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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1939

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Road Accidents. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 1

The Minister for Transport Mr. Bruxner, states. that during 1938 there will be a reduction in the number of road accidents in the…

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Car Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 31 March 1939 · page 4

Prior to reaching Nyngan last Sunday morning the car containing the Bourke delegates to the meeting at Warren, Messrs H…

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Boy Fatally Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 April 1939 · page 1

Donald Anderson, aged 14 years, of Cross Roads, Ingleburn, was fatally injured on the Hume Highway, Liverpool, last night…

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Old Man Charged with Murder Wellington Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

At the conclusion of an inquest at Wellington into the death of John Roderick Larkin (54), the Deputy Coroner (Mr. H. Lord)…

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Children Drowned Car Trapped In Flooded Creek Parkes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

Two children were drowned when a car was caught in a flooded creek near Parkes on Sunday night. Their parents and two…

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Air Dash in Vain. Young Man Dies at Narromine. Accident at Brewarrina

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

Following an accident at Wooloomaringal Station, near Brewanins, on Wednesday, Sydney Fred Ashburner, aged 23…

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Accident Toll 309 Die in Victoria in Three Months Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 April 1939 · page 1

From New Year's Day to last Friday, 309 persons lost their lives victoria in road, drowning and fire accidents. It was the worst three months…

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Girls Terrible Injuries Motor Cycle and Car Collision SYDNEY

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1

Phyllis Gough, aged 18 years, and Oscar Whiteman, aged 29 years, were injured last night when a motor…

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Case Wellington Alluvials Claim for Compensation Echo of Herbert Keogh Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

The second case at the Workers' Compensation Court in Wellington on Tuesday was that of…

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Digger Spirit Move to Assist Injured Comrade by Putting in Crop

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 1

A meeting of Gilgandra Diggers has been convened for 3 p.m. on Saturday next to discuss the question of…

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Story of Triple Drowning in Creek Man's Heroic Rescue Attempts Car Caught by Huge Wall of Water

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 5

How a Manildra fanner risked his life to save six people who were trapped in their sedan car by flood-waters in the Mandagery Creek, on the night of March 10, was described at an inquest at Cudal into the deaths of Florence Gordon, her daughter, Nan…

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Serious Accident Mr. Bruce Lithgow Badly Burnt When Kerosene Fumes Exploded

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 4

One of our well known residents, Mr. Bruce Lithgow, met with a serious accident on Friday last, as the result of which…

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Parents Killed Cost of Road Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 April 1939 · page 13

Last Easter a man, his wife, and two children were motoring along one of the State Highways to bring home for the…

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Parents Killed. Cost Of Road Accidents

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 7 April 1939 · page 4

Last Easter a man, his wife and two young children were motoring along one of the State Highways to bring home for the holidays a…

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Two Drowned Launch Capsized By Huge Wave Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 1

Louis Murphy (50) and John Henrickson (30) were drowned yesterday when a launch which was bringing eight men back from an Easter big…

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Accident Victims

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 April 1939 · page 1

Mr. A. S. Morris, of "Valleyfields." Wongarbon received Ambulance treatment for a cut on his right Index finger yesterday…

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Working Bee Arranged to Put in Injured Digger's Crop

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 1

At a special meeting on Saturday, members of the Gilgandra Sub-branch of the Returned Soldiers' League, it was…

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Road Accidents Decrease

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 2

Fatalities due to motor accidents on the roads during the recent Easter period were considerably lower than last year or the year…

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Death Rate Falls Attack on Road Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 April 1939 · page 14

The Minister for Transport, colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of N.S.W., announces that in…

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Careless Pedestrians Cause Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 April 1939 · page 1

The case of two Bankstown residents who were fined for walking on the roadway, has inspired the N.R.M.A. to hope…

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