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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

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Car Collision at Canowindra Canowindra

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 1

Two motor cars collided near the racecourse, and Mr. W. G. McCarren, one of the passengers, was seriously injured in the head and back. The…

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Fatal Accident

Western Age · Friday 28 September 1923 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

An accident, which caused the death of Mr. Clyde Davis, aged 24, and a resident of Spring Hill, occurred between Spring Hill and…

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Riding Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 October 1923 · page 2

Mr. John McHugh, who resides with his sister, Mrs. Woods, on tho main Western road, met with a severe accident on Thursday afternoon last. He…

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Injured Ankle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1923 · page 4

Mr. George Wilkins met with a painful accident on Tuesday evening last. He was inspecting a car at Mr. Stowart's garage when he inadvertently…

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Detonator Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1923 · page 4

Mr. Sidney Stanford, 18 years of age, was removed to Nurse Todd's private hospital, Orange, yesterday, suffering from a seriously injured hand,…

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Nearly an Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 October 1923 · page 4

The other night the Municipal inspector and the overseer of works were standing at a corner of one of our streets, having a confidental chat, when…

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TRAN[?]IE. Painful Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 October 1923 · page 3

Mr. R. Sutton met with a very painful accident on Wednesday afternoon by having his hand severely burnt in attempting to extinguish a fire at his…

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Painful Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 October 1923 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mr. Thomas Bell, who has a small farm near Dubbo, met with a very painful accident in the yard of the Court House Hotel. He…

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Crushed Between Buffers Young Man Seriously Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 October 1923 · page 4

A terrible accident occurred at the local railway yards about midnight on Tuesday last, as a result of which a young man named Kenneth O'Leary…

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Motor Car Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 6

This morning an inquiry was commenced at the Dubbo Court House into the death of William Bult at Dubbo on the 16th September last, as the result…

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A Frightful Accident

Western Age · Friday 19 October 1923 · page 1
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Charles Paterson, an employee of the Commonwealth Portland Cement Co., had his leg caught in the screw of a machine, and the foot and lower…

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Dubbo Motor Fatality. Death of William Bult

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 4

At the Coroner's Court this morning Mr. G. Meeson, P.M., held an inquiry into the origin of the death of William Bult on the 16th September, 1923…

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Death of William Bult Motor Car Fatality. J. Coyne Committed for Trial

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 October 1923 · page 4

On Friday an inquiry was opened at the Dubbo Court House into the death of William Bolt at Dubbo on the 16th September last, as the result of a…

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Shunting Yard Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 November 1923 · page 8

Yesterday Mrs. Saunders, of Carrington Avenue, received word that her son, Stan, had met with an accident in the shunting yard at Enfield, where he is…

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Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 November 1923 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Brewarrina on Thursday at about 4 p.m. The victim was Miss Rose Gillespie (21), the daughter of Mr. and Mrs…

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Cab Driver Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 November 1923 · page 2

On Saturday evening -- Parish, a cab- driver, met with an accident. He was driving along Wingewarra-street, and the horse shied at a large drum,…

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Fatal Drowning Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 November 1923 · page 2

Says Narromine "News".—News was received on Friday evening that a little boy, Cecil Harold, son of Mr. S. Barling had been drowned in a…

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Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 November 1923 · page 8

Clifford E. Clyne (18), a resident of Lithgow, was drowned in peculiar circumstances, in the Fish River, near Gernalla, a small village in the…

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