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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Horseman Injured When Pony Falls

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 17 April 1947 · page 7

While he was rounding up horses on the property of Mr. P. H. Crago, of Spire View, on Sunday morning and the pony…

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Woman Injured When Car Overturns

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1947 · page 6

When a car overturned after a tyre had blown-out on the Gular-Coonamble Road on Saturday afternoon, a woman was admitted to the Coonamble…

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Schoolboy Injured

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 3

Colin Salisbury, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Salisbury, of “Coolcappa,” Coonabarabran, had to have several stitches…

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Woman Critically Injured in Car Accident Near Gular

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 2

A woman was critically injured on Saturday afternoon last when the rear tyre of the Buick car in which she was a…

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Nasty Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 24 April 1947 · page 10

Mr. Geo. Turner had the misfortune to meet with a nasty accident when he cut his hand with a broad axe whilst at work last Monday…

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Accident with Tractor

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 1 May 1947 · page 5

Taking the opportunity on Anzac Day to assist his father, Mr. Jack Mill had the misfortune to break his arm while cranking a…

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Many Killed, Injured in May Day Celebrations London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 May 1947 · page 1

May Day celebrations in Europe contrasted sharply with celebrations in other parts of the world. In Italy six people, including one woman, were killed and 20 injured when unknown persons hiding in the hills…

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Simple Accident Causes Much Anxiety And Ambulance Trip To Sydney

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 15 May 1947 · page 4

How simple accidents can be attended with serious con sequences was instanced in Gilgandra on Sunday…

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Five-Year-Old Boy Killed, Four Injured In Nyngan Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1947 · page 1

A five-years-old Sydney boy was killed instantly, his sisters and two other young children and a man were seriously injured in a disastrous accident at Nyngan on Wednesday night, when a lorry crashed…

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4 Killed in Car —Railmotor Collision Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1947 · page 4

A dairy farmer, his wife and their two children were killed instantly when their car collided with a rail motor late yesterday…

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Mayor of Nyngan Seriously Injured in Car Smash

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1947 · page 1

In a second serious accident at Nyngan on Wednesday night, the Mayer of Nyngan, Aid. C. O'Reilly, was seriously injured, when the car he was driving collided with another car driven by the President of the Bogan Shire Council,…

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Accident at Freezing Works

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 May 1947 · page 8

While fitting new bearings to an at the Coonabarabran freezing works on Sunday afternoon. Mr. James…

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Collision with Tree Guard

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1947 · page 11

A clean sweep was made of a centre street tree guard last Friday night when a motor vehicle passing up John Street at the…

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Woman Burned to Death at Burra Bee Dee Coroner Holds Inquiry; Accidental Death is Verdict

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 May 1947 · page 1

Mrs. Alice Maud Madden, aged 78 years, a coloured woman familiarly known to residents of Burra Bee Dee as Granny Madden, met a terrible death at the home of her granddaughter, Mrs. Freda Ruttley, at Burra Bee Dee on Saturday afternoon,…

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12 DROWNED, 2 Missing When Lake Steamer Founders Ottawa

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 5 June 1947 · page 1

Canadian steamship lines announced that the Great Lakes steamship Emperor of 7031 tons, struck rocks and sank in Lake Superior yesterday…

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Shooting Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 6 June 1947 · page 1

Brisbane,—A woman was shot dead and two men wounded in a Housing Commission hut at Victoria Park last night. The woman…

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£800 Compensation For Accident 21 Years Ago Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1947 · page 1

The Workers' Compensation Court today awarded £800 to a man permanently injured in a railway accident 21 years ago because he was totally dependent on his father, who was killed in a railway accident four months ago…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 June 1947 · page 3

Mr. Roy Booth, employed by the Western Stores received a deep incised wound to the left little finger when his hand slipped on to a machine he…

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Three Injured In Weekend Accidents At Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1947 · page 3

Three persons were injured—two being admitted to the Dubbo Base Hospital—in car accidents at Dubbo during the weekend. The condition of those in hospital is reported to be satisfactory…

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Head-on Collision Motor Accident Toll

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 19 June 1947 · page 2

A heaad on collision on the Oxley Highway on Friday, at about 6 p.m. adjacent to Mr. G. Goodacre’s property, by a…

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