Local and General Farmer Injured
Injuries to the back and left arm were sustained by Mr. Squires, farmer, of Gwabegar on Monday as a result of a fall at his property…
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Accidents, 1947
149 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 8
Drowning Fatality
Hobart, — Glen Armstrong Thorne, 36, of Hobart, dived from the deck of his launch in heavy seas yesterday to rescue his son…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Was It Really An Accident?
"Don't do that!" is an expression we begin to dislike in childhood. In some cases, the objection grows with the years, and some adults…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →38 Accident Cases in June Month
Reporting to Friday night's meeting of Dubbo Ambulance Committee, the Superintendent, Mr. W. Stewart, stated that a total of 129…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Destroyer and Freighter Collide 5 Killed. 12 Injured
HALIFAX, Novo Scotie, Thursday: Five navy men are reported killed and over twelve injured and some missing, after the Canadian destroyer,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Accident at Gulargambone Man's Collarbone and Ankle Broken
Last week was certainly a bad one for Gulargambone residents, for it marked a sequence of accidents. In last…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Oil Found by 'Accident'
Standard Oil Co. (N.J.), affiliate of Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd., has "accidently" hit Oil in the Sinai Desert Egypt, after a ten-year search. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Telegrams Six Men Killed and Four Missing in Fire Aboard Freighter "Mahia" at Victoria Dock, Melbourne. Fatality on Freighter
Melbourne. — It is estimated that the fire and explosions aboard the 10,000-ton freighter Mania, at Victoria Dock yesterday, in which six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Accident at Longreach
Two well-known taxi drivers, Messrs. Jim Stewart and Jack Chong left by car on a thousand miles trip to Longreach Queensland yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Negligence Causes Collision with Police Vehicle
A collision between a police vehicle and a lorry driven by Samuel Roberts, farmer of Dubbo, on the Cobra Road, four miles from Dubbo on May 30, cost Roberts £10 with 8/- costs, in default 24 days' hard labour, when the case was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unfortunate Accident
Mine host at the local hotel, Mr. Noel Dennis, while capping a newly syphoned bottle of best brew, suffered a badly cut hand when the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fatal Tram Accident Sydney, Friday
A youth was fatally injured by a tram at the intersection of Anzac Parade and Avoca Street, Kingsford, this morning. Tramway employees and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Coroner Finds Death Accident In Shooting Tragedy
"It seems to me that this sort of accident will keep recurring so long as there are pea rifles, boys of this age, and people who will lend weapons to young boys," said the Coroner, Mr. G. C. Hook, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Injured When Utility Overturns (Condensed from the "Western Time")
Two men, one of when was sequently permaitted to leave, were admitted to ? District Hospital on Saturday afternoon, as the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Accident Figures
"Early reduction in road accidents in N.S.W. is described by the N.R.M.A. as a ripe plum waiting for an energetic police force to pick."…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Accident at Jack Hall’s Creek
Jack Hall’s Creek bridge, a few miles from Coonabarabran on the Oxley Highway, which has been in the limelight of late, was the scene…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Motor World. News and Notes From the N.r.m.a. and R.a.c.a. Road Accident Figures: N.r.m.a. Urges Action
Early reduction in road accidents in N.S.W. is described by the N.R.M.A. as "a ripe plum waiting for an energetic police force to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ferry Accident Follows Truman's Departure Rio De Janeiro
Fifteen persons were killed and to injured when a ferry steamer collided with a launch in Guanatara Bay on Sunday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Cosy-Bye Fatality
The need for the warning given by the Coonabarabran District Coroner (Mr. F. T. [?] some time ago of the danger of using…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →19 Killed, 34 Seriously Injured In Engine Room Explosion BELFAST
Eighteen persons were killed and 34 seriously injured and are unlikely to survive, as a result of a violent engine explosion in the engine room of the liner Reina Del Pacifico, while it was undergoing trials, about seven miles off Copeland…
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