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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

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Court Sequel to Collision on Xmas Eve

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 May 1950 · page 3

A collision between a car and a panel van in Erskine Street Dubbo last Christmas Ewe had a sequel in the…

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£5,650 Awarded: Accident Claims

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 1

Damages and compensation totalling £5,650 were awarded in the Supreme Court on Tuesday in actions arising from a road accident at Coonabarabran in July, 1948. states the "Sydney Morning Herald."…

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Death Follows Accident Baradine Mourns Resident

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 May 1950 · page 3

Following a heavy fall last week Mr. William Claude Carlow of Baradine-died at his home on Monday last. The cause of death…

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Girl Killed in Road Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 2 June 1950 · page 1

Fog and loose gravel are believed to be contributing factors in an accident near Nevertire on Wednesday night, wheu a car overturned…

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Four Footballers Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 1

Four footballers were injured during weekend matches in Dubbo. Ken Whiteley (16) of…

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Accident Victim Recovering

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1950 · page 3

Mr. McManus, of "Narrawin", Gongolgon, who was seriously injured in a car accident last Wednesday night, is now…

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Ambulance Man Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 1

Mr. Fred McGuinness, Nyngan ambulance driver was felling a tree on Sunday when it rolled back and fell on him…

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Strange Home Accident New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1950 · page 1

Three children were burned to death yesterday in a fire which swept wooden house at Oakland Maryland after a washing…

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Migrant Injured Transported by Train

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 15 June 1950 · page 3

A new Australian Mr. Wlas Wladeslov employed on railway works at Derringulla suffered severe lacerations to the forehead…

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Frightful Motor Fatality Death of Mr. G. S. Treweeke

The Western Herald · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 1

As a result of the Utility he was driving: colliding with a semi-trailer on the outskirts of the town at five minutes…

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Local and General ACCIDENT

The Western Herald · Friday 16 June 1950 · page 6

On Monday last whilst exercising racehorses, Johnny Salway had the misfortune to sustain a broken collarbone. It appears he was riding a…

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Three Drowned in Floods Western Highway Blocked

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 June 1950 · page 1

Three men have been drowned, and hundreds of people have been driven from their homes in Sydney and country districts by floods caused by a week of continuous rain…

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Three Traffic Accidents Over Weekend

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1950 · page 2

Two car collisions occurred in Dubbo on Sunday, and a truck ran off the Wellington Road near Geurie on Friday night…

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Film Star's Injury Accident Hollywood

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 June 1950 · page 1

Judy Garland's physician to-day opined that the 27-years-old actress had not attempted to injure herself in a scene at one…

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Young Cyclist Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 1

A 15-year-old Post Office employee, Ronald Cavanagh, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Cavanagh, of Gisborne Lane, had…

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Both Drivers Fined. Sequel to Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 June 1950 · page 1

The drivers of two vehicles which collided at the intersection of Percy and Gisborne Streets on April 12 last were…

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Two Injured When Van Runs Into Tree

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1950 · page 1

When a panel van veered off the Wellington Road, about one mile from Dubbo, shortly before midnight last night it collided…

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Injured Man Ferried Across Bogan River

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 30 June 1950 · page 1

A boat had to be used on Wednesday to bring an injured man across the Bogan River before taking him 80 miles into Narromine by…

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Boy Cyclist Hurt in Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 July 1950 · page 1

Suffering severely from shock, a nine-year old boy was admitted to the Wellington District Hospital yesterday…

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No-one Injured in Train Derailment

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 July 1950 · page 1

Slight damage was caused to the railway track, but no-one was Injured when 14 trucks of a goods train were derailed near…

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