Big Fall of Earth One Man Injured Others Have Narrow Escapes
On Friday morning last three employees of the Wellington Municipal Council had a narrow escape from death…
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Accidents, 1939
430 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 16 of 22
A Nasty Accident
Mr. R. Bourke, junior gardener at Cameron Park, met with a painful accident last week. He was digging round some of the rose bushes, when…
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A length of the wire-netting fence enclosing the Sports Ground, on the Wingewarra Street boundary, adjacent to the Pire Station, was responsible for…
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Treading on a broken bottle on Saturday, Kevil Catlin (6), of River Street, North Dubbo, suffered a lacerated toe. Lance Finch (20) of McDonald Street,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shooting Fatality On District Property Accidental Death, Says Coroner Boy Ran in Front of Target
That Robert Michael George, young son of Mr. and Mrs. M. R. George, of "Glen Alvic," Collie Road, had crossed in front of a target just ns a shot was fired from a mound 325 yards away, was a statement made at Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Show Accident Lady Rider Hurt in Local Hunt
Mrs. J. Wes[?]n, who is more familiarly known to Show patrons; as Miss Adelaide Aldeuman, was involved in a nasty accident on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on Timor Road Five Sustain Donor Injuries
A car, driven by Mr. Jack Ward, of Coonabarabran, ran off the road and dropped into a deep washout, at the 3½ mile on the Timor Road,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian Drowned Attempted to Rescue Men Caught in Undertow Canberra
A private cable received at Canberra announced that Stanley Garthside (36), a member of the division of economic entomology of the Council of Scientific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Versions Of Car Collision Alleged Negligent Driving Charge Fails Motorist Discharged
Two different versions of an accident which occurred on July 1, near the intersection of Church and Darling Streets, were told at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Fatality. Sydney
Melbourne—As a result of an explosion near the hundred feet level at the New Chum Mine, Long Gully, Golin Rimes a married man…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burning Fatality Mother and Son's Fate Sydney
Mrs. Arthur Johnson, aged 75 years, and her son, Arthur Johnson, aged 50 years, were burned to death in a fire which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cows Electrocuted On Dairy Farm Unusual Accident Tamat
When the earth wire from an electric motor driving milking machine became entangled around the leg of a cow at a Tumut dairy,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Trotting Spill Mr. J. Christian Injured
An accident occurred just after the commencement of the Show Handicap Trot, and resulted in Mr. J. Christian, of Gilgandra,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Car Accident Near Eumungerie Local Ladies Have Narrow Escape
Whilst proceeding to Dubbo pn Monday mprning last, Mrs. P. Priddle, who was accompanied by her young daughter and…
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While working at the dredge on the Macquarie River, yesterday one of the employees named Thomas Wasson met with a painful accident…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boiler Fatality
William Johns, 23, and Ernest Jaeger, who were among the six men injured when the steam pit burst under the turbine boiler…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Injured in Fall District Ambulance Cases
Alexander Simpson (66), a returned soldier, employed at Mr. Druitt's farm, at Brocklehursst, was admitted to the Dubbo District Hospital yesterday…
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Miss Grace Gibson, aged 19 years, and Henry Pearce, aged 23, were fatally injured when a motor car struck a telegraph post near St. Mary's on…
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Joan Coyne, of 72 Gipps Street, severed the top of her left thumb while using a bread-cutting machine on Saturday. She received first aid at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality Coroner's Inquest Accidental Death
That Mark Brady McQuillen (33) met his death accidentally, while apparently standing on the step of a slowly-moving' engine in…
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