Accidentally Killed
In a casualty list published this week appears the name of Pte. C. McDonald, of Mendooran, who was previously reported missing…
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Accidents, 1943
177 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 9
Child's Head Injured in Fall From Truck
When a lorry ran backwards in Jubilee Street at the weekend and struck the kerb. Marie McPherson (6) was thrown to the footpath. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chapter of Accidents Ambulance Kept Busy
The Wellington District Ambulance has been kept busy during the past few days attending to quite a chapter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Finding of Accidental Death At Coroner's Inquiry Into Recent Fatality
The Coroner (Mr. H. C. Lord) held an inquiry concerning the death of the late Robert Walter Downey, who was fatally injured on the 30th September, when an electric light standard on which he was working broke and fell…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Euchareena Unfortunate Accident Pair of Shears Cause Trouble
We had some nice sunny days during part of last week, but on the 6th inst a heavy storm visited us, and about 50 points of rain…
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While working at the SAF on Saturday morning Allan Leggett (37) suffered severe lacerations to the fingers on the left hand. He was treated by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Driver Drowned: Car Plunges into Harbor Sydney
In a mystery dive of a sedan car through the railings of a wharf at North Shore early today, the driver, who later was identified as kenneth…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Aged Four Killed by Gun Loaded for Prowlers Terrible Peak Hill Accident
When a shotgun accidentally exploded at Peak Hill on Friday morning, Raymond Frederick Newman (4) was fatally wounded. The…
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An inquiry was held at the Gilgandra Court House on Wedneday into the death of Ivan Meers who was killed when he…
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Mr. Bert Woodward, proprietor of the Golden Crust Bakery, met with a nasty accident on Thursday afternoon last. At the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Four Airmen Killed R.A.A.F. FATALITY Melbourne
Four airmen were killed on October 7th, when an aircraft from an R.A.A.F. station in Victoria crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Maoris Drowned in Punt Capsize Auckland
Six Maori children—four boys and two girls—were drowned when a punt on which they were being ferried across the Otamatea River…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shot Through Finger in Country Accident
Ronald Salmon (16), of 16 Bishop Street, Dubbo, was shot through the index finger of the left hand when he was carrying a 22 calibre rifle…
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A sad fatality took place at "Sunnyside," Westella, in the Geurie district, on Friday night last, when Russell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Constable Injured in Street Attack
Alleged to have been brutally attacked while effecting the arrest of a man in Talbragar Street on Thursday evening, Constable H. M. Hood, of Dubbo police, was seriously injured and is now in hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Epsom Winner's Rider Injured in Crash Sydney
N. McGrowdie, who won the Epsom Handicap on Kiarce, suffered a factured collarbone and concussion in a fall at Randwick this morning, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidental Hit Scores Blow Against Nazis
Atlantic City. N.J.—Lieut. Richard McGibeny of Herkimer, N.Y., veteran of 25 combat missions from Britain, tells how German…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mumbil Another Social Evening to Mr. Frank Sullivan Accident Upset Last One
On Wednesday night of last week a heavy storm passed over Mumbil, and about 50 points of rain were registered…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Soldier Assaulted, Robbed, Left Injured
Assaulted and robbed at the corner of Talbragar and Macquarie Streets on Thursday night, Sergeant Henry Tillack (54) was left [?] on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Fatality Wellington Resident Killed Wife and Children Injured
The residents of the town and district were shocked on Saturday afternoon when it was known that a well-known resident of Wellington had been killed, and his wife and two children injured in a car accident about nine…
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