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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Car Accident Young Man Injured Admitted to Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1939 · page 4

As the result of a car accident on the Gulargambone-Dubbo road last night, Harold Murphy, schoolteacher, of Walgett, is in the…

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Car Accident Young Man Injured Admitted to Hospital

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

As the result of a car accident on the Gulargambone-Dubbo road on Monday night, Harold Murphy, school teacher, of Walgett, Is in the…

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Car Accident Three Young Men Injured Travelling From Gular

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

While travelling to Dubbo from Gulargambone on Monday afternoon three young men had a remarkable escape…

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Trains in Collision Sensation at Orange

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 3

An amazing escape from death was experienced by Kenneth John Bowman, a drover, of Tooloon Street, Coonamble, about 3.45 yesterday…

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Train Crash Orange Sensation Coonamble Man Severely Injured

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

Hurtled from a stationary guardsvan, where he was silting, on to the top of the engine of another train, a drover…

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Reducing Accidents on State Roads

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 2

Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to by the Road Safety Council to co-operate in the task of…

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Road Accidents Decrease in N.S.W. Minister's Statement

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 5

According to an analysis released by the Minister for Transport (Mr. M. F. Bruxner), road accidents in N.S.W. during the 11…

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Trains Collide Accident at Orange Unlucky Guard Four Smashes in Year

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 1

Railway Guard Kemp, of winge-warra Street, Dubbo, judging by his run of ill-fortune, would be wasting his money if he invested…

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Before and After Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 January 1939 · page 16

Lord Birkenhead in his early days at the Bar represented a railway company, one of whose vehicles had run down a boy. The boy's case…

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London's Accidents Decrease

The Western Herald · Friday 6 January 1939 · page 2

Accident returns for the quarter ended September 30 show that 49 fewer people were killed in the London Metropolitan area end 218…

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Fatality at Level Crossing Orange Man Killed Son Badly Injured Parkes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 4

A motor truck was run down by a train at a level crossing about half-a-mile from the Parkes railway station, last night, leading to…

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Seriously Injured Nurse Falls 100 Feet Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 January 1939 · page 1

Joan Clarice Quinn (21), nurse at the Royal Prince Alfred Rospital, fell from the seventh floor of the nurses' home at the institution this afternoon,…

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Level Crossing Fatality Father Killed—son Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 6

A terrible tragedy occurred at Parkes on Thursday night shortly after 8 o'clock, when a motor truck was run down by a train at the…

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Woman Killed Five Others Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

A woman was killed, and three children and two other women injured when a car got out of control descending the Jenolan Caves hill on…

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Stabbing Affray Three Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 January 1939 · page 1

Following a quarrel in a house about five miles from Lithgow yesterday two men and a woman were admitted…

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Girl Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 6

While being carried on a bicycle by her uncle yesterday afternoon, little Gwen Darlington (6), of 355 Darling Street, had her legs caught in the…

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Bathing Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 2

Seven-ycars-old Ron Jones, of Smith Street, made a miscalculation at the Olympic pool on Saturday night, striking his head on the edge of the…

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Unusual Accident Railwayman Loses Eye Tin Container Explodes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 January 1939 · page 1

Twenty-two years in the railway service and about to be promoted to the position of first-class driver, Mr. Peter Piper (48),…

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Two Injured Falls from Bicycles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 6

When Lance Finch's motor cycle skidded on the road as he was returning to his work at Bates' engineering works, yesterday, he was thrown to the…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning Smart Work Saves Young Girl's Life

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 January 1939 · page 3

The prompt action of several members of the Wellington Swimming Club, and the knowledge of…

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