Avoid Accidents Open Road Is Danger
On the evidence of the road accident figures for the first few months, it is likely that 1940 will go down in history as the year in…
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Accidents, 1940
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The Sorrow of Road Accidents
In the accident that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded:…
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Mrs. Wangmann, of Baradine, is an inmate of the District Hospital as the result of an accident in which she was thrown from sulky…
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More people were killed on the roads of Great Britain during last December than in any month in any year on record. The total was…
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Frank Bates of Darling Street, while playing football with a school team on Friday afternoon, received a lacerated wound over his right eye. He received,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mining Fatality. Sydney
Broken Hill.—Aubyn Alwyn McLean, 40, and James Croft miners at the South Mine were killed yesterday when trapped by a sudden…
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Most unusual accident of the month is that of injuries caused to a woman through a cauliflower failing from a truck and smashing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Car Accident. Sydney
Adelaide.—Three persons were killed and two injured, one critically, when a motor car, after plcughing through an area of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Painful Accident
A vary painful accident happened to Mr. Frank Walker, the well known timber merchant, on Friday last. He was engaged in working at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Dredge
The Wellington Ambulance was called to the Wellington dredge this morning, to attend James Fabar, of Montefiore Street. It appears that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parents Cause Deaths? In Road Accidents
Parents, more than any others, could have helped in preventing many accidents. Children under seven years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miss Joyce Devoy Injured
Miss Joyce Devoy, of Neilrex, who is so well known in Coonabarabran and other western show rings, was injured at the Coonamble show on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bomber Crash Causes Deaths 154 Injured Destruction in English Town London
Four German airmen and six British civilians were killed and 154 persons were injured and 50 homes damaged when…
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Reports of road accidents throughout the State, show that there is a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock…
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A motor car accident occurred on Tuesday night last, which might easily have been attended with more serious results. A car owned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Runaway Lorry On Mountain Road Man Killed—Brother Injured Katoomba, Friday night
When a motor lorry heavily laden with steel, became uncontrollable on the old Mt. Victoria Pass at Mt. Victoria early this…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Dubbo Motorist Fined £10 on Each of Two Charges License Cancelled For Six Months Failed to Stop After Accident
Charged with having failed to stop when his car knocked down and injured Thomas James Hawkins in Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fourth Victim of Car Accident Charge Of Manslaughter Canberra
The fourth death resulting from an accident in which three cars were involved near Canberra on Saturday night, occurred to-day, when William…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Menace On Roads Straying Stock Cause Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is a noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Men Injured When Truck Collides with Lorry on Collie Road
Two men were injured on Sunday evening last, and admitted to the District Hospital for treatment, when a motor…
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