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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Head-on Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 January 1926 · page 1

A head-on collission occurred on the Orange Road on Friday between cars driven by Mr. L. Wood and Mr. Priddle, shire engineer of Cumnock. Mrs…

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Supposed Drowning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 6

Word was received in town this morning, by the local police, of a fatality, which points to a man drowned in a big dam at Curra Creek,…

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Motor Collision

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 6

On New Year's Day, a motor fatality was narrowly averted on the Molong Road, near Wellington. Mr. E. W. Priddle, shire engineer at…

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The Recent Motor Fatality. Inquest Concerning the Death of Mr. Alex Chrystal

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 January 1926 · page 7

Yesterday morning the District Coroner held an inquiry concerning the death of Mr. Alex Chrystal, which took place as the result of a…

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Met with an Accident

Western Age · Friday 8 January 1926 · page 2

Mr. George Andrews, for many years a resident of Cobar, but now residing in Sydney, is confined to his bed as the result of an accident. His…

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Curra Creek Mystery Solved. Supposed Drowned Man Turns Up

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1926 · page 2

The mystery surrounding the supposed death of Francis J. Wiggin, was solved on Friday morning, when the alleged drowned man returned…

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Motor Car Accident. Two Men Seriously Injured

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

On december 24th between 7 and 8 p.m. two mon. A.C. Walton and A.c. Laws, were knocked down by a car in Dandaloo street, Narromine. opposite…

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Painful Burning Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

Mrs. T. Larking, of Trangic district, was the victim of a rather painful accident during the holiday it appears that an expiosion of Petrol occurred at…

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Motor Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1926 · page 2

What have been a much more 1 serious motor accident occurred at the railway crossing at dandaloo—street on december 22. it appears the railway…

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Motor Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 6

Another sad fatality occurred on the Gulgong road on Tuesday last in which Mrs. Brady, of Gulgong, was killed. Together with her…

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Nearly Drowned

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 8

On Wednesday, December 6, 1879, a party of lads were bathing in the Castlereagh, and one of them, Carl Hansen, stepped into a hole where…

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Another Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 8

We are sorry to hear that Mr. J. Page, assistant to the post and telegraph master here, who was spending a month's holiday at Billeroi, in…

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Scalding Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 5

One of Mr. and Mrs. V. Meers young daughters at Collie scalded: her foot last week through pulling a kettle of boiling water over herself…

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Neck Broken. Motor Cycle Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 7

When Charles Richard James MeKeough was returning to Dubbo about 6 p.m on his motor cycle on Tuesday evening he fell and was picked up…

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NYNGAN. Painful Accident

Western Age · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

A distressing and serious accident happened on Monday to Miss Ruby Greentree, who lives at Mr. P. M. Field's residence, "Tubba Villa,"…

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District News. Nyngan. Painful Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 3

A distressing and serious accident ha[?] on Monday to Miss Ruby Greentree who lives at Mr. P. M. Field's residence, "Tubba Villa"…

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Peculiar Burning Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1926 · page 4

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Shocking Motor Fatality

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 4

Gulgong, in the midst of White Train celebrations, was deeply shocked on Tuesday when it became known that Mrs. Johannah Bradly, wife of…

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Accidents

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

Yesterday there were a couple of accidents at the baths, which fortunately did not turn out seriously, though they might easily have done…

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Accident to Cudgegong Shire Engineer

The Wellington Times · Monday 25 January 1926 · page 2

After being injured in a motor accident near Windeyer on Saturday, Mr. J. Muir, the Cudgegong Shire Engineer, crawled several hundred…

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