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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1946

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Coonamble Road Fatality Inquest Concluded Car Driver Committed for Trial on Charge of Feloniously Slaying

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 June 1946 · page 1

An inquiry into the death of Arthur Leslie Hobbs, which occurred on the Coonamble Road, near Dubbo, on Saturday, May 18, was concluded at the Dubbo Court House late yesterday, when the Coroner, Mr. C. G. Hook, P.M., found…

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Fatal Collision at Tomingley

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 1

Milton Neville Igantius McNamara, of "Ben Court." Tomingley, was killed late on Sunday night, when a motor cycle he was riding on the Dubbo Road,…

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Accidents Fractured Thigh

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 June 1946 · page 1

When he slipped on the floor of a hall, prior to the holding of a social evening at Toongi on Saturday, Kevin Donlan (10), c/o Mrs. Pascoe, of…

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Scnool Girl Injured

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 9

Whilst playing basketball at St. Joseph’s Convent, Coonabarabran, last week. Patricia Ryder, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent…

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Tragic Car Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 8

Whilst negotiating a sharp turn in the mountain road near Denman, en route from Merriwa to Muswellbrook, last Friday…

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Accident To Utility

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 20 June 1946 · page 6

On Tuesday night when Mr. Keith Blackman, accompanied by his son and father-in-law, Mr. Nichols, was travelling on the…

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Dubbo Man Killed Military Truck Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 1

Norman Roger Maples (27), solider, of Dubbo, was killed instantly, and two others were seriously…

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Accidents[?] Butcher's Kn[?]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 June 1946 · page 5

Larce Adams (10) of [?] Read, Mount Rob, suffered [?] wound to the left thing [?]…

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ACCIDENTS Injured At Football

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 June 1946 · page 1

While playing football on the oval on Thursday, Joseph Carrol, of 18 Short Street, suffered a suspected fracture of the left collarbone…

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Motor Lorry Accident

The Western Herald · Friday 5 July 1946 · page 4

Whilst the Bourke footballers were returning home on Sunday night last from Cunnamulla, the lorry went off the road and nearly…

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One Killed and Three Injured Jeep Overturned on Narromine-tomingley Road Funeral of Airman

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1946 · page 3

A man was killed, and three others were injured, when a jeep in which they were travelling overturned on the Narromine-Tomingley Road, about 17 miles from Narromine, early on Saturday morning…

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Injured Playing Football

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 9

Harold Pincham, son of B.M., of sawmill fame, suffered some severely jarred fingers, gravel rash and a black eye during Sunday’s…

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Motorists Statements After Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 11 July 1946 · page 5

The N.R.M.A. advises motorists to refrain from giving signed statements to the police, regarding accidents in which they are involved, until after…

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COLLISION Car and Truck

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 July 1946 · page 3

A collision occurred on Saturday afternoon, about 1.30 p.m., when a 3-ton Chev. lorry driven by Mr. H. Miller. of Peak Hill, and a sedan car…

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Accident Near Gular

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 1

Shortly after 5 p.m. last Friday a truck driven by Mr. William May of 23 Lee Street, Wellington, was travelling from Gular to…

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Unusual Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 July 1946 · page 2

Mr. H. Deveigne and his daughter, Mary, of Wellington, were victims of an unusual accident. First Mary was thrown from a pony and…

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Two Drowned Car Into Creek. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 July 1946 · page 1

When the car in [?] they were travelling from, Wangaratra to Whitfield yesterday crashed through a bridge [?] into…

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Accidents Railwayman Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 1

Mr. W. R. Ritchi railway employee, of George Street, Dubbo, suffered contused wounds to his left leg and heel, and a twisted ankle, when he was…

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Stop Press Child Injured in Gun Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 3

Charles Hedley Darey, two year-old son of Mrs. J. Darcy Trangie road, near Narromine, was badly injured this morning…

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Accidentally Shot Boy's Condition Critical

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 July 1946 · page 1

With his left thigh half blown, away Charles Hedley D'Arcy, of Trangic Road, about four miles from Narromine, was rushed to…

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