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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents
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The District Coroner, Mr. J. P. Dowd, on Tuesday found that a man who fell into the Macquarie River on December 16 last was accidentally drowned. The verdict was returned after evidence had been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A woman was taken to hospital last night, after a railway shunting engine and a utility truck were involved in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Dubbo man who had rolled up his fishing lines after telling a woman he was going home, slipped on the wet bank and fell into the Macquarie River and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Half the fatal road accidents in Australia occur in rural districts—on straight roads. This is revealed in a new Current Affairs Bulletin on Road Safety published by the Sydney University committee for tutorial classes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →When diagnosing some obscure fault in cars, it is helpful to remember whether the onset of the trouble could be traced back to any particular abnormal circumstance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Residents of Cumnock and district were shocked on Monday last when news was received that Mr. E. Dowling,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Deputy Headmaster of Dubbo High School, Mr. F. C. Evans and two children escaped serious injury when their…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Dubbo couple, Mr. and Mrs. John Henderson and their three children. Cherill Janette and Rodney, narrowly escaped injury…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Half the fatal road accidents in Australia occur in rural districts—on straight roads…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ronald Lousick, 19, truck driver, of Molong Road, Wellington, suffered possible fracures of his right forearm, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →St. John and local Ambulance men treated only 150 people for minor injuries and collapse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A young motor cyclist was injured in an accident in Wellington on Friday night. He is Ronald Joseph Martin,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Ron Cameron, of "Kelvin," was in Sydney last week to receive urgent attention from an eye specialist. He had the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident occurred about midday on Sunday of last week on the Mitchell Highway two miles west of Geurie…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Geoffrey Milgate, 18, of Troy Siding, was seriously injured when a motor cycle he was riding near the intersection of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →About 100 sheep were washed into a flooded gully and drowned on a district property during a heavy storm on Monday afternoon. In parts of the Geurie district, four inches of rain…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A car driven by Alan Reginald Green, 20, of Gipps Street, was in a collision, with a utility driven by Albert Harper, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A youth died from injuries on Sunday on his away to Mudgee Hospital, after a car he had been travelling in crashed into a tree…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Some interesting views on motoring were expressed by the Duke of Edinburgh ina speech he made as President of the Automobile Association of Great Britain in opening the London Motor Show…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albert John Peet, laborer, of Darling Street, Dubbo, was ordered by Judge McKillop in the District Court in Dubbo, to…
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