Review of Road Accidents
Traffic accidents are up again! The Road Safety Council had the distasteful task of making this announcement a month ago. Now I…
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Accidents, 1940
325 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 13 of 17
Woman Injured
Alleging dial she was struck by a car while passing over the traffic bridge, Mrs. Cooper, of the Obley road camp,…
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I suppose there aren't many motorists who have not had the experience of either bumping the rear of another car or…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Accidents Occur Within 200 Yards on Same Day Sedan Overturns, But Driver Escapes Injury—-Horse Destroyed After Struck by Car
A 200-yards stretch on the Dubbo-Coonamble road was the scene of two accidents on Saturday. In one instance a car overturned, and in the other, a car struck a horse, which subsequently had to be destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stuart Town Two Accidents During Week-end Victims Fortunate Escape
At last we have seen a little moisture, and on Friday morning last light rain began to fall, and continued almost thoughout the day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatality. Sydney
Melbourne. — Mrs. Lucy Irene Caton, 36, and Miss Myrtle Elms, were drowned while swimming at Burnley. It is believed Mrs. Caton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mass Murder on High Seas Appalling Sea Fatality
A big death roll has been reported as the result of an attack by a Nazi submarine on a British ship carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Ten Injured in Lorry-bus Collision Mother and Babe Cut By Flying Glass Sydney
Ten people were injured when a lorry and a double-decker bus collided in Pittwater Road, Collaroy to-day. A mother and her 15-months-old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Young Narromine Pupil Pilot Dies After Road Accident Melbourne Youth and Two Companions Struck By Truck While Walking to Flying School
Kenneth Holder (18), a pupil pilot at the Elementary Flying Training School, Narromine, suffered fatal injuries when struck by a motor lorry on Saturday night. Holder died in the Dubbo District Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Plane in Order When Pilot Took Control Air Force Fatality Rigger, Machine Tell of Condition Inquest on Flying Officer and Aircraftsman Held by Narromine Coroner
Flying Officer Holbert Frederick Smales (31) and A.CI Arthur Edward Alderson (29), flight mechanic, died from injuries received when an aeroplane crashed near Narromine on August 8…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ganmain Tragedy Young Man Killed In Motor Accident
Stewart Morgan, aged 19 years, of Ganmain, was killed-when the motor car he was driving skidded asd overturned near Ganmain on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fall From Train Soldier's Head Hurt Accident on Way from Leave
Driver H. E. Huxley, who left Sydney with the First Australian Corps Ammunition Park on return from monthly leave on Monday,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Week End Accidents Mr. Ellis and Mr. Sparkes Victims
Yeoval is having more than its usual share of accidents lately. Latest on the list are Mr. A. B. Ellis and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at Borah Creek
On Monday, Mr. George Ashby, Coonabarabran, met with an accident at Pickering’s sawmill, near Borah Creek and after receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion Fatality. Sydney
Melbourne.—An explosion at Marebyrnong explosive factory killed one man injured two others. The victim was J. Newton,…
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I suppose there aren't many motorists who have not had the experience of either bumping into the rear of another car or of being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Level Crossing Accidents
There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended June 30, 1940. In the previous years there were many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pupil-pilot's Death Was Accidental Narromine Fatality Air Trainee Struck by Motor Lorry Visibility Poor, Say Police
About 10 p.m. on September 21 Kenneth George Holder, a pupilpilot at the Narromine Flying School, in company with two other…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Fatality Two Young Men Killed at Coonamble Returning From Dance at Quambone
Coonamble residents were shacked on Sunday to learn of the deaths of two of the town's best known young…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Accident on Coonamble Road
Two dying youths were dragged by a friend, himself injured, from a wrecked car on the Quambone road, near Coonamble, on Sunday…
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