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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

187 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 10 of 10

Motor Cycle Fatality

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 14 December 1950 · page 7

A sad fatality ocurred near Wellington recently, when Maurice, the 18 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. G. Walsh,…

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Butcher Injured by Skewer

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 December 1950 · page 1

While Ossie Turner, or 20 Bishop Street, was working at H. R. Ottley's butcher shop yesterday, a meat skewer…

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Old Man Injured at Tomingley

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 December 1950 · page 3

An old man, William Nelson Mears, 63, of "Green Dongs," Tomingley, was allegedly assaulted and severely injured at…

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Drowning Tragedy in Coonaible

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 21 December 1950 · page 6

An attempt to revive a 62 years old man who fell into the Castlereagh River at Coonamble on Sunday…

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Wrong "Christmas Spirit" Causes Accidents Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 December 1950 · page 3

The wrong kind of "Christmas spirit" over the holidays Would result in more accidents and deaths, warned the President of the N.R.M.A. (Mr. C. R. Davidson) today…

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Dubbo Had Quiet Christmas No Accidents, Fires Or Crime

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 December 1950 · page 1

Christmas 1950 was one of the quietest—and coolest—holidays on record in Dubbo with no accidents, no fires and no crime…

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Man Accidentally Shot by Friend Canowindra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1950 · page 3

William Weaver (27) was accidentally shot by a companion, Edward Brice at Canowindra late on Tuesday afternoon…

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