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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

212 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 11

Warren Faces More Electricity Blackouts As the results of a chapter of accidents Warrea faces another [?] with an unpredictable electricity supply. At present the restricted amount of electricity available for all purpose depends on the continued functioning of one

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 November 1951 · page 1

Last week the bit two-cylinder Crookwall engine broke down. A five inch engine value broke off and wrecked the…

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Two Dubbo Men Injured in Bathurst Crash

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 November 1951 · page 3

Two Dubbo youths were injured in a motorcycle accident on the Great Western Highway cast of Bathurst…

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Child, Twp Men Injured in Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 1

A child was injured when hit by a truck in Macquarie Street today and two men were Injured yesterday—one…

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Crushed By Tractor Mr. C. D. Hadfield Injured

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 17

Mr. C. D. Hadfield, jnr., of Cumberdeen, Baradine was severely bruised about the body on Monday night when a tractor…

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Stepped from Train into River: Drowned SYDNEY, Monday

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 1

A man stepped from a train which had stopped on the Hawbesbury River bridge early this morning and fell 60…

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"Dubbo Could Be Accident Free"

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 6 December 1951 · page 3

Constable Hill told last night's Road Safety meeting that he would "like to see Dubbo the…

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Boy Injured in Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 1

Ronald Bell (14), of 173 Cobra Street, Dubbo, was admitted to the Base Hospital last night in an unconscious…

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Accident Reports Three at Binnaway

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 4

Three accidents are reported from Binnaway during the weekend. A large truck [?] for wheat carting was left…

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Migrant Criminal Killed in Motor Cycle Accident. Sydney

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 December 1951 · page 1

A woman yesterday identified a dead migrant as the man who had bashed and robbed her of £1,600 last…

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Injured Cyclist Moved to Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 December 1951 · page 3

Jack Edwards, 22, of Macleay Street, North Dubbo, was conveyed by ambulance to Sydney yesterday for specialist…

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Man Injured on Christmas Day

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 1

Fenjamin Gale (50) of Darling Street, Dubbo, suffered abrasions to his head and right arm when he fell off the back…

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Injured Woman Will Be Taken to City Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 27 December 1951 · page 1

A privately chartered Avro Anson plane fitted with a stretcher left Bankstown for Bourke this morning to bring…

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Divers Dead 2 Hitchhikers Injured SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 December 1951 · page 1

The driver was killed instantly and two hitchhikers injured when a lorry crashed into a 12 foot embankment, off the Hume…

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