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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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At the Crossroads Beware Accidents

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 5

[?] and at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which accidents…

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Australian Air Force Accidents on Country Properties

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 May 1941 · page 6

The Department of Air, on Wednesday last, issued advice to country property owners on dealing with air…

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Car And Sulky Collide—Six Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 4

Six persons were injured at Dubbo on Saturday night when a motor car collided with a horse and sulky. In Cobborah Street, near Elston Park. All occupants of the sulky were thrown to the…

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Boy Shot At Yeoval—Accident at Fence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1941 · page 2

Wilfrid Cyril Miller, 13-years-old Yeoval boy, died on Sunday night as the result of a shooting accident near his father's property…

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Shooting Fatality to "Joe" Miller Shocks District

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

Tragedy came into the home of a well known Yeoval family with the accidental death on Sunday, 11th…

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Missing Reporter Fishing Trip Fatality! No Trace Since Saturday Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 1

Austin Bastin, 28-years-old reporter on the "Cumberland Argus," has not been seen since he hired a skiff to go fishing at Brooklyn last…

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Safety First Railway "No Accident" Drive

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

The New South Wales Railways are very proud of their sa[?]ty record, and well they might be, having carried no less…

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Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 May 1941 · page 6

Mrs. Coady, sent., met with a serious accident at the home of her ton, Mr. Jno. Coady, of Obley, on Sunday afternoon…

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At The Crossroads Beware Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 16 May 1941 · page 5

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which…

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Road Accidents Decline

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 May 1941 · page 5

In the first quarter of 1941 road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent, from 578 in…

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Western Centres Trangie Boy's Hand Injured District Personal Topics

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 May 1941 · page 6

Noel Minchen suffered a painful injury on Saturday when a finger was jammed in a chain which was being wound about a tree…

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Car Strikes Post Wongarbon Residents Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 5

Striking a post in Cobborah Street, Dubbo, at about 8 a.m. on Monday, a car was badly, damaged and its occu[?]ts…

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Road Accidents Decline

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 4

In the first quarter of 1941, road accidents in country towns and rural areas declined by 24.2 per cent., from 578 in the first…

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Accident to Mr. Keith Longmore

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 9

Mr. Keith Longmore is suffering from a broken ankle, which he received as the result of a fall…

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Arthurville Railway Accident Ganger in Hospital

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 4

Mr. Hinkelburn ganger, Nubingerie, had the misfortune to meet with a painful accident while working on the Little River bridge. His…

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Stuart Town Nasty Accident Fingers Severed Fell on Axe

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 4

The stork has been his rounds and left a bonny son and heir to bless the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Dunne. The event occurred in…

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Nasty Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 May 1941 · page 5

Whilst travelling from West Wyalong long to Boggabri on Tuesday, Mr G. M. Carter, who was accompanied by his daughter, Miss…

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Plane Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 23 May 1941 · page 5

Brisbane.—Flight Lieut John W. Collins, of Beaudesert, and Squadron leader H. C. Phillips, of Toowoomba, were killed when a…

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Two Soldiers Injured In Street Crash

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1941 · page 3

Two soldiers were injured on Thursday night, when one, riding a motor cycle, collided with the other who was crossing the…

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Man Believed Drowned Swept From Rocks While Fishing Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 May 1941 · page 2

Neville Percy Bowden, aged 43, an electrician, disappeared while fishing from the rocks two miles south of Avoca, in the Gosford…

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