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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

16 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Accidental Death Riverstone Train Fatality Coroner Offers Safety Suggestions Says Present Crossing "A Menace"

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 9

THE entrance gates to the works, which are railway gates with all traffic passing over the line, are in my opinion inadequate and a menace to the users thereof," said the Hawkesbury District Coroner, Mr. H. S. Johnston, J.P., in returning a verdict of…

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Shocking Fatality Lightning Kills Child During Sunday's Storm

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 January 1942 · page 4

TO see their son killed before their eyes by a flash of lightning during the violent storm which passed over the district on…

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Truck Overturns Young Man Badly Hurt Companion Slightly Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 February 1942 · page 4

WHEN an ice delivery truck overturned on the Lower Wilberforce-road on Monday morning the driver, a well-known…

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Fatal Accidents Several During Week Other Victims Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 4 March 1942 · page 4

A VARIED and distressing series of accidents, in which several men were killed and others injured, occurred during the latter end of last…

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Accidents on District Roads One Proves Fatal

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 18 March 1942 · page 8

A FURTHER list of accidents on district roads during the past fortnight resulted in one fatality and several serious injuries, and…

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Sad Fatality Man Killed by Train at Riverstone Station

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 8 April 1942 · page 1

BEFORE the horrified eyes of a number of people on the Riverstone railway platform on Sunday evening, a well known…

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Charge Dismissed Not Driving Negligently Before Lorry Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 April 1942 · page 3

AS a sequel to a collision between two lorries on a hairpin bend at Mt. Toman, one driver appeared before the Richmond…

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Nasty Mishap Windsor Road Collision Several People Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 20 May 1942 · page 1

AS a result of an unfortunate collision on the Windsor-road during the week-end between a motor van and a horse and…

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Sad Fatality District Resident Killed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 27 May 1942 · page 1

DISTRICT friends of a popular North Richmond resident, Mr. Walter Thomas Paterson, were deeply shocked to hear of…

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Dismissed Negligent Driving Charge Follows Fatal Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 10 June 1942 · page 6

THE hearing, at the Windsor Police Court on May 29, of a charge of negligent driving, which was dismissed without the…

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Charge Fails Alleged Negligent Driving Fatal Accident Sequel

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 24 June 1942 · page 2

THE fatal accident at Kurrajong North on the evening of February 28, when a passenger in a motor vehicle was killed…

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Lorry Accident Driver Before Court Charge Dismissed

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 15 July 1942 · page 2

FOLLOWING an accident, at Bilpin on March 8, when a lorry out of control threw passengers to the roadway, the driver…

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Fatal Accident Young Man Killed Struck by Lorry

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 22 July 1942 · page 1

GENERAL regret was expressed throughout the district when the sad news became known that a widely popular…

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Car Overturns Two Occupants Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 29 July 1942 · page 1

TWO occupants were injured—one becoming a hospital case- when a car in which a family party of visitors from the city…

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Charge Fails Sequel to Accident at Richmond Court

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 21 October 1942 · page 2

FOLLOWING an accident on Penrith-road recently, when a car crashed into a fence, a motorist appeared at Richmond…

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Woman Killed Windsor Road Accident Several Others Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Wednesday 28 October 1942 · page 1

THE grave danger to pedestrians in walking on their incorrect, or left-hand, side of a road after dark, with their…

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