Burrendong Finger Crushed Painful Accident
A severe wind and dust storm passed over here on Friday of last week, followed by 53 points of rain. At time of writing (Monday) the…
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Accidents, 1939
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Motor Fatality. Sydney
Melbourne. James Albert John Phillips, 37, and William Stewart Ferguson, 43, were tolled and Kenneth Madely, 41, hotel licensee,…
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Kalgoorlie.—Three men were fatally gassed when they were overcome by fumes yesterday in the Western Mine at Dundas. The…
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While mustering sheep, Master Ron South was thrown heavily from his horse. His collarbone was dislocated. He was taken to Dr. Roper for…
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A sensation was caused yesterday afternoon, when it was reported that a small boy had been drowned in…
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When a car backfired and caught alight as its driver was changing gears, about 16 miles the other side of Bathurst…
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Mr. Jack Kennedy, who has a number of cars for hire, is certainly meeting with a run of bad luck, for only a short time ago he had one of…
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Max Morris (17), son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Morris, of 1 Luke Street, was thrown from his bicycle when the back wheel came into contact…
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Suffering from a probable fracture of a rib, caused when his car turned over a week ago, Mr. A. James, a commercial traveller, staying at the…
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Police Commissioner McKay and two friends had a narrow escape from drowning last night…
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The Police Commissioner (Mr. Mackay) and two friends had narrow escapes from drowning last night. It appears that he and his friends were returning from Berowra in Mackay's launch, Heather, when it collided…
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Barbara Byers (8) who lives on the unemployment reserve on the Obley. Road with her parents, fell from a bed last night while playing. She was…
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The timely arrival of relief workers at Sandy Creek, seven miles from Dubbo on the Mogriguy Road, yesterday morning…
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A quiet wedding was celebrated in Warren on Wednesday evening, when Mr. Ken Hilder was married to Miss Margaret Smith. The bridesmaid was…
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Thrown from a horse at the Muagee Show yesterday, Mr. Ted Webb, son of Mr. and Mrs, Les Webb, or Narromine, was fatally Injured, Sincere…
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A sensation was caused last night at Fulton's corner, when a car, in trying to avoid a collision with another car,…
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Bitten by a dog on Saturday, F. Collyer was treated by Dubbo Ambulance for a lacerated wound on his left leg. Mrs. W. Ball, of Hampden Street,…
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Playing at the Primary School yesterday, Harold Green (8), of Carrington Avenue, collided with two other boys. He suffered concussion and was…
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A huge wave washed Louis Thisle (20) and Eva Phillimore (19) into the sea on the south side of Terrigal yesterday afternoon. They were in a…
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Miss Eva Phillimore, 19, and Arthur Louis Thiele, 20 who were spending a holiday at Terrigal, were drowned yesterday when…
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