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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

825 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 42

Minor Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 2

Several minor accident victims were given attention by ambulance officers during the week-end, although on a…

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Man Charged After Accident

Central Western Daily · Monday 25 February 1952 · page 1

A man will appear at Orange police court this morning on a charge of failing to stop after a car accident and with driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. At 6 p.m. on Saturday, Edward…

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Car Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 2

A man had a narrow escape iron injury when his car overturned on the Great Western Highway, 20 miles from Bathurst yesterday morning. The…

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Street Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 2

A lorry damaged a utility tuck while parking in George Street between How[?]k an[?]d Durham Street last night. The [?] driven by R…

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Woman Suffers Fatal Injuries Unusual Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1952 · page 5

QUIRINDI, Monday: A middle-aged woman was fatally injured in an unusual road accident last night. She was Mrs. May Margaret Bowland (50)…

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Minor Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1952 · page 2

Two cars were involved in a minor collision in William St. yesterday morning. One, driven by Mathew, E. Toole, 'The Reeds,' Trunkey Creek,…

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Two Injured in Cycle Accident

Central Western Daily · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 1

A motor cyclist and a cyclist were Injured when their machines collided on the corner of Edward Street and Endsleigh…

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Two Die After Explosion Concord Accident SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 28 February 1952 · page 5

Oil fumes remaining in a boiler at Concord Repatriation Hospital after a clean-out, are believed to have caused yesterday's explosion in which two…

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Bathurst Boys Injured

National Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 2

Two young children were injured (one seriously) in an accident on the corner of William and Keppel Streets yesterday afternoon. The children…

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Injured Boy Flown to Sydney Mudgee

National Advocate · Friday 29 February 1952 · page 1

A nine years old boy David Rolfe, of Mudgee, who was unconscious and critically ill when flown to Sydney yesterday, has regained consciousness…

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Unusual Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 1 March 1952 · page 2

A match almost caused a catostrophe in Howick St. main shopping area yesterday when a woman, lighting a cigarette threw it carelessly to…

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Motor Cycle Crashes One Dead —Another Injured

National Advocate · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

MELBOURNE Sunday A NSW man was killed yesterday when a motor, cycle got out of control and crashed near Mildura in Victoria…

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Russell Street Fatality Week-end Developments Police Scientist's Examination of Car

National Advocate · Monday 3 March 1952 · page 2

There were further developments by the police into the death of Richard B. Scholtz (68). who was killed as a result of being run…

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Hit-run Fatality

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 2

There were no further developments yesterday in investigation of the hit-run futility. Police are seeking the driver of the car which fatally…

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Fatal Collision Wife sees Husband Die

National Advocate · Tuesday 4 March 1952 · page 1

SYDNEY, Monday A truck driver was killed outside his house in a collision with a tram as his wife was waving good bye from the front…

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119 People Die: Train Collision

Central Western Daily · Thursday 6 March 1952 · page 3

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—At least 119 persons were killed and more than 250 injured yesterday in a collision between two trains near Rio De Janiero, Brazil-A United Press dispatch on Brazil’s worst railway disaster…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

National Advocate · Friday 7 March 1952 · page 2

A motor cyclist suffered bruises to the lace and a punctured wound under the right side of the chin when bo hit a utility truck in George St…

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Minor Collision

National Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 2

A lorry and a car were involved in a minor, collision at the intersection of Keppel and Havannah Streets at about 5.10 p.m. on Thursday. The…

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Girl Injured in Accident

Central Western Daily · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 1

A schoolgirl received severe shock and abrasions to her left leg. when knocked off a bicycle at the intersection of Summer and Anson Streets shortly before 1 p.m. yesterday. She is Judith Turner, Dalton…

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Orange Quarry Fatality

National Advocate · Saturday 8 March 1952 · page 2

ORANGE, Friday: A married man, Gordon Henry Rundle, of Maxwell Avenue, Orange, died in the Orange Base Hospital after being crushed…

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