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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

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Schoolboys Injured

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 September 1936 · page 4

On Thursday last while the pupils were returning from the Mendooran Public School, two boys who were riding bicycles, Ray…

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Serious Accident School Girl Badly Injured Fell About 60ft

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 September 1936 · page 2

While walking along the coping of the old reservoir wall at the Bushranger's Creek catchment area on…

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Two Dead Fatal Collision

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 9

When a motor cycle and sidecar and a motor truck collided near Peak Hill on Sunday, Thomas Sladden (58) and Alfred Ferguson, two…

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Brain Injured Drives Vehicle Miles

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 October 1936 · page 12

Leo Gaudron, a banana-grower, drove his ear five miles to town alone, with an extensive dent in his forehead, similar to a hammer…

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Sydney Accidents Car Crash Child Drowned

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 October 1936 · page 1

Crashing into an electric light pole in Alt Street, Ashfield, last night, a car Overturned twice. Keith Cavanagh, 21, of Third-ave…

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Glider Fatality Young Man Killed Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 October 1936 · page 1

Norman McKenzie, aged 20 years, was killed instantly when his glider crashed at the aerodrome at Murray Downs, a mile…

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Cycling Is Dangerous Long List of Accidents Racing May Be Barred

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 7

Statistics presented to the traffic court committee of the Road Safety Conference this week showed that, during the year…

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DRIPSTONE Nasty Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 October 1936 · page 4

THE weather for the past week has been very drying. Some crops are beginning to show signs of being affected by the dry spell. We are…

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Found Injured Man's Serious Condition Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 October 1936 · page 1

A party of men who were walking through the bush at Booke, five miles from Cessnock, found Cyril Moffat, aged 21 years, lying…

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Car Accident Two Ladies Have Narrow Escapes

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 October 1936 · page 4

The Misses Laura and Sophia Johnston, sisters of Messrs. H. S. and H. W. Johnston, of Wuuluman, had a narrow…

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Hand Injured

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 4

Mr. R Stanford, an.emprloyee on a Government owing plant working in the district, met with a nasty accident on Wednesday morning whilst…

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Motor Accident Constable Knocked Down by Car

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 15 October 1936 · page 6

Constable Gibbs, of Baradine Police Station, met with an unfortunate accident last Thursday, when the wheel of a motor car passed…

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Drowning Fatality 12 Out of 14 Perish Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 1

Twelve persons, six of them women, and one infant boy, are believed to have been drowned when their launch foundered during a fierce…

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Seriously Injured Leg Amputated Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 1

Albert Waller, aged 35 years, was run over by a tram at Bondi yesterday. He had his right leg and hand shattered and the base of the skull…

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Damages of £l 14/15/0 Wellington Ambulance Collision Case Verdict Given Against Supt. Habler

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 4

At the Orange District Court on Friday last, before Judge Barton, Josiah Caldwell sued Henry James Habler for damages of £114 in respect of an accident which occurred 13 miles from Orange on the Molong road, when a…

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Fatal Accident Playing with Loaded Revolver Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 October 1936 · page 1

While several boys were handling a revolver which was loaded in every chamber, at Albury, it exploded. The bullet passed through the throat of…

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Painful Accident Face Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 8

Mr. W. Tremain, senr., met with a painful accident while on a visit to relatives in Orange last week. While taking a turn at a…

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Road Accidents

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 October 1936 · page 11

A recommendation that the, law should be amended to compel the drivers of vehicles involved in road accidents to furnish reports to the…

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Toll of Road Two Die in Crashes Others Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 October 1936 · page 1

Two persons lost their lives in motor car accidents yesterday morning, while two others were seriously…

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Road Accidents In New South Wales Need for Safety Emphasised

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 October 1936 · page 10

In connection with National Road Safety Week being held from October 25th to October 31st, throughout…

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