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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Young Woman Hurled Through Windscreen Straying Stock Menace Causes Another Car Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 3

Straying stock on the main roads were responsible for another car accident on Monday night last,…

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Wellington District News. Exclusive News Cumnock Straying Stock Again Accidents Narrowly Averted Nuisance Should be Ended

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 May 1939 · page 4

Mr. H. Sando, Engineer of the Amaroo Shire, returned from a business trip to Sydney on Saturday last…

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Road Safety. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales). Skids Cause Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 26 May 1939 · page 2

Road accident reports from country centres for last month indicate that a high proportion was due'to skidding and in the coming…

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Head on Collision Young Man Killed Melbourne

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 1

A terrific head-on collision between a motor car and motor cycle took place at Caulfield, the result being…

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[?]Uel to Accident [?]ar Hire Proprietor Fined Failed to Inspect Licence

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 May 1939 · page 4

A fine of only 2/-, with [?] costs, was imposed on J. Kennedy by Mr. R. Donaldson, P.M., at Wellington…

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Western District Centers Narromine School Concert Attracts Large Crowd Boy Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

Another crowded house greeted the repeat school concert, in the Town Hall on Friday night, many seeing it for the second, time…

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Tear Gas Bomb Explodes in Theatre Twenty Injured I.R.A. Responsible? London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 1

Twenty persons were taken to hospital following the explosion of a tear gas bomb in a theatre in Liverpool. Witnesses state…

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Accidents At Corners. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 6

"A most unsatisfactory feature of the statistics compiled in the Department of Road Transport is the large number of accidents due to the…

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Car Capsized Accident on Bogan Road

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 May 1939 · page 2

Internal injuries, small abrasions to left arm and lace, and shock were the injuries sustained by Mr. L. Holmes (33), of Narromine,…

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Submerged Skiff Found Occupant Supposed To Be Drowned SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

The police last night discovered a partly submerged skiff in the water near the East Esplanade, Manly…

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Children Injured School Collapses After Gas Explosion Baberton (Ohio)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 1 June 1939 · page 1

A gas explosion at a school injured at least 49 children, six critically. The injured were trapped when the walls of the building collapsed…

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Accident Cases

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1939 · page 6

John Mills (9), or 6 Wingewarra Street, had a splinter removed from his leg by the Ambulance yesterday. Mr. Davey, of the Dubbo Builders'…

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Nyngan Accident Victims Four Admitted to Hospital Man's Leg Broken

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 6

As a result of a head-on collision between a car and a motor cycle near MuLengudgery on Saturday night, Mr. Amery, of Trangie, is in…

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Lucky Escape Tom Wotton in Car Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 9

Mr. Allen Jones, a well-known commission agent, of Dubbo, and Messrs. Tom Wotton, of Wellington, E. Oddy, grazier, of…

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Winter Danger Road Accident Causes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 10

Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks…

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Maryvale Straying Stock Causing Many Accidents Should Be Removed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 June 1939 · page 4

During the latter part of last week very beneficial rain fell, falls registering round about the half inch. The grass and wheat have made a…

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Football Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1939 · page 2

Bob Montgomery, while taking part in yesterday's football match against Parkes, received a severe injury to his shoulder when he was tackled…

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Two Injured Flying Boat Partially Submerged at Calcutta Calcutta

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1939 · page 1

The Empire flying boat, Centurian, bound from Sydney to London, was landing this evening when a sudden squall lifted the tail, causing the…

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Fire Engine in Collision Fireman Injured Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 1

A fire engine collided with a car at the intersection of Euston Road and Huntley Street, Alexandria, last night…

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Nasty Accident Eye Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 June 1939 · page 8

Mr. N. Housler, while playing football on Sunday last, sustained a nasty kick in the eye, and was immediately taken to the local hospital, and then…

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