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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1942

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Mungery Notes Boy's Painful Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1942 · page 3

Miss Joan Barden has returned home after spending holidays at Bondi. Mr. J. Grant and family visited…

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Collision With Hare Breakaway Dog's Lot

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 May 1942 · page 4

The racing greyhound Stitch valley might have to be destroyed as the result of an accident at the Dubbo coursing ground yesterday, when he…

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Tragic Double Fatality Two Children Killed Near Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch · Monday 18 May 1942 · page 3

The Dubbo police received news of the death under tragic circumstances, at about 9.40 this morning, of two children,…

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Dancer Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 4

Falling on the dance floor when she slipped at the Newtown Hall on Friday evening. Mrs. Mary Lees suffered a fracture of the right arm. She was…

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Family's Tragedy Two Children Killed In Shocking Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1942 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred near Dubbo yesterday when two small children of a family of three were killed in the presence of their father. The children were Barbara Mary Coady (4½) and Margaret…

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Horseman Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 6

When a horse rolled on him at his property, on the Coonamble Road, nine miles from Dubbo yesterday, Mr. J. B. Whiteley, of Brisbane…

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Small Child Injured in School Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

Hit on the head with a schoolbag by another child, while playing at the South Dubbo School today. Michael Jarvis (5) was treated by the…

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Pea Rifle Fatality Editor's Son Shot at Coonabarabran

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 2

It is with deep Regret we announce the death of Vin, 15-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. V. J. Ryder, of…

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Coonabarabran Boy Killed Aeroplane Accident At Parkes

Gilgandra Weekly and Castlereagh · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

Aircraftsman Robert Carney, RAAF, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Carney, of Coonabarabran, met with a fatal…

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Little Accident Victims Buried at Yeoval

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 5

The funeral of Barbara Mary Coady (4½) and her sister Margaret Ann Coady (2½), victims of Monday's tragic accident at "Hyandra" station, 12 miles…

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Fatal Accident Befalls Mr. Arthur Wilson Wilson

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 4

Residents of Coonabarabran were shocked on Sunday last when the news flashed around that Mr. Arthur Wilson, a…

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Shooting Accident Vincent Ryder Dies of Wounds Heroic Trek for Assistance

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 May 1942 · page 1

The death took place, under tragic circumstances, in the Coonabarabran District Hospital on Monday last of Vincent…

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Fire Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 1

Clara Josephine Pascins, about 50, and William Perry, about 70, an old age pensioner, were burned to death when a small…

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Painful Accident

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 4

Mr. Edward Hilton, baker, employed at a Dubbo bakery, at about 10 o’clock on Monday night, slipped whilst in the course of his duties, and…

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Orange Accident

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 1

Mr. Joseph Quinlan, of Orange, had his foot almost severed on Saturday last, when it become entangled in a wire cable at the Orange dog…

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Funeral Of Coady Sisters Victims of Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch · Friday 22 May 1942 · page 3

The funeral of the late Barbara Mary Coady (4½ years) and Margaret Ann Coady (2½ years), victims of the fatal accident at their parents’…

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Child Badly Scalded In Home Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 1

Samuel Kilby (21), who resides with his parents at 46 Butge Street, was severely sealded last night when he smiled a kettle of boiling water…

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Child Loses Fingertop After Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1942 · page 4

Following an accident, while playing yesterday, Terry Scott, 2½-years-old son of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Scott, of Carrington Avenue, North Dubbo, had…

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Collision in Dandaloo Str[?]

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 2

A collision between an air force tender and a light motor utility, owned by Mr. J. A. Jaoobeon, builder, took place in Dandaloo Street…

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Horseman Injured When Mount Stumbles

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1942 · page 1

As the result of a fall from a horse when the animal stumbled on a property near Balladoran on Sunday evening, George Wheaton (23), of…

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