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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Injured Motorcyclist Gave Dubbo Address Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1948 · page 1

Police are investigating a story told by a 29-year-old man who was admitted to South Sydney Hospital last night with a…

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Sequel to Collision. Carrier Fined for not Reducing Speed. Local Solicitor and Crown Prosecutor Clash

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 April 1948 · page 6

AFTER a very lengthy hearing in the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Tuesday last, which was marked by heated clashes between the Crown prosecutor, Mr. A. J. White, and local solicitor, Mr. F. A. Davidson, Ronald…

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Show Rider Thrown Dramatic Accident at Baradine

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 22 April 1948 · page 6

Seriously injured when h is horse collided with the ringside fence at the Baradine show on Wednesday, Richard Harris, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bert Harris, of Baradine, was conveyed to Baradine Hospital, later being conveyed to the…

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Pearifle Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 April 1948 · page 3

Alan Levings, son of Mr. Hilton Levings, of Morgan Street, North Dubbo, while out shooting along the Eumungerie line…

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Accident Victim Dies in Hospital

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 3

Admitted to Dubbo Base Hospital on Monday night following an accident at the intersection of Cobra and Hopetoun Streets…

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Skating Accidents Learning the Painful Way

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 29 April 1948 · page 8

Twas ever thus. Youth must have its fling. So quotes the iably add that bought experience sages of ages past, who…

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Shooting Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 4 May 1948 · page 2

Mr. Raif Greig, of Quirindi, son of Mrs. Greig, of Cobra Street, and the late R. T. Greig, had the misfortune recently to…

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Railway Accident

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 9

Slipping from the platform at the Coonabarabran railway station on Tuesday, Edward McDonald, of Coonabarabran, sustained…

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Bad Roads Cause of Accidents

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 6 May 1948 · page 7

To state that bad roads were, responsible far more . accidents than any other cause in New South Wales is a bold assertion,…

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Boy Drowned in Belubela River

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 2

Paul Carroll, 3, was drowned in the Belubela River, Canowindra on Wednesday morning. The unfortunate child with another…

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Grega Farmer in Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 May 1948 · page 1

Mr. G. T. Petersen. of "Goolawee." Gregra, near Molong, was the victim of a painful accident recently at his property…

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Here and There FATALITY

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 May 1948 · page 3

An eleven-year-old girl, Pat McAuley, of Huntley, was killed by the Central Western Express at Bloomfield siding at 3.56 p.m…

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Inquest on Motorcycle Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 1

An inquest into the death of Raymond Henry Rope (25), of 209 Military Road, Cremorne, who died in the Dubbo Base…

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Riding Accident Mars Baradine Show

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1948 · page 6

Richard Harris of Baradine, was seriously injured when his horse collided with the ringside fence at Baradine show last week…

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Sequel to Accident Man Convicted on Two Charges Negligent Driving And Driving Without License

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

The sequel to an accident near Eumungeric on Christmas Day was the appearance at Gilgandra Court on Monday…

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Inquest Verdict Death Accidental

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1948 · page 1

At the conclusion of the hearing into the death of Raymond Henry Rope (25), who died in the Dubbo Base Hospital on…

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Injured Air Passenger Transferred at Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 May 1948 · page 2

When a plane bearing a seriously injured Nyngan grazier to Sydney was forced down at Dubbo on Thursday, the patient completed the journey in a Butler Air Transport plane which was redirected…

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Coroner's Verdict On Fatal Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 1

Mr. Ken Trevitt, well-known in Wellington as the Manager and Organiser of the Western Districts'…

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Road Accident Yeoval Man's Arm Amputated

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 May 1948 · page 1

A Yeoval man had his right arm amputated at the Wellington District Hospital on Saturday night last…

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Collision on Cargo Road

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 May 1948 · page 2

A collision between two cars on the Cargo road, near Orange on Saturday afternoon, resulted in both vehicles being badly…

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