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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

825 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 42

Accident in City

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 15

A well known local man, Mr. Oscar Dorman, was injured in a motor accident in the city recently. He was a…

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Accident at Sawmill

National Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 6

OBERON, Wednesday: Mr. Wally Weekes, an employee of Timber Industries Pty. Ltd. of Oberon sustained a fractured leg when a log…

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Minor Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 7 February 1952 · page 2

When he was hit by a stone yesterday, John Nicoll, aged nine, of Esk-street, needed attention by ambulance officers…

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Boy Drowned Near Coonamble

Central Western Daily · Friday 8 February 1952 · page 3

COONAMBLE, Thursday.—A twelve-years-old boy, Thomas Davis, was drowned in a waterhole in the Castlereagh River…

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South Coast Trains Collide Two Passengers Badly Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Friday: In a collision between two trains this afternoon between Helensburgh and Waterfall, south of Sydney, eight people were…

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Fisherman Drowned

National Advocate · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 1

WOLLONGONG, Sunday: A spear fisherman was drowned at Wollongong this afternoon. The man, Samuel James Gaddy…

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Toll of the Road One Dead—Five Injured

National Advocate · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: In road accidents on the south and central coast of New South Wales this week-end, one man has been killed and five other people…

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Week-end Accident Chapter

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 11 February 1952 · page 2

A youngster who mistook turpentine for lemonade and drank a quantity during the week-end was…

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Train Passengers Injured Suburban Line Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 3

SYDNEY, Monday Seven passengers in a Sydney electric train were [?] injured this afternoon when their [?] carriage was struck by the open [?]…

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Passenger Injured in Car Crash

Central Western Daily · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 2

A man who told police the lights of an oncoming car dazzled him, crashed his car into a culvert post on the Mitchell…

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Accidents Keep Ambulance Service Busy

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 1

Lithgow ambulance officers yesterday experienced one of their busiest days so far this year, a large number of…

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Official Investigation Of Airport Accident Series

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1952 · page 2

NEW YORK, Tuesday.--Residents of Elizabeth, New Jersey, up in arms at the series of air disasters which in two months have claimed more than 110 lives, have threatened to carpet the…

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Collision Led To Negligent Driving Charge

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 2

A car smash near River Lett on the Great Western Highway in which one car keeled over on its side and…

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Former Neville Resident Injured By Bullocks

The Lyndhurst Shire Chronicle · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 2

A former well-known Neville resident, Mr. Alf Collins, now of Cowra was extensively injured when he was kicked and trampled by a number of cattle at the Goolagong saleyards…

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Accident Due To Swerve To Miss Stray Dog

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 13 February 1952 · page 4

When a three-ton truck travelling along the Great Western Highway near Lithgow swerved and braked to…

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Glamor Horse Injured

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1952 · page 6

ARCADIA, (California), Wednesday: Counterpoint America's "Horse of the Year" is out of racing for an indefinite period because of injuries…

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Injured Man Wanders

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 2

An ambulance officer had to search in two streets and a back lane to find an injured man who had wandered away…

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Minor Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 February 1952 · page 2

Several minor accident victims were given attention by ambulance yesterday. Mr. J. Adams, of…

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School Boy Drowned

National Advocate · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 2

SYDNEY, Sunday: A ten year old schoolboy was drowned yesterday while swimming in the Hunter River, at Aberdeen, near Muswellbrook…

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Spine Injured In Mine Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 February 1952 · page 2

A Lithgow man who was caught between a skip and a prop on Friday, was later admitted to hospital in a serious…

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