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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

130 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 7

Yalgogrin. (From our Correspondent). Mining Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

John Ottnard, white working in his mine at the Scoop Holes, was on Thursday last buried by a fall of earth. He was severely bruised about the back and legs J…

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Fatal Accident

Western Champion · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 12

A young named James Fahey, son of Mr M Fahey, of Bindogundra, was found dead in a stock yard at his father's farm, Bindogundra, about 8…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 2

On Thursday last various accidents happened on the Canowindra-Cowra road by which various local residents were monetary losers. In one case as…

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Fatal Accident

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 8

As the result of an accident, which happened on Saturday night, there passed away at 12 o’clock on Sunday, at the Bathurst hospital, a well known resident in…

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Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 1

A very serious accident, which resulted in the compound fracture of his right leg, befel Mr Duncan Cameron, a well-known and highly respected…

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The Kiel Disaster. German Torpedo-boat Sinks. Thirty-three Drowned

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 4

On 19th November the Kiel correspondent of the London "Daily News" wrote:—Far out near the Buelk lighthouse at…

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Local and General News. Fatal Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 14

A YOUNG man named James Fahey, son of Mr. M. Fahey, of Bmdogundra, was found dead in a stock yard at his father's farm, Bindogundra, about 8…

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Fatal Accident. the Magisterial Inquiry

Western Champion · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 22

A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr G W Seaborn, J.P., on Friday and Saturday last, into the circumstances attending the death of James Fahey…

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Burning Accident

Western Champion · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 13

A little girl named Rountree, some eleven years of age, met with a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon. She was in the employ of Mrs…

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Fatal Accident

Western Champion · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 12

The remains of the late Mr James Fahey, of Bindogundra, who met his death through an accident whilst breaking in a colt at his farm, were…

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Fatal Accident. the Magisterial Inquiry

Western Champion · Friday 2 March 1906 · page 24

A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr G W Seaborn, J.P., on Friday and Saturday last, into the circumstances attending the death of James Fahey…

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Became Queen "Victoria" by Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 5

"When the Queen ascended the throne she was proclaimed as Queen Alexndrina, and no two historians agree as to the origin of the change to 'Victoria.'What…

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Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 9

ON Tuesday Mr. Williams, a painter, engaged at Mr. W. McKeown's, Rose hill, while returning from town was thrown out of the buggy, and received…

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Buggy Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 8

WHILE driving home on Monday afternoon Mrs. W. B. Wynne and children met with an accident which, fortunately, was not attended with very serious…

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Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 1

A painful accident befel Mr A Deveson, ex-Mayor of Wellington yesterday. He was returning from the Pair view snorts riding a bicycle, and…

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Frightful Collision

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 13

BY a railway collision in Colorado 40 people were killed, of whom 15 were incinerated, and many others were injured. The collision occured during…

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An Alectown Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 19

WHAT otherwise might have been a very serious accident recently happened to Miss Meigel, of Cobwebb farm. She was driving a horse and sulky…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 12

Master Ray Pepper, sou of Mr W Pepper, who is employed at Mr J A Porter's newsagency, met with a very painful accident on Monday evening,…

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Fatal Railway Collision

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 7

A west-bound Californian express train collided with a local tram at Pueblo, Colorado, on Friday with disastrous results…

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Divorce Court, Baptismal Infelicities.. Names with a Fatality About Them

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 1

I the Divorce Court on Thursday last before Air Justice Simpson, John [?] a farmer and grazier of [?] petitioned for a dissolution of his marriage with…

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