Bomb Accidents
Following the recent accident at Bourke to Mr. H. Webster, who lost his hand through a bomb explosion similar explosions are reported from…
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Accidents, 1942
178 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 9
News in Brief Two Soldiers Injured
As the result of a fall off a bicycle at the oval on Sunday Private Egan suffered lacerations to the lips and hands and abrasions to the nose…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trangie and District Happenings Chapter of Accidents Trangie Residents Injured
[?] Friday afternoon at "Bunde[?] Pilly 13-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Cluncy, suffered severe concession when his horse bolted and he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accidental Death In Air Crash
Arthur Hamilton Way and Vincent Harold Bragg were accidentally killed on June 3 when their aeroplane crashed into the ground. This was the finding recorded by the district coroner, Mr. Caton, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accident at Sawmill
While working at Lordâs sawmill at Gwabegar on Wednesday last at about 2 oâclock. Thomas Varty, who is employed at the mill, had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Detonator Accident
When a detonator exploded, Ruby Kavanagh (9), of Wagga, sustained injuries which led to the amputation of the thumb and portion of two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed in Fall From Windmill Fatality at Gumin Estate
Oscar James Smith, aged 50 years, a station hand employed at Gumin Estate, the property of Mr. R. H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sawmill Accident
Thomas [?]arty, employed at Lord’s sawmill, Gwabegar, as a docker, received severe injuries when his left hand was caught in the circular [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Danger of Straying Dogs Serious Accident Narrowly Averted
As appeal is sent out to owners of dogs that they keep a stricter which over these animals when not an the chain. Yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Riding Fatality Man Killed Near Tooraweenah Knocked From Horse Against a Tree
Alfred Drew, aged 61 years, a well known identity of the Gilgandra and Tooraweenah districts, met with a fatal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident to Mendooran Resident
Mr. Jack Downey is an inmate of the Mudgee District Hospital, having broken a shin bone, when a house he was riding about four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Riding Fatality Man Killed Near Toora-weenah
Alfred Drew, aged 61 years, a well known identity of the Gilgandra and Tooraweenah districts, met with a fatal accident near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Accidental Gold Yield
Four weeks, ended July 12—Treated 11,452 tons. (New Occidental 7902 tons, New Cobar 3550 tons); estimated value after deducting realisation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injuries Prove Fatal Accident at Saw Bench in Bathurst Victim Ex-gilgandra Resident
As the result of injuries received on Saturday, when working at a circular saw, Robert Henry George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Street Accident
Young Barry Harper, youngest son of Mr and Mrs dive Harper, met with a nasty accident on Friday last when he was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident
Thrown heavily from a bolting horse while out riding on Sunday, near Forbes, with a party on the Manna Park property of her father, Sir. J…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Accidents Man and Boy Injured at Trangie
There were two accident in Trangie at the weekend. On Thursday, Mr. Bert Smith tripped over a gutter in an unlighted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowning Fatality. Death of Old Age Pensioner. Narrow Escape for Three Children
A drowning fatality occurred in the Darling River on Wednesday morning last, when an old age pensioner named James Cowley…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sulky Collides with Car Woman Severely Injured
Mrs. M. A. Yeomans (S3),, of Brocklehurst, whilst driving in a sulky across Brisbane Street, Dubbo, at the corner of talbragar…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Slaying Charge Fails Linhgow Soldier Acquitted Sequel To Lithgow Motor Fatality
At the Bathurst Quarter Sessions on Tuesday, a jury returned a verdict of not guilty in the case against Leslie Albert Bolt (22), soldier, of Lithgow, who was charged with feloniously slaying James George Graham, at Lithgow, on April 22…
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