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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1940

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Death Answers The Careless Driver How Accidents Happen

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 March 1940 · page 4

In the file of the Road Safety Council there are some amazing stories of violent deaths, and ye[?] all of them have explanations that are…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

The Bodies of Mrs. Charlotte May Cudby and her seven months old son, Alan, were recovered yesterday from three feet of water in…

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Fatality at Bathurst. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 March 1940 · page 5

Bathurst — Eileen Artery (19) & Keith J. Kessey (24) were found shot and mortally wounded in a bedroom in a house at the Lagoon…

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Two Planes Crash In New Guinea No One Injured Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 1

Two planes crashed in New Guinea, according to private advices received in Sydney to-day. but nobody was hurt…

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Toll of Road Child Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 March 1940 · page 5

Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all…

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Western District Centres NARROMINE Two Houses Destroyed by Fire Shooting Fatality School Concerl

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 March 1940 · page 6

Noticing smoke issuing from his home, Mr. A. E. Hughes, of "Eire," Narromine, hurried home from the paddock, but was too late to cheek…

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Plane Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 22 March 1940 · page 5

Perth.—James Tudor Evans, of Gaylands, Instructor, and Allan John MacPherson, of Medlands, cadet, were killed when…

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Bus Crashes Through Bridge Fourteen Persons Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1940 · page 1

Fourteen persons were injured when a bus travelling to Bathurst from Forbes erashed over a bridge and tell 25 fect to the bed of a…

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Western District Centres TRANCHE Knocked Unconscious By Greyhound Dog Boy Victim of Unusual Accident Personal and General

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 4

A peculiar accident happened to young Harry Rich on Monday. When out hunting ho tripped and fell to the ground…

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Accident at the Dredge

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 March 1940 · page 2

A painful accident occurred to Mr. W. Sayers, an employee on the Wellington Dredge, on Thursday last. While engaged in his usual…

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Child Accidents on Road

The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1940 · page 2

Request has been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council that a State-wide appeal should be made to all…

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Minor Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 April 1940 · page 6

While playing with other children, Frank Carrie, aged 2½ years, received an injury to his left shoulder. He was attended by the Ambulance and taken…

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Harbour Tragedy Man Drowned Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 1

Archibald Alan Morris, aged 35, of Riley Street, city, was drowned about midnight last night, when…

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Mendooran Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 April 1940 · page 8

Mr. W. Brodie, of Mendooran met with a very gainful accident recently whilst straining up wire in a fence. The strainers slipped…

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Plane Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 5 April 1940 · page 5

An airforce cadet was killed when his plane crashed while practising aerobatics near Richmond. He was Edward Andrew Walsh, 24…

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Riding Fatality Young Man Killed District Resident

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 April 1940 · page 3

Deep regret was expressed in the town and district yesterday when the news was received that Mr. Jack Hew…

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Lucky Escape When Car Capsized Accident Near Trangic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 1

When car overturned at the railway crosing two miles from Trangic on the Cathundral Road, on Sunday afternoon, two men…

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Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1940 · page 4

William Fisher (21), William Lyons (22) and Arthur Buckley (11) were killed, and Mary Meredith (21) Injured, when a car in which they were…

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Young Girl Meets With Serious Accident

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 11 April 1940 · page 4

Marie, 7½-year-old daughter of Mr Walter Thomas was the victim of a serious accident on Thursday morning last, when she was thrown…

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Real Accident Causes

The Western Herald · Friday 12 April 1940 · page 2

The question has often been : What is the most serious cause of the deaths in road accidents? Actually there are more…

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