Motor Cycle Fatality at Lithgow
Ernest Baxter (22), of Water Works Road, Oakley Park, was killed instantly when the motor cycle he was riding, crashed into…
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Accidents, 1948
149 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 8
News in Brief Jockey's Foot Injured
Whilst riding at the Macquarie Picnic races this week Mr. N. Veech of Wellington had his foot badly bruised when the horse he…
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The presence of mind and quick action of a fellow rider in an R.A.A.F. tender saved a young man serious…
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When his motor cycle skidded and break through the bridge railing to fall onto the embankment of Belar Creek, near…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →300 Believed Drowned in Portland Floods Portland, Oregon, Tuesday
Unofficial estimates of the death toll at Vanport City, which was wiped out on Sunday by the floodwaters of the Columbia River, are as high as 300, but it may be days before the actual figure is known…
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A 12-year-old boy was accidentally shot whilst out shooting with his parents on Sunday. He is James Newlands (12), of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Premier Jockey Injured in Fall London
England's leading Jockey, Gordon Richards, had two ribs cracked when his mount fell and threw him under the heels of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed in Train Accident
Word was received in Coonabarabran on Monday morning that Mr. Thomas Gardiner, brother of Mr. Jim Gardiner, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Road Accidents in Night Rain
In blinding rain on Friday night last, two road accidents, one in Wellington and the other at Gobolion,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"New Look" and Road Accidents
The "New Look" in women's clothes has started a controversy among road safety students. According to the N.R.M.A., they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boy Shot with Rifle Accident with Father
James Newland (12 years), of Dubbo, was admited to the Dubbo Base Hospital, suffering from a bullet wound in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accident Kills Former Gilgandra Resident
On Sunday, June 6, a former Gilgandra blacksmith, Mr. Thomas Gardiner, was knocked over by a tram and died…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rain Causes Road Accidents
During the rain on Friday night two road accidents occurred at about the same time. One was at Wellington and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cab-car Collision
At 8 a.m. on Monday a car driven by Mr. R. N. Nelson, of Wellington, and a taxi cab owned and driven by Mr. Max Robinson,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wellington Residents in Dubbo Accident
At 8 o'clock, on Monday morning last, a collision occurred between a small sedan car, owned and driven…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Driver, Fireman Injured in Train Smash Sydney
An engine driver and fireman were injured, and three vans carrying perishable goods from the North Coast were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →S.A. Governor Injured in Fall From Camel Adelaide
South Australian Governor, Sir Willoughby Norrie, is in hospital suffering from concussion following a fall from a camel at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Jockey Injured at Canowindra
Apprentice jockey, Les Kelly, was seriously injured when his mount, Gold Mist, fell in the last race at Canewindra on Saturday…
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A warning to motorists against driving with the elbow protuding outside the car window is provided by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →300 Killed and Injured in Quake of Greece Athens
Three hundred persons have born killed and injured and 90 per cent of the building destroyed at [?]evka on the island of…
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