who was reported missing from his home in Lithgow, last night, was found drownea…

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Utility and Motor Cycle in Collision

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 2

Lithgow Ambulance officers were called to the intersection of Mort and Cook streets early this morning when a collision between a utility…

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Young Boy's Death Neck Fractured in Unusual Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

ORANGE, Monday: A verdict of accidental death was returned today by the Coroner, Mr. R. C. Sheridan, into the death of Garry James Spicer…

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Lithgow Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1951 · page 5

Lithgow ambulance- officers were called to attend only three minor accidents yesterday, whilst another was given attention this morning…

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