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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Found Guilty of Negligent Driving Court Case Aftermath of Nine- Months - Old Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 28 March 1946 · page 2

AT THE COONABARABRAN POLICE COURT ON TUESDAY OF LAST WEEK, JOHN REGINALD LOVEBAND, A FLIGHT-SERGEANT IN THE R.A.A.F., WAS FINED £3, WITH 8/- COSTS AND TO £2/15/0 WITNESSES’ EXPENSES, ON A…

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Motor Track Fatality. MR. W. Hopkins Killed

The Western Herald · Friday 29 March 1946 · page 1

The sad and sudden news reached Bourke last night that Mr. William Hopkins had been killed that evening in a motor…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 March 1946 · page 4

Gloria June Roche (2), of 75 McLeay Street. Dubbo, suffered a lacerated wound to her right knee when she fell from a verandah at her home on…

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Police Court Ex-p.o.w. Convicted. Sequel to Traffic Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 17

Appearing before Police Magistrate Mr. W. K. Earls, in the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, Dudley Joseph…

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Police Court Ex-p.o.w. Convicted. Sequel to Traffic Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 6

Appearing before Police Magistrate Mr. W. K. Earls, in the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, Dudley Joseph…

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Accidents Man Admitted to Hospital

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 4 April 1946 · page 6

Mr. Fred Canham. who resides on the Baradine road, Coonabarabran, was bitten on the back by a red-back spider on Sunday last,…

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Man Pinned Under Overturned Car Admitted To Hospital Seriously Injured Soldier Charged With Driving Under the Influence

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

A car driven by a young Coonabarabran soldier, Douglas James Cooper, turned over while turning into Edward Street,…

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Motor Accident P.M. Dismisses Case

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Thursday 18 April 1946 · page 1

The sequel to an accident on the Trangie-Nyngan road came at the Trangie Police Court this week, when Mr. C. G. Hook, PM, dismissed the…

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Child Drowned in Bath Tub

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 25 April 1946 · page 4

A 20-months-old child, Henry John Lonsdale, was drowned in the bath tub at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Eric James…

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Child's Bravery After Painful Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1946 · page 1

When Mrs. Stuart Leeds, of Buddah lake, found her young son, Peter, covered in blood, his first words were, "Don't come near me…

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Constable Injured by Five Men

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 1

Probationary Constable Harold William Dunn, 24, was pushed through a plateglass window by five brawling men in George Street yesterday. He…

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ACCIDENTS Fall From Horse

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1946 · page 1

When he fell from a horse on his property on Wednesday, Mr. Donald roster, of Obley Road, suffered injuries to his head, neck, left hip and…

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Accident at Waterworks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 30 April 1946 · page 1

When he was struck by a heavy plunger of the main pump at the Dubbo Water Works at 11.20 a.m. to-day, Stanley Francis Donnelly (30), of…

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Driver Remanded Arrest Follows Collision

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 May 1946 · page 5

Appearing before Mr. H. J. Miles, J.P., in the Wellington Police Court on Tuesday last, William John Hartin was…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1946 · page 4

When she was struck by a falling brick on Friday night, Mrs. C. G. McLaughlin (26), of Talbragar, suffered a lacerated wound and probable…

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ACCIDENTS Axe Slipped

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 May 1946 · page 5

When an axe, with which he was chopping wood, slipped from his hands, on Thursday, George Howell (34), of 55 Gipps Street, North Dubbo…

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Narromine Straying Stock Cause of Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1946 · page 4

Straying stock on the Dubbo-Narromine road caused two accidents, on Wednesday night, which could have had serious results. One car blew a…

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Motor Collision

The Western Herald · Friday 17 May 1946 · page 1

A collision between a motor lorry and a motor car occurred on Saturday night last about 6.30 p.m., two miles the other side of Fords…

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Accidents Struck by Flywheel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 May 1946 · page 6

Struck by a falling flywheel early yesterday afternoon, at the Dubbo Brickworks, where he holds the position of manager, Mr. J. Wand of 60 Bourke…

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Three Drowned. Dinghy Overturns in Squall. BRISBANE

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 May 1946 · page 1

Two Netherlands East Indies servicemen and a twenty-year-old girl were drowned in Moreton Bay yesterday, when…

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