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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Shocking Fatality. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 May 1925 · page 2

Rudolph Kruzer (48) was entangled in the machinery at the Farmers and Graziers' wheat stacks yesterday, and his log was torn off. He died as the…

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Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 May 1925 · page 2

Mr. Arthur Ross had his fingers cut whilst working a planing machine this week…

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Six Seriously Injured. Trailer Leaves Rails. Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 6

A trailer attached to a converted motor truck left the rails at Swan Bridge, near Queenscliffe, and six men were seriously injured and six others…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 27 May 1925 · page 2

On Friday last, whilst roping a young bullock at his selection, Mr. J, Daley had the bad luck to be charged by the beast and as a result sustained…

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A Painful Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 2

Mr. Ray Lane, of "Carlyle," was the victim of a very painful accident recently. It appears that he was on a visit to his father's property at…

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A Painful Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 2

Mr. J. Draper, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Draper, of the Federal Hotel, and captain of the Narromine Football club, met with a painful accident at…

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Burning Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 10 June 1925 · page 2

Again it has been demonstrated that is it distinctly unwise to investigate a petrol tank with a lighted match. During Show week Mr. W. Gissel had…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 5

Arnold Harcourt Morris, aged 21, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Morris, of Cadia Road, accidentally shot himself dead on Saturday afternoon,…

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Motor and Cycle Accident. Well-known Young Man Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 June 1925 · page 2

A serious accident occurred near the junction of the old Montefiores road and the Main Western road at about 2.10 on Saturday afternoon,…

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Local and General Very Serious Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 2

It is with the profoundest regret that we have to chronicle a very painful and serious accident to Mr. J. J. Gildart, the popular representative of the…

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Motor Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1925 · page 2

Whilst motoring to a dance on Saturday night a party consisting of Messrs. Webb, Jacobson and a couple of friends met with an accident which fortunately…

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Painful Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 4

Miss Edith Thomas daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. M, Thomas, of Gilgandra, whilst returning from a football match sustained a broken…

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Polo Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 4

Mr. N. Beveridge, of Narromine, met with a slight, accident on the polo ground on Saturday, says the last issue of the "News." In a hot…

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Scalding Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 June 1925 · page 4

Joyce, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. Heaney, of Gilgandra, scalded herself with boiling water last week, and has been seriously ill in Idaleigh…

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Accident at Railway Station

Western Age · Friday 19 June 1925 · page 2

Mr. W. B. Hine, of the Meadows Tank, met with a painful accident on Tuesday at the railway station, as a result of which he is an inmate of the…

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Accident to a Lineman

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 2

A man named Dan Lurie, a member of a gang of telephone [?] operating at Neverfire recently has a need experience. He was engaged fixing the…

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Car Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 24 June 1925 · page 2

The corner of Derribong and Dandaloo—streets and the scene of what might have been a very serious accident. Mr. H. Smail, who was diving his British…

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Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 6

A painful accident occurred the other day to the youngest son Mr. A. Roge's, of Cueban. Through crushing his finger with a chain, it…

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Serious Motor Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 25 June 1925 · page 7

While Mr A. Brindley, a clerk employed in the office of Mr W. V. P. Kelly, of Wellington, was on his way from the latter town to Gilgandra, on…

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Injured by Falling Tree

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 July 1925 · page 6

A man named John Unwins, who was employed by W. E. Wykes, of Bournewood, in clearing was injured on Tuesday by the limbs of a tree,…

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