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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Serious Accident. Lad Loses Eye

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 April 1929 · page 1

Little "Micky" Keating went to work on Wednesday morning, bright and cheerful. While attending to a planing machine at the works of…

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Boy Loses Eye Accident at Sawmill Belting Breaks Loose

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 15 April 1929 · page 3

When the belting of a planning machine broke, "Mickey" Keating received such inurics that his eye to be removed…

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Motor Fatality Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 1

Henry Shields was killed and six other persons were more or less injured when a motor car collided with a tree near Nar Nar Goon yesterday…

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Laborer Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 1

Alexander Anderson (49), laborer, was terribly injured at Hoskins' iron foundry at Waterloo this morning, whon he was pinned under, several…

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Bombala Fatality Death from Snakebite Bombala

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 April 1929 · page 1

Grace Suttor, residing with her parents at Gambaoong Station, in the Bombala district, who was bitten by, a large tiger snake on the ankle on…

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Shocking Collision Express and Goods Train Pinned Under Wreckage PARIS

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 1
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The Amsterdam Express from Paris overran the signals near Brussels and came into shocking collision with a goods train…

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Shire President's Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 April 1929 · page 4

Partculars of the accident to the Gilgandra Shire President, in Sydney, on Saturday, show that he had a most providential escape from much…

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Motor Cycle Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 2

On Saturday night, at about 9.15. an aged man named Samuel Harris, was knocked down by a motor cyclist near the Macquarie Bridge. The…

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Football More Trial Games Several Players Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 4

A good crowd was present at the Show Ground yesterday, when further trial games were played. Although it is a little soon to criticise…

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I Under Horse's Hoof Child Crushed to Death Sulky Fatality SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 22 April 1929 · page 1

'Mrs. Dominish was getting [?] silky near Camden yesterday when the [?] moved off and she fell with an eight-weeks'-old infant in Iter arms…

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Jockey Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

Albert King, an apprentice jockey, sustained concussion when his boot caught in the stirrup iron after the horse had unseated him at Randwick…

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The Search Continues Another Plane Crashes Fortunately, no Fatality Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

A radio message, received in Brisbane late last night from Aviator Bruin, says that his plane, the Atlanta, accompanied by three Air Force machines…

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Fatal Accident Fell From Engine Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

Edward O'Dunnell died in the Coast Hospital last night, from injuries received in an accident at Bunnerong power house. Deceased was standing…

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Painful Accident Factory Lad Loses Arm Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 April 1929 · page 1

Edward Little, aged 14, was extricating a piece of timber from a grating machine at the Standardised Furniture Company's factory, at Marrickville…

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An Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 25 April 1929 · page 3

A baby in a pretty frock, Broke her mother's bedroom clock, Put her little face awry, But didn't even start to cry…

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Head-on Collision On the Blue Mountains Young Woman Arrested Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 1

A sensational crash between a motor cycle outfit and a motor ear occurred on the Western Highway, between Leura and Katoomba, yesterday. In…

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Aeroplane Accidents Two in Two Days Shanghai

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 1

The second serious aeroplane accident in China within the last two days occurred here yesterday, when a Junker's seaplane, belonging to the Chinese…

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Train Accident. On Blue Mountains Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1929 · page 1

Four trucks and a brakevan of a goods train, boun from Sydney to Orange, leapt the rails near Blaxland, on the Blue Mountains, early this…

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Skiff Overturns Five Saved But Sixth Is Drowned SYDNEY

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 29 April 1929 · page 1

While a number of youths were sailing In a skiff near Sutherland the craft capsized. Five occupants swam ashore, but the other. Joseph Waller Wise,…

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