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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Polo Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 May 1926 · page 8

While taking part in a practice Dolor game at Murrungundi on Sunday last, Mr. Len Cameron met with a painful accident, which will put…

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Of Interest to Motorists the Accident Problem

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 14 May 1926 · page 6

In the back of his own mind every motorist who thinks at all knows that even 'hough he may be deservedly credited with boing a careful driver,he…

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Painful Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 19 May 1926 · page 2

A few days ago a young man named Jacobson met with a painful accident, sustaining a dislocated wrist. He was working on the new picture show…

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Collision

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 5

On Monday afternoon a collision between a motor car driven by Mr. R. Buckley, of Tooraweenah, and a motor cycle ridden by Mr. Jas…

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Car Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 6

Alfred Jones and Roberl Allen are in hospital, in a serious condition as the result of a motor car accident on the Gilgandra road, 10 miles from…

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Peculiar Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 20 May 1926 · page 7

J. Edwards, an employee of the Western Stores at Narromine, will be more careful in future when he is operating a bacon-cutter. He…

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Picnic Race Visitors in Motor Car Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 May 1926 · page 2

Three visitors to the Wellington picnic races last week met with a motor car accident whilst returning home on Thursday. Fortunately they all…

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Motor Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 26 May 1926 · page 2

A party of motorists consisting of Mrs. L. Haley of "Tokouna," Wimbleton. Mr. Grainger, of Rockley and Mr. Durack, of Bathurst, had a…

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Motor Cars in Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 2

Two cars came into collision at the intersection of Warne and Percy Streets, about nine o'clock on Saturday night. Mr. Herbert Reinhard…

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Two Fingers Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 2

Colin McConnell, aged two years, has started life with a thrill that should always remind him in years to come that it is dangerous to play…

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Wellington Alderman in Motor Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 2

Shortly after 2 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, a motor accident occurred on the Wellington road, in the vicinity of Clydebank Hospital,…

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Remarkable Car Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 31 May 1926 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher and their son, of Griffiths, in the Yanco area, had a miraculous escape from a serious accident on the Great Western…

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Flying Fatality. Point Cook Trainee Killed. Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 June 1926 · page 6

The fourth aerial fatality this year occurred at Point Cook flying school yesterday, when Aubrey Percival (20), of Caulfield, was killed. Shortly after…

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Football Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 June 1926 · page 6

During the progress of the football match between Dederang and Bethungra, John Thomas Tankard, 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry…

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Big Railway Smash. Five Killed, Many Injured. Brisbane Express Derailed. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 11 June 1926 · page 6

The Sydney Brisbane express, which left Sydney at 3.30 o'clock yesterday afternoon, was derailed between Togar and Aberdeen, about ten o'clock last…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 2

On Monday afternoon last the news passed round town that a young man named Thomas Mahoney had been drowned in the river below the water…

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Railway Accident near Scone. Train Crashes Through Viaduct. Eight Persons Killed Thirty Injured. Sydney

The Western Herald · Saturday 12 June 1926 · page 2

A dreadful railway disaster occurred last sight when the Brisbane express, which left Sydney yesterday afternoon left the line between Aberdeen and…

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Injured Footballers

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 5

The game between Waratahs and Narromine was not without its accidents, despite the friendly spirit in which the game was contested…

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Car Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 June 1926 · page 2

At about six o'clock on Monday evening last, William Cassidy was knocked down by a motor car, containing three men. One of the front…

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Drowning Fatality. Body Recovered

The Western Herald · Saturday 19 June 1926 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon last at 5.30 p.m., the body of the late Mr Thomas Mahoney was recovered at the Blue Rocks, at back of the site…

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