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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1947

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Two Injured in Plane Crash at Temora Yesterday. TEMORA

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 1

Two persons were injured, one seriously, when a Tiger Moth plane crashed from a hundred feet at Temora…

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Accident on Kenebri Road

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 18 September 1947 · page 8

On Saturday last while riding his motor cycle between Baradine and Kenebri, Mr. Doug. Ryan was thrown heavily to the ground when…

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Drowning Fatality Narrowly Averted

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1947 · page 3

An almost miraculous escape from death by drowning was experienced by two people travelling in a light spring cart betwen Parkes and Eugowra…

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Fireman Washed Off Rocks, Drowned Sydney, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 September 1947 · page 1

A huge wave swept a man off the rocks at Rosa Gully into the Ocean and he was drowned. He was A. Barton of Hurstville, fireman, attached to…

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Accidentally Drowned Coroner's Verdict at Inquest

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 1

THE District Coroner (Mr. J. P. Dowd) returned a finding of accidental drowning after hearing evidence at the inquest, at the Wellington Court House yesterday morning, into the death of Leonard William McLelland…

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District News in Brief Veteran Taxi Driver Fatally Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 3

Within a few hours of few hours of the time he had fixed to retire from the taxi business, 71-years-old Daniel P. Aulting of Armidale, was fatally injured in a level…

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Mendooran News From Our Correspondent Local Inhabitant Meets With Serious Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 5

Mr. A. O. Byrne was the victim of a serious accident on Tuesday. He was in the act of cranking his car when…

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Ear Torn Off in Car Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 October 1947 · page 6

A man had Ms car partly torn off in a car accident at Mendooran on Tuesday morning. He is Arthur Byrne (49) farmer of "Te Wliare," Mendooran…

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Accidental Drowning Verdict

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 6

At a colonial inquiry conducted at Wellington, the district coronet (Mr. J. P. Dowd) returned a finding of…

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Death Of Old Man Follows Car Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 October 1947 · page 4

As the result of injuries sustained when he ?was struck by a car three miles from Dubbo on the Wellington Road at 4.40 p.m. on Thursday, an 84-years-old pensioner died in the Dubbo Base Hospital yesterday morning…

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Ear Torn Off In Car Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 9 October 1947 · page 8

A man had his ear partly torn off in a car accident at Mendooran last week. He is Arthur Byrne (49) farmer…

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May Lose Eye After Car Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 October 1947 · page 1

Two men were injured, one seriously, in a car accident 13 miles from Dubbo, on the Dubbo-Wellington Road at about 11.15 last night. They are George Cameron, 35 Stirling Street, Dubbo, and…

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Pensioner's Death Accidental

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 1

After an inquest into the death of Peter Holmes, old age pensioner, who died on October 3 after being knocked down by a car on the…

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Boy Recovering After Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 16 October 1947 · page 8

Peter Nelson, a schoolboy, of Tambar Springs, who was admitted to Coonabarabran District Hospital last week, has…

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Prayer Book Identifies Drowned Girl Brisbane, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1947 · page 1

The identity of a young woman drowned in the Brisbane River last night was established by a prayer book with the name "Mary Griffith" on the…

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Three Drowned in Launch Collision Entangled in Wreckage. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 1

When an airforce crash-boat and a pleasure launch collided in McMillan Strait near the entrance to Lake…

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Mountbatten Injured in Car Accident London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 23 October 1947 · page 1

Lieutenant Philip Mountbatten suffered slight bruises and a twisted knee on Tuesday night, when a car, in which he was returning alone to the…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 1

Sydney. — A young war widow drowned herself and tried to drown her six years old son in Lane Cove River yesterday, but a canoeist…

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Three Drowned Following Launch Collision. Sydney

The Western Herald · Friday 24 October 1947 · page 1

Melbourne. — When an air force crashboat and pleasure launch collided in McMillan Strait, near the entrance to Lake King, two women…

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Two Accidents at Trangie

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 28 October 1947 · page 6

There were two more accidents, either one of Which might easily have been fatal. Mr. Jack O'Brien turned his truck…

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