Succumbed To Injuries Car Accident Victim Driver Absolved From Any Blame
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 17 June 1940 · page 4
A poignant story was related in the Coroner's Court at West Wyalong into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs. Delia Gertrude Summers, aged 46, of Broken Hill. who died in the Wyalong and District Hospital, following…
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Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 24 June 1940 · page 2
Many people have said that it seems feeble at this time of war for us to strive for a reduction in road accidents in New South Wales. The saving of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Car Skidded, Overturned. Greenethorpe Party In Lucky Escape. Only One Man Injured
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 2
Early on Sunday morning a late model sedan car containing, it is believed, five passengers in addition to the driver, skidded on the Grenfell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Air Raids on Britain Four Killed, 13 Injured (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1940 · page 1
A message from London states: It is officially stated that four persons were killed, and thirteen injured, in last night's air raids…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cars Collide At Foot of Mountains Two Men Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 1
Frederick H. Harrison and Charles Keil were seriously injured when two cars collided almost head on[?] near the foot of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Returned Home Recent Accident Victim
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 1
Mrs. R. Harris, one of the victims of a recent motor accident on the Marsde[?] Road, near West Wyalong, who sustained a deep gash in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seaplane crashes Accident Near Lockhart Crew Escapes Injury
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 July 1940 · page 1
When making a landing in a cultivation paddock near Napier siding, three miles south-east of Lookhart about midday on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →General War Cables Reynaud Injured LONDON
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 July 1940 · page 3
Reports by the Rome radio and from Bordeaux state that the former Premier of France, M. Paul Reynaud, was seriously injured in a motor accident…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cyclists Accident Rate Increases An Appeal and a Warning
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 July 1940 · page 4
Although the registration of motor cycles has decreased in recent months, the accident rate for this group of road users has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bull Slaughtered Not Shot by Policeman Orange Goring Fatality
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1940 · page 3
The Jersey bull which killed Mr. Sylvester Ellis, 70, last week, was not shot by a policeman, as reported over the air a few days ago, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burning Accident Victim. Death In Hospital
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 11 July 1940 · page 2
Clifford Angus Sciflett (18), who received dreadful injuries when his kerosene saturated clothing became ignited last Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Damages Claim Result of Motor Accident SLY v. JONES
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 July 1940 · page 6
In the local District Court on Tuesday, before Judge Shortland and a jury of four, George Sty proceeded against Cornelius Ryan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Constable Injured by Soldiers at Maitland Admitted to Hospital (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 July 1940 · page 1
Constable Lee Gallagher was attacked by several soldiers in High Street the main thoroughfare of Maitland, on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sad Fatality Farmer Found Dead Shortly After Death of Wife
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 July 1940 · page 1
Ten days after the recent death of his wife Mr. Charles Henry Amey was found dead in one of the paddocks of his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents Still Wrecking Homes
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 22 July 1940 · page 4
In three days last week seven children were rendered fatherless because of road accidents. Here we have painful corroboration of the fact that road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lithgow. Drowning Accident
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 25 July 1940 · page 3
Clad in a pair of silk pyjamas, a man dived into 12ft. of water at the S.A.F. swimming pool late on Friday afternoon of last week to rocover the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Accidental Shooting Fatality. Tragic Ending of 12-Year Old Girl Intense General Sympathy for Bereaved Ones
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 1 August 1940 · page 2
Residents of Condobolin were shocked beyond expression on Monday night as the sad news spread that a dreadful tragedy had occurred at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycle Fatality Girl Dies After Fall Struck Head on Post
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 August 1940 · page 1
The death occurred at the Forbes District Hospital at an early hour on Wednesday morning, from cerebral haemorrhage, of June Patricia…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mother and Son Killed. Five Others Injured. Car Into Creek Near Canowindra
The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 2
A woman was killed instantly and her son fatally injured yesterday afternoon when a sedan car in which they were travelling crashed near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Many Lives Lost In Accidents
Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 5 August 1940 · page 3
Deaths in road accidents in this State have been increasing each week until at the end of July the position was nearly as serious when the figures…
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