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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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Mr. L. J. Failes, M.h.r, in Accident

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 21 June 1951 · page 1

Returning from the Jubilee opening of Parliament in Canberra last Friday [?] L .J Failes NHR for Lawson…

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The Motor World News and Notes From Tee N.r.m.a. Motor Cycle Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 22 June 1951 · page 7

The N.R.M.A. shares the alarm expressed by the Australian Road Safety Council at the big increase in the number of accidents…

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Valuable Stud Rams Were Within an Ace of Drowning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1951 · page 1

Stud rams worth tens of thousands of pounds came within an ace of being drowned at Bandemar Station,…

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Boy injured by Taxi: Accident in John Street

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

On Monday afternoon. Jellrey Mahon. 4. on of Mr. and Mrs. E. Mahon. King Street Coonabarabran. suffered a…

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Accident Near Myall Mundi

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 June 1951 · page 1

A Narromine man, Mr. Harry Moore, is confined to his bed as the result of a nasty accident which occurred on the…

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Week-end Accidents at Trangie Leg Broken In Two Places

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 8

Mr. Geoff McMillan had his leg fractured in two places on Saturday at "Leydon." the property of the father-in-law, Mr…

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Accident Near Myall Mundi

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 5 July 1951 · page 6

A Narromine man, Mr. Harry Moore, is confined to his bed as result of a nasty accident which occurred on the…

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Faithful Mongrel Aids Injured Boys. MELBOURNE

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 1

Trying to escape from a gang of youths who were firing catapults at them, two boys fell over a forty feet cliff at…

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Collision Between Two Trucks

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 2

A collision between two utility trucks occurred at the intersection of Bultge and Darling street at 7.35 yesterday…

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50 Drowned When Bus Overturned Mexico City

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 3

At least 50 peasants were drowned when a crowded bus overturned and was carried away by the strong current as it tried…

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Station Hand Is Injured in Fall From Jeep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 July 1951 · page 2

A man was admitted to the Narromine District Hospital last night in a critical condition after he had fallen from the back…

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House Painter Is Badly Injured by 12 Foot Fall

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

A well-known Dubbo house painter, Mr. Quincy Adams of Goode Street, was badly injured in a fall from a ladder…

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Young Brunette "Changed" After Accident Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 26 July 1951 · page 1

A pretty, 18-year-old brunette of Orange had to be taught to walk again after an accident, the Supreme Court…

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Narrow Escapes in Accidents on Scenic Road

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 July 1951 · page 1

Four young Wellington residents had fortunate escapes from serious injury in two road accidents on the Mount…

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Jeep Accident on Dubbo Road

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

When the lights failed on a jeep when it was about tight miles from Dubbo on the Dubbo-Narromine Road on Saturday…

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Accidentally Shot Through Leg

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

Mr. Cyril Comino, of the Garden Cafe. Narromine. was accidentally shot through the leg at about 1 a.m. on Sunday…

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Black Weekend for Accidents One Killed, Others Narrowly Escape

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 1

The death of a youth in the Dubbo Base Hospital and a series of narrow escapes, marked one of the blackest road accident week-ends in the Dubbo district this year…

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Stuart Town Motor Cycle Accident. Youth Killed, Local Girl Seriously Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 August 1951 · page 9

The whole town was shocked last week when the news was received that Miss Lila Brown was involved in a serious motor…

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Child Is Almost Drowned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 1

A 21-months-old boy was nearly drowned in the duckpond in Victoria Park yesterday afternoon…

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Plane Accidentally Dusted the Wrong Farm

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 2

When aerial seed planting and spraying was in its infancy in Australia a pilot accidentally dusted with D.D.T. the wrong property. There were two very indignant farmers, but for…

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