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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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Road Accidents

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 16 June 1938 · page 4

"A bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied."…

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Attacked by Bandit Man Badly Injured Melbourne, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 June 1938 · page 1

Attacked while carrying a £40 payroll, Harry Sherman, an employee of E. J. Doyle, marine dealer of Abbotsford, was badly injured by a bandit…

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Turfman Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

MR. ALLAN COOPER, Well-known Sydney racehorse owner, who was injured at Brisbane when his car collided with a tram…

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Accident Victims Dubbo Ambulance Cases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

When he fell over at the river bank on Sunday, James Hasson (67) suffered a large lacerated wound on his left leg. He was conveyed by the Ambulance to…

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Two Men Injured When Kicked by Horses

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 5

Two men were injured in the Dubbo district yesterday as a result of having been kicked by horses…

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Seriously Injured Man Who Walked in Sleep Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 1

Walking in his sleep last night, Ray Ebzery. (33) broke down a wooden fence at his flat at Manly, and fell 30 feet to a garden bed. He sustained severe…

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Accidental Death Verdict at Inquest Late F. J. Smith

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 4

"That Frederick Joseph Smith, on the Mendooran-Tooraweenah road, about one mile from Tooraweenah, on the 11th…

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Accident Victim Wanders Aimlessly for Several Hours Smash Near Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 1

Jeffrey Thos. Finn (26), who was admitted to the Dubbo District Hospital on Tuesday night as a result of injuries received…

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Car Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 6

Whilst returning to Bugaldie one night this week a car, driven by Mr. Henry Shaw, who was accompanied by Mr. Irwan, ran off the road and…

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An Unusual Case Hospital Board Meets Accident Claim

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 2

An unusual claim under the industrial scheme was recognised by the Coonabarabran District Hospital Board last week. Mr. Schwager,…

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Road Accidents Modern Transport

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 23 June 1938 · page 3

How many people realise that the present generation travel on the average about ten times as quickly as those of SO to 60 years ago, and the…

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Girl Bride's Death Manslaughter Charge Sequel To Fatal Car Accident Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 June 1938 · page 6

At the conclusion of the inquest into the death of Mrs. Joyce Ellen Glover (18), wife of the 15-years-old Arthur Glover, from whom she was living…

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Car Smash Man Critically Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 1

With both lower legs fractured and head badly lacerated, Robert W. Anderson (38), an unemployed traveller, was shockingly injured when…

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Accidental Death

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 June 1938 · page 3

A coronial enquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. Oliver Leslie Cook, who died as a result of injuries received in a…

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Sydney Girl Killed in America Companion Injured Los Angeles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1

Peggy Murray, of Sydney, was killed and a companion. Patricia Tebbult (19). of Sydney, gravely injured when their car overturned at Wickenburg…

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Accident Victims District Ambulance Cases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1

Ambulance treatment was received by Noel Madgewick (13), of Chelmsford Street, for lacerations to his thumb, caused when cutting wood on…

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Bathurst Fatality Young Man's Death

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 5

A terrible motor fatality occurred at Bathurst last night when a young man named Ron Jenkins, aged 21 years, was drowned, and his…

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Painful Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 4

Mr. "Bill" Roach, of Iris Street, Gilgandra, had the misfortune to suffer a very painful accident on Monday morning last, whilst engaged…

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Accident Victim Wanders Aimlessly For Several Hours

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 7

Jeffrey Thos. Finn (26), who was admitted to the Dubbo District Hospital on Tuesday night, last week, as a result of injuries…

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Shocking Accident Small Child Severs Finger with Axe Whilst Playing in Yard

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 30 June 1938 · page 1

A shocking accident occurred in Gilgandra at about lunch time on Monday, when Colleen, 2A-year-old daughter of…

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