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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Car Accident on Collie Road

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 7 February 1946 · page 2

A car accident occurred about 7 p.m. on-Saturday, on the Collie Road, as the result of which three persons received…

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Latest Telegrams Navy Corsair Plane Crashes Into Sea Near Narooma. Government Going Ahead with Airlines Scheme. Plane Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 1

A Navy Corsair single engined flighter from the aircraft carrier H.M.S. Glory crashed into the sea near Narooma yesterday. The pilot…

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The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. Unusual Type of Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 8 February 1946 · page 7

An unusual type of night read accident, which is becoming more frequent in view of the tyre famine is being reported to the N.R.M.A…

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Road Accidents Heavy Increase SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1946 · page 1

A big increase in road accidents in New South Wales last year was revealed by the Road Transport Commissioner (Mr. Neale) today…

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Night Road Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 3

An unusual type of night road accident, which is becoming more frequent in view of the tyre [?]e, is being reported to the N.R.M.A. and…

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Accidents Flying Wood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1946 · page 1

Morris Smythe (3), of 130 Erskine Street, suffered a large lacerated wound over the right eye on Sunday afternoon, when he was struck by a…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 1

When a teapot caught in her sleeve, spilling the contents over her, Nancy Falla (9)), who lives with her grandmother, Mrs. J. Falla, of 71 Moncur…

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News From Cumnock Cricketers' Accident. No Serious Injuries

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 February 1946 · page 13

When proceeding to Molong on Sunday last, a lorry which was carrying a team of local cricketers to Molong struck…

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1 DEAD; 2 INJURED. Jealousy as Motive

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 February 1946 · page 1

Jealousy was the motive behind Saturday night's sensational shooting in Martin Place, Sydney, when one man…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 February 1946 · page 2

When he fell at the baths on Saturday Allan Harris (10) of 70 Church Street suffered an incised wound under the chin. The Ambulance rendered…

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Three Men Injured Struck by Flying Wood

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 6

While chopping wood at his home in Timor Street, Coonabarabran, on Sunday, MaxCooper, a Iines man employed…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 February 1946 · page 1

Master Kevin O'Connor (15), of Geurie, suffered an incised wound to the little finger of the right hand with subsequent loss of the nail, when a…

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Car and Lorry Collision

The Western Herald · Friday 22 February 1946 · page 4

On Wednesday afternoon last at about 5 o'clock, a Buick utility, driven by Mr. A Douglas, collided with the Meatworks Lorry…

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Vice-admiral Drowned Norolk, Virginia

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1946 · page 1

Vice-Admiral Theodore Wilkinson was drowned when his car over-ran the end of the Elizabeth River ferry. His wife escaped by breaking a window…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1946 · page 1

Leslie Burns (17), care of the Narromine Post Office, suffered severe bruising to the lower jaw and slight concussion, when he was thrown and kicked…

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Airman Seriously Injured

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 5 March 1946 · page 1

When an RAAF truck on the overturned on the Dubbo road about 10 miles from Narromine. on Thursday night Ross Bennett, one of the occupants…

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Several Accidents

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 7 March 1946 · page 1

Alex Stevenson, a grazier, of “Willowmount,” Connabarabran had the misfortune to trip over on the footpath in front of the post…

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Man Injured. Horse Float Capsizes

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 March 1946 · page 1

On the return journey from the Geurie races late yesterday afternoon, Mr. A. Mostyn's horse float, driven by Joseph…

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Drowned in Flood Waters. Five Members of One Family. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 March 1946 · page 1

Floodwaters which swept through the western district of Victoria and Southern Wimmera resulted in very heavy…

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Mine Accident in Usa Has Tragic Aftermath for Coonam[?]

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 March 1946 · page 6

A former American soldier, who married a Coonamble girl, met his death in tragic circumstances on February 27 in the Klein Mine of the Republic Coal Co., Montana, U.S.A. He was Frank F. Krivee, (27)…

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