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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

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5000 Dead, Injured In Yugoslav Blast London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 1

According to an agency message from Budapest, it is now reported that 5000 were killed and injured at Semendria, in…

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Sick Man's Giddy Turn Precedes Fatality in Bush Fell From Sulky—Wife Thrown Out, Badly Hurt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 3

A giddy turn, brought about by blood pressure, caused Malcolm McLeod, Elong invalid pensioner, to drop the reins while driving a horse and sulky along the road to Elong on May 30. He fell out when the…

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No Evidence Light Not Visible at Time Of Accident, Says P.M.

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 2

The sequel to an accident in Cobborah Street, Dublin, on the night of May 10 was the appearance of the driver of a sulky,…

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Man's Foot Crushed Accident at Railway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1941 · page 5

A falling sleeper yesterday crushed the right foot of Jim Letondeur (20), railway employee, of King's Plains, near Blayney…

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Tragic Railway Fatality Shearer Crushed by Train Carriage Lifted By 30 Gangers

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 5

Howard Goble (40), shearer, was fatally crushed between the rail motor and the platform on Binnaway…

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Are Road Smashes Merely Accidents?

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 8

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being killed on the rends of the State at the rate of…

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Road Smashes Are They Accidents?

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 9

Casualty lists for the first four months of this year show that people are still being killed on the road, of the State…

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Fatal Accident Man Crushed at Binnaway Verdict of Accidental Death

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 12 June 1941 · page 4

An inquiry was held into the death of Howard Goble, also known as Jack Allan, at the Court House, Coonabarabran, on Monday afternoon, before Mr. G. McNaboe, District Coroner. Gob[?]e met with injuries that proved fatal when he…

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Fatality at Cobar Sports

The Western Herald · Friday 13 June 1941 · page 4

We learn that a jockey named Roy Harris died at Cobar last Saturday as the result of injuries received following a fall in a horse…

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Weather Changes Accident Causes

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 June 1941 · page 6

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

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Solicitor Drowned Body Recovered Sydney

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 1

The body of Percival G. West-phalen, aged 56 years, solicitor, was recovered from the harbour yesterday…

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Road Accidents Pile Up Again

The Western Herald · Friday 20 June 1941 · page 7

Seven persons are known to have been killed and scores injured in road accidents in New South Wales during last week-end. These…

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Paint Shop Explosion Eight Injured by Blast Sydney, Friday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 3

A paint shop at Metiers' factory, Alexandria, was demolished today as a result of an explosion which was heard a mile away…

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Western District Centres Elong Man's Hand Mangled in Gun Blast—thumb Blown Off in Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 June 1941 · page 2

Ralph Fenwick, well Known Elong resident, had a thumb blown away, and several fingers, his arm, and the side of his chest severely lacerated in a shooting accident. There is a possibility that one of the mangled fingers will have to be amputated…

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District News Elong Shooting Accident Finger Blown Off While Rabbit Hunting

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 4

A further fall of over an inch of rain was recorded here for the week before last. The early sown crops are showing the benefit of…

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Dubbo Accident Sequel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 4

The sequel to an accident in Cobborah Street on May 10, when a motor car collided with a sulky, was the appearance of Leslie V. Mills at the police…

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Wongarbon Accident to Tony Renshaw Fell Off Building

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 4

Constable and Mrs. A. Foster, of the local police station, are receiving congratulations on the birth of a daughter at Rothsay-private…

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Painful Accident to Mr. A. RUSSELL Finger Severed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 June 1941 · page 5

On Thursday last, Mr. A. Russell, manager of the local freezing works, met with a painful accident…

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Fractured Thigh Woman's Second Similar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 June 1941 · page 3

Mrs. Ewers, an elderly resident of West Dubbo, yesterday fell and fractured a thigh for the second time. She returned from hospital recently,…

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Two Men Drowned When Dinghy Capsized Brisbane

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 June 1941 · page 2

Bernard Robert Egert (40) and Victor Sachre (22) were drowned when a dinghy in which they were fishing capsized on Saturday off…

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