Shooting Fatality
On the 37th December last a shooting fatality occurred on the Cottage Block, near Louth, when a…
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Accidents, 1957
14 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers
Man Drowned Roger Gordon Leggatt
The whole district was shocked when word was received of the drowning of Roger Gordon Leggatt,…
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A car overturned on the Mitchell Highway some 14 miles from Bourke on 7th January, and as a result Mrs. Murphy…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Inattention Is Main Accident Cause
Inattentive driving was the biggest single factor in road accidents throughout Australia for the three…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Wanaaring Fatality Man Killed by Motor Truck
On Sunday last a fatality occurred at Wanaaring, which resulted in the death of an aboriginal named…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Accidents
Since our last issue there has been quite a number of motor car and lorry accidents is or near Bourke…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Local and General COLLISION
Some excitement was caused yesterday afternoon near the Carriers' Arms Hotel when a utility collided with a truck…
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Several motor acciricnts have occurrctl during the past week, but fortunately no one lias been seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Local Man Killed in Car Accident
Residents of the town and district were shocked on Wednesday morning: last to hear that a well-known…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Bridge Accident
A iorry laden with about five tons of gypsum went through some of the planking on the North Bourke bridge on…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Road Accidents
Road accidents involving fatalities, injuries and/or property damage occur too frequently, and could…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hit-run Accident
At 7.25 p.m. last night (Thursday) a 3-years old boy, Phillip Whitton, was knocked down by a motor car near the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Truck Accident
At 10.20 p.m. on Wednesday night last "Mick" Holland was returning to town driving Godfrey's towing truck with a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Cause of Road Accidents
Ever since the First World War, when the motor car became an everyday means of…
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