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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

288 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 10 of 15

Crown Witnesses At War, Charge Lapses Man Fined For Technical Breach After Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 5

At the Dubbo police court yesterday a charge of negligent driving against Eric Stevens Frecklington was withdrawn, the police…

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Boy Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 1

Struck by a golf stick, while playing at the eastern end of Bultge Street on Tuesday afternoon. Robert Parker (11) suffered a severe laceration over the…

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Soldier Fatally Injured Thrown From Motor Cycle

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 9

John McGowan, a soldier on leave, was fatally injured when he was thrown from a motor cycle His sister, Betty, who was…

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Smothering of Child Was Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 July 1941 · page 6

A verdict of accidental death by asphyxia was recorded by the deputy-coroner (Mr. I. B. Mackenzie, J.P.) at the court house…

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Through Desert, Greece And Cretes Then Accidental Death

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 July 1941 · page 2

After going unscathed through the Libyan campaign, and then lighting in and being evacuated from Greece and Crete, NX5613 Corporal John Sumner (26), of Dubbo, has been reported…

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Narromine Visitor Injured in Fall From Car New Train Service Pleases District Residents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1941 · page 3

Sudden opening of a car door caused Miss Nancy Bartier, of Trangie, to be thrown to the roadway. She experienced a…

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Man Killed Three Others Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 13

Robert Widddurs, aged 32 years, quarryman, of Milperra, was fatally injured in a collision between a motor car and a horse and sulky…

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Wellington Railway Opening Ceremony Marred by Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 13

The Porter family were Among the early pioneers of Wellington, and although the parents have long joined the great majority of the old hands who were familiar with the early history of the town and…

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Accidental Death After Desert, Balkan War

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 17 July 1941 · page 7

Announcement or the accidental death abroad of NX5612 Corporal John Stunner (26), of Dubbo, was made by "The Liberal" on Saturday…

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Hurdle Jockey Injured in Schooling Fall

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1941 · page 1

Sydney, Friday night.—While schooling Drabur in a trial at Randwick this morning, hurdle jockey J. Kennedy was dislodged and suffered a probable…

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Accident Drop Not In Line with Fewer Cars

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 July 1941 · page 2

About 700 pedestrians have been prosecuted in Sydney in the last two weeks for traffic offences, the principal being jay walking. This figure may…

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NARROMINE Soldiers, Airman Known Prisoner or Injured School Status Not Yet to Be Raised

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 4

A Narromine soldier has been revealed to be a prisoner of war, another has been injured, and a member of the R.A.A.F., also a…

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Weather Changes Accident Causes

The Western Herald · Friday 25 July 1941 · page 2

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by seasons and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of a…

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Girl Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 2

Struck on the kneecap by a bicycle Betty McBeath (10), of 93 Bultge Street, was treated by the ambulance on Thursday afternoon. Later she was…

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Young Cyclist Injured on His Birthday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 6

Found lying in the street in a semi-conscious state Pat Stoddard (7), of 4 Charlotte Street, is believed to have suffered from…

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Link with Murders Burned to Death Finding Of Body Recalls Moss Case Threat and Fatality Were Coincidence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 July 1941 · page 2

Threatened with death by the notorious murderer Andrew Moss, who told him that he burned his victims, Walter Taylor (40), well-known Dubbo aborigine, was found to have suffered a violent death at the foot of…

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Thrown From Tricycle, Railwayman Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 4

Mr. G. J. Lewis, assistant engineer on the railway stall" at Dubbo, suffered a severe injury on Friday when thrown from a motor tricycle…

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Youth's Foot Injured In Railway "Trike"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 1

Edward Kay (17), of Short Street, a railway employee, this afternoon suffered a probable fractured foot when it was caught in a railway…

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District Court Collision On-oxley Highway Verdict for Plaintiff

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 5

Before His Honor Judge D. P. Shortland at the Coonamble District Court on Tuesday last (weak, Theodoro…

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Fatal Car Accident Well Known Former Resident Dies in Sydney on

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 31 July 1941 · page 2

The death occurred at South Sydney Hospital on Saturday night last of Mr. William Thomas Mannix, aged…

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