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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Two Injured When Car Hits Post

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 1

A man standing on the running board of a car was knocked off and fractured his leg when the car hit a guide post…

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Boy Injured In Fall Down Mine

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Tuesday 29 June 1954 · page 7

The old open-cut gold mine on the outskirts of Peak Hill, a favourite playing place for the younger generation, was the…

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Electrician fatally injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 1

An ex-Wellington electrician was fatally injured on Tuesday when he fell from a crane on a Fort Kembla jetty…

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Little Boy Fatally Injured

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 1 July 1954 · page 1

Patrick Joseph Wesley, aged three years, died in the Coolah District Hospital early on Thursday morning…

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Death of rail accident victim

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 July 1954 · page 1

Former Wellington resident, Mr. Stanley Reinhard, of Wollongong, died in the Wollongong Hospital this morning…

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384 Dead 7000 Injured On Roads: This Year SYDNEY

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

Describing the figures as appalling the Superintendent of Traffic, Mr. Snowden, revealed that 384 persons had been…

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Shire employee killed in road accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

A Wellington Shire Council employee was fatally injured in an accident on the Maroombah Rd., Euchareena. this morning. He is William Walter Trudgett…

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Fatal Motor Accident at Gunnedah

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 8 July 1954 · page 1

Miss Jean [?] Evane, of knight Street, was fataly injured In a motor accident on Sunday evening on…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 12

A young man named James William Kenneth Daley, aged 25 years, better known as "Kingy"…

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Electrician Fatally Injured

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 6

An ex-Wellington electrician was fatally injured when he fell from a crane on a Port Kembla jetty…

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Elderly Man Injured at [?]Ome

Gilgandra Weekly · Wednesday 14 July 1954 · page 2

Walter Poundsberry, 77 years of age, who lives alone at his home at Eumungerie, was heard…

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Coroners’ Verdict of Accidental Death

Coonabarabran Times · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 3

At the coronial inquiry into the death of Patrick Joseph Wesley, aged 3, held on Thursday last the district…

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Shooting Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 5

This inquiry concerned the death of a two and a half years old child (Geoffrey) of Mr. & Mrs. Les. Kendall, who…

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Schoolgirl Critically Injured In Dubbo

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

A 12-years-old school girl was admitted to the Base Hospital in a critical condition this afternoon…

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Murder Of Lonely Garage Owner Gagged And Bound Three-state Hunt for Killer Believed Injured Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 1

Police in three States have been alerted to trap the on-the-run murderer who has had 15 hours start. The killer's motive was robbery and his getaway plan was upset when a stolen car which he was…

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Man injured in road smash

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 5

A Wellington man was hurt in a road accident on the Molong Road on Saturday night. He is Edgar Allan King (63)…

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Mother of five children killed in road accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 July 1954 · page 8

A woman was killed instantly when she was run over by a semi-trailer on the Showground Road on Saturday night. She was Mrs. Rene Allison…

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"Little Mo" Seriously Injured New York

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 July 1954 · page 1

A message from San Diego (California' states that Maureen (Little Mo) Connohy, undisputed champion…

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Accident insurance for pupils at schools

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 1

The new School Children's Accident Insurance Scheme has been adopted by the Wellington Parents and Citizens' Association. This was decided at the meeting of the Association…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 6

The body of James William Kenneth Daley (better known as "Kingy Daley") who was drowned on July…

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