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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1948

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Car Accident Injuries Prove Fatal

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 November 1948 · page 1

An elderly man suffered fatal injuries when he was knocked down by a motor car in Lee Street on Friday…

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Car Accident Injuries Prove Fatal

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 5

An elderly man suffered fatal injuries when he was knocked down by a motor car in Lee Street Wellington…

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Accident with Shot Gun

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 December 1948 · page 4

A man was accidentally shot through the thigh while bag sowing on "Willow Belah," the property of Mr. W. Edmonstone, at…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1948 · page 2

Tragic circumstances, sur-round the drowning on Sunday afternoon. at Orange of Denise Annie Murray a our-year-old…

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Sad Fatality at Wagga Ex-coona. Boy Drowned

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 1

A sad fatality occurred at Pig's Point, near Wagga, on Sunday when Mervyn Gray, an 18-pear-oId student at Wagga Teachers' College, disappeared while swimming in the Murrumbidgee River. His body was not discovered until…

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Expensive Collision with Police Truck

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 December 1948 · page 1

When he drove his motor vehicle from the kerb in Nanima Crescent on September 23, a Wellington man…

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Cycling Accidents to Wellington Riders at Dubbo

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 December 1948 · page 1

Wellington riders had a hectic time at the Cycling Carnival conducted by the Dubbo Club at Victoria Oval…

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[?] Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 21 December 1948 · page 3

Mr. W. [?] a peri[?] on [?] the proporty [?] W. [?]…

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Serious Accident at Binnaway Man Critically Ill In Hospital

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 23 December 1948 · page 1

A serious Accident befel Mr. Carl Mills, well-known Coonabarabran resident, at Binnaway on Tuesday afternoon, and as a result of which he is in the District Hospital dangerously ill…

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