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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Accident on Dubbo Road

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1952 · page 1

There was an accident two miles from Narromine an the Dubbo Road last night, when a car and a truck were…

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Rescuer Can't Swim, but He Saved Man From Drowning

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 1

A WELLINGTON man was rescued from drowning in the flooded Bell River on Tuesday after he had fallen from his horse. He is Ernest Dunsmore, who…

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£7625 For Dubbo Accident SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 19 June 1952 · page 1

Damages of £7625 were awarded to Constance Caroline Hiatt, 45, of Wellington for the loss of her husband,…

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Verdict on Boy's Drowning Coroner Townsend Finds Accidental Death

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

Holding an inquiry at the Gilgandra Court House on Monday, District Coroner, Mr. E. Townsend, returned a verdict of accidental death when he…

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Fatal Accident at Pilliga Father of Eleven Children

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

Walter John Beckhouse, a 48-year-old married man with a family of 11 children, was…

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Fines Sequel to Road Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 9

A man was fined £10 and ordered to pay £3/4/- costs in the Wellington Court of Petty Sessions on Thursday on…

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Accidental Death Bernard William O[?]Neill

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 26 June 1952 · page 1

The Baradine Coroner Mr. H. Bower, at an inquest into the death of Bernard Wiliam O’Neill, 56, of Baradine, at…

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Three Footballers Injured

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 June 1952 · page 1

Three footballers who were injured in matches during the week-end may be unfit to play for the remainder of the…

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Utility Overturned Mr. C. Harper, Injured

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 15

Mr. C. W. Harper, of the staff of H. C. Dawson, Coonabarabran agent, suffered a fractured pelvis and dislocated hip when…

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Too Many Country Accidents

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

The Chairman of the Road Safety Council at Dubbo, Ald. Cunynghame, said that the campaign…

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Inquest on Road Fatalities Findings of Accidental Deaths Recorded by District Coroner

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 July 1952 · page 1

AT an inquest in the Wellington Court House yesterday, the District Coroner, Mr. J. P. Dowd, returned findings of accidental deaths after hearing evidence about an accident in which two people were killed and three injured in a road accident near Wellington on May 11 last…

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An Injured by Falling Tree

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 1

A Wellington man sustained [?]nful injuries when he was [?]uck by a falling tree near [?]bbo early yesterday…

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Coroner Hears Evidence on Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1952 · page 2

Evidence produced did not enable him to say whether the death of a youth who had died as a result of a collision…

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Unusual Train Accident on Young Line Young

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 July 1952 · page 2

A steer derailed a train at Cowra recently, but not until 42 of the 52 carriages which made up the train had passed over it…

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Valuable Racehorse Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 10 July 1952 · page 1

A valuable racehorse cut itself on a barbed wire fence on Tuesday after it had broken away from a trainer who was…

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Chapter of Accidents for Builders

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1952 · page 5

Work on the Narromine United Services Memorial commercial yesterday under very worrying circumstances for the…

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Boys Injured by Detonator Canowindra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 1

When a detenator exploded on Sunday Brian Costello, 10, and his brother, Leo, were injured…

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Two Men Hurt in Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1952 · page 3

John M. Griffiths, 22, of Eumungerie, who was struck by tree while clearing with a tractor was admitted to Dubbo Base…

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Fijian Footballer "On Duty" After Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 July 1952 · page 1

Fijian footballer, Semesa Seruvatu, a member of the Fiji Police Force, returned to duty in Dubbo yesterday—unexpectedly. Near by when an ambulance vehicle and a sedan…

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Three Police Officers Injured, One Seriously, in Road Crash on Limestone Hill

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 July 1952 · page 10

THREE Wellington police officers were injured, one seriously, at noon on Tuesday last when the truck in which they were travelling ran off the road and crashed down an embankment on the Limestone Hill, about five miles from Wellington. They are:…

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