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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1949

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Ears Torn Off in Traffic Collision

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 February 1949 · page 2

Two Lithgow men had their left ears torn off when a car, a truck and a utility collided on the Great…

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Who Is Liable7 If Accident At Hospital

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 3

Secretary Yates reported at the monthly meeting of the Board of Directors of the Gilgandra Distric Hospital on…

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Inquest Into Boys Tragic Death. Verdict of Accidental Death by Arsenical Poisoning. Coroner Alleges Negligent Custody of Weed-killer by Railways Officers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 February 1949 · page 1

A finding of accidental death by poisoning was returned by the Wellington Coroner, Mr. J. P. Dowd, at the inquest at the Court House yesterday into the death of 6 years old Bruce Elvick Sullivan on January 3 last at the…

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Boy Injured by Truck on Cobbora Road

The Wellington Times · Monday 28 February 1949 · page 1

An eight-years-old schoolboy suffered a fractured right thigh when he was struck by a motor lorry on the Cobbora…

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Injured in Fall

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 4

Mr. Jack Grant, of 24 Gipps Street, North Dubbo, received a lacerated wound over the right eve, probable fractured…

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Schoolboy Injured, Struck by Lorry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1949 · page 3

Am eight-years-old schoolboy suffered a fractured right thigh when he was struck by a motor lorry on the Wellington-Cobbora…

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Mendooran Accident Whilst Shearing

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 5

Mr.. Rep Dinsdale met with a nasty accident whilst shearing at Sir.. Dave Jones, "Hawthorn," Binnaway.. In the process of…

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Accident With Pea Rifle Young Man in Hospital

The North-Western Watchman · Thursday 3 March 1949 · page 11

Mr. Ernie Hunt, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Hunt of Cassilis Street, was admitteds to the Coonabarabran District…

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Ambulance Casualties Injured By Axe

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 7

Colin 1sen 19, of 189 Brisbane Street, received injuries to the left hand while working with an axe yesterday morning. He was…

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Half Mudgee Carnival Prizemoney to Wellington Cyclists. Locals in Race Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 March 1949 · page 1

Wellington cyclists had one of their best nights on Saturday when they won practically half the prizemoney offered at…

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Motor Car Collision Two Men Injured

The Western Herald · Friday 11 March 1949 · page 10

A motor car collision occurred on the Metal Road on Saturday afternoon last and as a result two men are in the…

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Local Footballer Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 14 March 1949 · page 1

Well-known Wellington foot-baller, Bruce Smith, suffered a broken collarbone whilst playing for St. George against North…

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Sequel to Collision. £125 Damages for Injured Children

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 1

A Wellington garage proprietor was granted a total of £125 damages in the District Court this morning for injury…

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Accident to Sleep Walker

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 17 March 1949 · page 6

Mr. Leslie Gidding, a guest at the Great Western Hotel, Dubbo, had a narrow escape from ferious, is not fatal…

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Girls Injured in Street Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 7

Miss Norma Siggers and Miss [?]aine Kneale met with a very painful accident in Caswell Street, Peak Hill, on Saturday afternoon…

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Bourke Shearer Missing, Believed Drowned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 5

Bourke Police are dragging the Darling liver, which is running at half flood level, in search of a shearer,…

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Ambulance Casualties Girl Injured When Climbing Fence

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1949 · page 5

Five-vear-old Patrica Miller, of Hampton Street, Dubbo, received a probable fracture of the left, leg when she fell from a fence at…

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Death From Drowning Was Coroner's Verdict

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 1

At the coroner's inquiry into the death of Valentine Crowley, whose body was recovered from the Macquarie River on March 2, the Deputy Coroner, Mr. G. J. Christie, found that the deceased had died…

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Car Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 24 March 1949 · page 5

Mr. D. Trassey, returning from the Coonabarabran races on Saturday, had the bad luck to turn his Morris…

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Drowning Fatality At Kallara

The Western Herald · Friday 25 March 1949 · page 7

The Police received word on Sunday last, that a man named Kenry George Smith, aged 34, was missing at Kallara Station,…

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