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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Late Telegrams Determined Suicide. Shot and Drowned. SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 2

Robert Williams, a resident of Rydalmere, after bring a revolver ballet into his chest last night. Jumped into the Parrumatta River and was…

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Motor Cycle and Lorry Crash. Woman and Child Seriously Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1928 · page 4

Mrs. Winifred Hodgson received concussion of the brain and fractures of the left arm and thigh and right leg, and her infant, aged 8 months, a…

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Burning Fatality at Dubbo

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 17 May 1928 · page 3

A terrible fatality took place on May 3, about half-past 11, when Linda Johnson, aged 74, living by herself in a four-roomed cottage in…

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Man Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 5

A man named Carmody, employed on Derribong Station, was in the act of [?]lling a tree, when it fell across him [?] cause injuries which necessitated…

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An Electric Shock. Injured Man in Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 6

Whilst assisting to remove a steel column at the Power Station yesterday in connection with the extension of the engine room now in progress, Mr. E…

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Car and Motor Cycle Collide. Cyclist Badly Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 6

A serious accident occurred about 7.15 on Wednesday morning, When Clarence Fitzgerald, a resident of Nyngan, rode a Harley Davidson motor bike out of…

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Recent Car Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 18 May 1928 · page 6

In last Friday's "Dispatch" we recorded a ear accident between cars drive by Mr. I. Westhorpe and Mr. Moody, on the Narromine road, Mr…

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Mr. Dunn, M.l.a., Injured in Tram Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 2

On Tuesday night of last week, Mr. Dunn, M.L.A., caught a George Street tram at Circular Quay, and whilst reading a paper the tram…

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Fatal Motor Accident Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 21 May 1928 · page 2

Robert Godbee, while passing through Springwood on his way to Sydney, was killed instantly, when his car skidded into a gutter on the…

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Two Injured. Motor Lorry Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

A serious motor accident happened on the road two miles on the Mudgee side of Gulgong on Sunday afternoon, resulting in injuries to Mr. Pat…

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A Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 7

A two-year-old child named Keith [?]wles had a narrow escape from [?]wning in the creek at Young last week. The little chap fell into four…

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Fatally Injured. Run Down by Railway Trucks. SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

Joseph Shields (19) a seaman, was walking along the railway line at Port Krembla last night, when he was run down by a number of trucks, which…

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N.S.W. Lady Injured. Eye Has to be Removed. Calcutta

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

Mrs. R. Gibson wife of the Mayor of Newcastle, N.S.W., was the victim of an outrage at Colomobo, when a mob of strikes attacked a party of…

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Riding Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 7

While rounding up some horses on his father's property, "Rochelle," at Tomingley, the other side of Peak Hill, last week Mr Jack Millthorpe, of Parkes…

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Motor Lorry Accident Dubbo Man Has Jaw Bro[?]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 4

A serious motor lorry accident pened about two miles on the side of Gulgong on Sunday after when Mr. Pat McGee brother…

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Motor Cycle Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

A man named Theodore Anderson, riding a motor cycle, collided broadside on with a Dodge ear driven by Mr. W. Craig, of Newtown, yesterday, and…

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Street Motor Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 22 May 1928 · page 2

A narrow escape from a serious collision was averted at the corner of Cobhorah and Fitzroy streets on Sunday Mr. P. Irvine was turning from…

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Fatally Injured. Run Down by Railway Trucks

Western Age · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 4

Joseph Shields (19) a seaman was walking along the railway line at Port Kembla on Monday night when he was run down by a number of trucks which…

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Accident to Mr. M. P. Kennedy

Western Age · Thursday 24 May 1928 · page 2

On Friday last, Mr. Malcolm P. Kennedy met with a very painful accident, which resulted in both bonus in his right forearm being broken, facial…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 9

A serious motor cycle accident occurred on the Orange Road on Saturday afternoon, in which two young Bathurst men were the unfortunate victims…

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