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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1950

187 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 8 of 10

Boy Injured on Station

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 September 1950 · page 1

As he was stepping from the train at Dubbo station this morning a carriage door closed in the face of Rex Lay, a Geurie…

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Breasley Injured in U.K. Fall London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 21 September 1950 · page 8

Australian Jockey Arthur Bensley Injured his knee and rushed his head in a fall at Brighton yesterday…

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Motor Accident Conviction Submission Fails

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 28 September 1950 · page 18

Following a submission at the August sittings of the Coonabarabran Court of Petty Sessions by solicitor, Mr. C. J. McShane…

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Man Shot by Dog Fight To Save life Of Accident Victim

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1950 · page 1

Critically injured in a freak acci­dent on Sunday afternoon a Narromine man's life has been saved by the fact that Narromine has a…

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Churchill's Son Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1950 · page 2

Randolph Churchill, son of Mr Winston Churchill, who…

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Man Drowned at Binnaway Body Not Yet Recovered

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 5 October 1950 · page 19

An old identity of Binnaway Francis Lyddington Chambers, 66, better known to residents of Binnaway as “Peter the Painter”…

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Prime Ewes Die From Arsenic Poisoning Accident Costs Grazier £3,000

The Western Herald · Friday 6 October 1950 · page 12

Four hundred prime young merino ewes worth about £3,000 died recently on a Western district grazing property after eating from…

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Inquiry Into Fatal Road Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 October 1950 · page 2

The Dubbo Coroner (Mr. R. Palmer) returned a verdict of accident death on Thursday afternoon when he inquired into…

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Husband In Car Ahead Unaware Of Wife's Death In Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 October 1950 · page 1

TRAVELLING in another vehicle ahead of her, the husband of a Mumbil woman who was killed in a road accident on the Mumbil Road near Apsley on Friday night did not know of his wife's death until some time…

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Nine Drowned in Dam Tragedy Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 October 1950 · page 4

Burrenjuck dam officials announced early today that three more men were lost in yesterday's tragedy, bring the death…

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Brakevan Used to Reach Injured Man

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 1

Dubbo Ambulance officers used a railway brakevan to reach a railwayman who injured his left shoulder when he fell…

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Chain of Road Accidents New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 October 1950 · page 2

Twelve persons were injured at Kearny, New Jersey, in a freak collision involving 10 motor vehicles…

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Fatal Accident. Coroner's Inquiry Opened

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 October 1950 · page 14

The Coronial Inquiry into the death of Mrs. Mary Jane Glover, of Mumbil, who was killed in a car accident at…

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Man Drowned Crossing Flooded River

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 October 1950 · page 1

A man was drowned while trying to cross the flooded Narran River near the Queensland border yesterday morning…

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Man Injured in Road Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 October 1950 · page 1

A man was seriously injured when he slid off the table of a semi-trailer at Geurie on Saturday afternoon last after…

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Father, Daughter Drowned in Walgett Lagoon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 3

Floodwaters around Walgett yesterday claimed two victims when Eric Morgan, 40, and his 11-year-old daughter Edith,…

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Two Men Found Injured on Peak Hill Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 1

Two men were found unconscious, suffering extensive head wounds, on a Peak Hill property on Sunday afternoon…

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Royal Lunch for Victim of Car Accident London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 October 1950 · page 1

An 13-year-old apprentice carpenter had an unexpected lunch at Princess Elizabeth's London home, Clarence House,…

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Two Men Badly Injured: Assault Charge

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 1

After two men employed on Bulgandramine Station, Peak Hill, had sustained serious injuries on Saturday night, two…

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Verdict of Death by Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 2 November 1950 · page 1

Late this afternoon, Mr. Christie returned a verdict of accidental death in each case…

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