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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1952

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Nsw-wide Drive to Cut Road Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 September 1952 · page 5

An urgent appeal to the public to assist in the State-wide drive to reduce road accidents has been made by a spokesman for the Road…

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University Hopes to Reduce Child Accidents Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 3

A third of all deaths of Australian children under the age of 15 is due to accidents, says Dr. F. W. Clements, lecturer in child health at the Sydney University…

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Accidental Finding Returned Death of O. (Drummer) Gardiner

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 18 September 1952 · page 1

The Coonabarabran District Coroner Mr. D. W. Murphy, J.P., at a coronial inquiry into the death of Oswald (Drummer) Gardiner at the intersection of Cowper ,and Daigarno Streets on August 28, 1952 found…

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Three Injured in Car Smash

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 September 1952 · page 5

Three men were injured and their car was extensively damaged when it skidded on loose gravel and crashed into…

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Young Man Injured Clearing with Tractor

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 1

Whilst pulling down a small tree with a tractor John Suilvan 22. of Eurona, Purlewagh on Wednesday of last…

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Fatal Accident Death of O. (Drummer) Gardiner

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 25 September 1952 · page 3

The Coonabarabran District Coroner, Mr. D. W. Murphy, J.P., at a coronial inquiry into the death of…

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Car Fatality S. E. Girdler Killed

The Western Herald · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 10

Samuel Edward Girdler, aged 52, single, a storekeeper at North Bourke, was killed early on…

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Survey Of Childhood Accidents

The Western Herald · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 9

Some 50,000 mothers of N.S.W. city and country children aged five or less are being asked to fill in…

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Loose Gravel [?] for Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 September 1952 · page 6

When a motor cycle skipped in the loose gravel at the side of the road the [?] rider, Mr. George Maher, an…

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Plumbing Contractor Suffered Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 October 1952 · page 1

The condition of a well-known Wellington plumbing contractor, who is in the District Hospital following an…

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Orange Man Injured Returning From Wedding

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 1

An Orange man who was returning from a wedding at Geurie on Saturday night escaped death by inches when…

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Three Escape Unhnrt After Spectacular Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 October 1952 · page 4

Three young Sydney menu escaped injury when their car overturned and skidded across the Mitchell Highway in a…

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3 Girls Injured in Sports

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 October 1952 · page 1

Three girls were injured while taking part in the Postal Institute sports carnival yesterday. They were:—…

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Two Men in Hospital Result of Car Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 8

Two men are in the Coonamble District Hospital as a result of a car accident which happened…

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Young Man Killed Motor Cycle Accident

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 9 October 1952 · page 2

Stafford Dowsett, 19, was killed early this morning, when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a horse on the…

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Coronial Inquiry Verdict of Accidental Death

The Western Herald · Friday 10 October 1952 · page 5

Before the Coroner (Mr. A. Carmichael) at the Court House, Bourke, on Saturday morning last, an…

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Buckjump Rider Injured at Rodeo

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 October 1952 · page 1

The condition of a Sydney horseman who was injured at the gymkhana and rodeo at the Showground on Saturday…

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Motorcyclist in Hospital After Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 17 October 1952 · page 1

William Jones, about 21, of Manly, who is employed in the Commonwealth Bank in Dubbo, is in the Base Hospital with…

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Fatal Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 3

Stafford Dowsett (19), a share-farmer at Coolca[?] pa near Coonabarabran, was found dead with fractured…

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Accident to Motor Cyclist Bank Officer in Hospital

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 23 October 1952 · page 1

Mr. William Jones, an officer of the Commonwealth Bank, Dubbo, is in Dubbo Base…

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