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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

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Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 31 January 1929 · page 2

As the result of a riding accident. Mr. T. Roberts director of the Dubbo P. P. Board and a member of the Tin[?]brebongie Shire Council, was admitted…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

Mr. Jack McMahon, an employee Trangie Station, met with a painful accident on Thursday of last week, when he sustained injuries to the arm…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 February 1929 · page 5

On Saturday last Mr. Sam Taylor, overseer on "Peop-o'-Day" Station, 19 miles from Tottenham, was proceeding from the homestead to the…

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Body Identified the Dobroyd Fatality Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Monday 4 February 1929 · page 1

The body of the fisherman who was drowned off Dobroyd Point on Saturday afternoon has been identified as John Lutge, 63 years of age…

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Run Down by Train. One Killed, One Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

Edward Ryland (42) and J. Davie (43), were shockingly injured when run down by a train near Oatley station last night. They wore working on the…

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Latest Telegrams. Heavy Storms. Sydney Drenched. Numerous Accidents. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1929 · page 1

A severe thunderstorm passed over the city and suburbs last night, during which considerable damage was done. Many streets in the eastern suburbs…

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Sudden Storm. [?] of Fencing Washed Away, Stock Drowned

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 9

[?]f the severest rain and hail [?]s experienced in the Wel[?] district passed over on Tuesday [?]ernoon, between two and…

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Men Overcome by Exhaustion; One Injured LATER

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 1

Further details of the disastrous fire at Coonamble show that four men were overcome by the heal and exhaustion, and another was badly injured…

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Wuuluman District Received Brunt of Storm Hundreds of Sheep Drowned

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 9

The fury of the storm appears to have spent itself in and around the Wuuluman district, where the destruction wrought by hail and floods…

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Cars Collide On Western Road Two Persons Badly Injured Sydney

Western Age · Thursday 7 February 1929 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

As the result of a collision between two motor cars, near Penrith, last night, Frank Grives (58) and his wife were both badly injured. They were picked…

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Airmen Injured. a Head-on Motor Collision. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 1

Four members of the Air Force were injured this morning in a head-on collision near Laverton. A. C. Richardson received a lacerated face and knee…

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Dubbo District News. Narromine. Motor Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 5

Mr. W. Cale and a couple of pals had a rather unpleasant experience when returning from Dubbo on Tuesday last. It appears that all went…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 February 1929 · page 5

A lad named Len MacKenzie had the misfortune to fracture his arm as the result of a fall from a motor lorry…

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Car Accident

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 February 1929 · page 2

On Wednesday night last Messrs B. Davis and Reg Bye had the misfortune to strike an alignment post on Walkden's Plain, owing to the dusty…

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Unusual Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

James Cumin (16) and a companion were about to dive off a piece of rock on the bank of the Woronora River yesterday, when…

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Motor Lorry Fatality Stroud

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

When a motor lorry skidded and overturned, near Stroud on Saturday night, John Thomas Parsons (20) was killed and his companion,…

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Fatality at Mascot Aerodrome. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 February 1929 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at Mascot aerodrome yesterday afternoon, when a machine piloted by H. B. Appleyard fell a distance of 300…

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Motor Car Accident. Two Men Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 6

A little after 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a most extraordinary motor car accident, resulting in injury to two men, occurred on the Wellington…

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Migrant Lad Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1929 · page 1

A message from Wingham states that an immigrant lad named Muttall was swimming across the river on the Upper Manning when he sank and was…

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