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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1945

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Fatality at Nyngan Man and Three Horses Drowned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 8 June 1945 · page 1

Trapped in the Bogan River on Tuesday night when endeavouring to make a crossing of the stream with three horses, Joseph Smith…

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Vessel in Cyclone One Killed, Four Injured. Brisbane

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 1

The Chief Engineer of an Allied ship was killed, and four other crew members seriously injured in a cyclone off…

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Unusual Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 June 1945 · page 6

A man collided with a taxi at the intersection of Macquarie and Church streets, Dubbo, at 6 p.m. on Tuesday last…

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Train Accident. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 15 June 1945 · page 1

Twenty-two persons were injured including the driver and fireman, when the Riverina Express was derailed two miles from Tahmoor,…

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Crossing Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1945 · page 4

During the small hours of Sunday morning last, a lorry driven by Mr. C. H. B. Maxwell of Narromine, collided with the closed gates of the West…

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Three Drowned Taxi in Creek

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 1

Lismore, Thursday.—While returning in a taxi from Billinudgel, about 20 miles from Murwillumbah, yesterday, three people were drowned when…

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Small Debts Court Sequel to Collision. Costs and Expenses to Plaintiff

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 16

In the Wellington Small Debts Court on Tuesday last, the Police Magistrate, Mr. G. W. Brown, returned a verdict in favour of J. A. Bell, for damage resulting to his sulky when struck by a motor vehicle driven by K…

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Chapter of Accidents SCALDING

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 June 1945 · page 4

Mrs. Joyce Lynch of 109 Erskine street, Dubbo, was very severely scalded when she slipped, while sarrying a bucket of near-boiling water at her…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 1

Melbourne.—The bodies of two brothers. Stuart and John Coutts, 19 and 17, who have been missing from Aollo Bay since Monday were…

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Latest Telegrams. 33 Injured by Runaway Panel Van Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 29 June 1945 · page 1

33 People were injured yesterday, when a panel van out of control raced across the intersection of King and George streets and…

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Child Fatality John Harry Day

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 4

John Harry Day, aged 11, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Day, of "Sandy Valley", Minore, was thrown from a horse which ha was learning to ride…

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Accidentally Shot

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 5

While in the company of two friends, five miles out of Dubbo on the Minore Road on Sunday last Leslie Hunt (17), the son of Mr. L. J. Hunt 17),…

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Alarming Accident to Dubbo Baby

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1945 · page 1

The fourteen-months old daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Stabback of Dubbo fell yesterday a distance of forty feet and sustained a probable fractured…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 12 July 1945 · page 5

While playing High School football yesterday, Harry Dunn (14) of 64 Fitzroy street, was accidentally kicked of the side of the head and received…

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Motoring Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 4

Mr. Bob McCarron and three other occupants of his car had a narrow escape from serious injury on Monday. While travelling along the…

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Motoring Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 13 July 1945 · page 3

Mr. Bob McCarron and three other occupants of his car had a narrow escape from serious injury on Monday. While travelling along the…

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Flare Bomb Explodes Boy Killed. 11 Injured. [?]

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 July 1945 · page 1

A boy, aged 16, was killed and eleven others children injured, when a fare bomb, with which they were playing,…

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Health Inspector Compensated £371 For Injured Arm

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 19 July 1945 · page 3

The Government Insurance Office advised Gilgandra Shire Council that after receiving medical advise as to the condition of…

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Latest Telegrams. Frightful Plane Fatality. 12 Persons Killed. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 20 July 1945 · page 1

Shortly after taking off from Mascot aerodrome at 8.5 last night, and R.A.A.F. transport command plane with a crew of six and…

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