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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Unfortunate Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 10

Mr. Dave Starr was unfortunate enough in having a fall from his horse last week whilst trying to head a bullock. The horse stumbled and threw…

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Accident to Mr. M. P. Kennedy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 May 1928 · page 8

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

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Racing Fatality at Byra

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 May 1928 · page 2

At the Byre races last Saturday a fatal accident happened which resulted in the death of a jockey named Renzie Marks. This boy had…

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Accident at Dance

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 May 1928 · page 2

Whilst enjoying himself at the Juvenile dance in the Empire Hall on Thursday night last, Master Harold Sutton (13), son of Mr. and…

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Motor Accident. Car with Three Men Capsizes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1928 · page 4

Mr. Norman Lay, whose address is c/o. Harry Sutton, Talbragar-street, met with a motor accident last Sunday night about 9 o'clock, that has laid him…

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Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.l.a., Again Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 8

About a fortnight ago Mr. W. F. Dunn, M.L.A., met with an accident through alighting from a tram in George Street, Sydney, before it…

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Accident to Rev. S. G. Drummond

Western Age · Thursday 31 May 1928 · page 2

Returning to Manly from seeing one of his many afflicted friends back to the Far West the Rev. S. G. Drummond was knocked over by a motor…

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Motor Cycle and Car Collide. Man Killed and One Injured. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 6

A motor cycle ridden by E. Hirkes, 20, with Alfred Kells, 24, on the back, collided with a motor car in Kew last night. Hirkes was killed outright, and…

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Riding Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 June 1928 · page 5

Mr. H. Sicard, son of Mr. and Mrs. S. Sicard, of Geurie, received a nasty fall whilst riding his pony on Saturday morning last. The pony fell…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 June 1928 · page 2

We are sorry to hear that Mr Jack Mitchell met with a severe accident on Monday last, as the result of being thrown from a horse at Winbar…

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Terrible Motor Fatality. Woman Burned to Death. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 2

At Frankston yesterday a train struck a motor car in which were Mrs. Beatrice Adam, 44, and Ernest John Adam, 45, and hurled it with terrific force against…

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Orvieto in a Gale. Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 2

The steamer Orvieto, which arrived in Melbourne, from London, encountered heavy gales in the Right and was struck by mountainous seas. Many…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 2

On Saturday night last word reached the local police that a man named Charles Muir, aged 45, had been drowned, near the Wool Scour. It…

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Shocking Fatality. Death of Little Myra Garnsey. Clothes Accidentally Catch Alight

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 5

An hour or so before little Myra Garnsey died on Sunday night last she sweetly sang "God and Flowers." She said…

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Local Jottings. Injured in Fall

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 June 1928 · page 8

Byrant, the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Such, of Gisborne Street, met with a painful accident in a very simple manner. He was…

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Collision on Bourke Hill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 6

There was a collision between two cars near the top of Bourke Hill on Wednesday evening but nobody was injured though both cars were…

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Shocking Burning Fatality. Little Girl Loses Her Life

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 8

A burning accident of a particularly shocking character occurred at Narromine on Saturday morning, when Myra Mavis Garnsey, a bright and intelligent…

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Coronial Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 8

Mr. G. F. Cox, J.P. (Coroner) held an inquiry at the Police Office on Wednesday morning into the circumstances surrounding the death of Myra Mavis…

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Boy's Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1928 · page 11

While engaged in sowing wheat recently, and in manipulating the seed drill, which was being hauled by a tractor, Master Les. Craft, son of Mr…

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Accident in Local Railway Yards Shunter's Right Foot Crushed

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 2

Fred Bakderstone (23) met wth a terrible accident whilst carrying out shunting operations in the local railway yards at about ten minutes past…

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