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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

130 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 7

Motor Car Tragedy. Heiress Killed and Millionaire Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 7

A terrible motor accident occurred in Long Island on 19th November, in which Mrs Frances Burton Harrison, daughter-in-law of the authoress,…

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Drowned

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 9

A lad named Roy Arnott was drowned in a creek at Bowral yesterday…

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Drowned in Soapsuds

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 8

THE other day a little girl named Elsie Slade, aged 22 months, was accidentally drowned in a tub of soapsuds at Guerie, near Wellington. The…

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Sulky Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 7

MR. SID. WILDIE, the new boniface of the Commercial Hotel, had a very unpleasant experience on Monday night while driving from Forbes to…

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Accident to Mrs. S. Hartin

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 7

ON Friday last while out driving with her husband Mrs. S. Hartin met with a serious accident resulting in the dislocation of her left shoulder. The…

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A Shocking Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 20

A SHOCKING accident, resulting in the death of a little girl named Florence Evelyn Batsen, aged eight years, by being crushed under a waggon of 2 1/2…

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Accidents

Western Champion · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 13

David Davis, aged 5 years, the little son of Mr W W Davis, of Colwyn Farm, Parkes, met with a very painful accident on Sunday afternoon last…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:— The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 6 April 1906 · page 12

THE many friends of Mr. E. A. Croft, late of Trundle, but now a resident of St. Mary's (near Sydney), will be pleased to learn that he is steadily…

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Wild Scenes in Paris. Riots in a Church. a Hundred Persons Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 7

Arising out of the new law for the separation of Church and State, there were scenes of extraordinary violence in Paris to-day. They occurred in the…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 6

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:—The precipitancy of a workman in pulling the lever of a switch caused the…

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Child Accidentally Shot

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 10

ETHEL MAY DAVIS, the seven-year-old daughter of William Davis, Esdale, Yass, was playing outside her grandfather's residence on Sunday, when…

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Painful Accident

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 13 April 1906 · page 2

A painful accident happened to Mrs Ayrton sen, and Mrs J Grimshaw (her daughter) on Friday evening last. As they were proceeding on their way…

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[?] Shooting Accident

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 7

[?] Sunday at Wee Waa a [?]ting accident occurred at [?]Arthur Lane’s residence, [?]peare that a lad named…

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Frightful Burning Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 14

THOMAS LAWSON, a young man, was admitted to Wagga, Hospital the other day suffering from frightful burns. Lawson lives with his brothers at…

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Submarine in Collision. Struck by a Steamer. Narrow Escape

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 7

A submarine had a narrow escape from disaster off Plymouth on 13th February. According to the "Daily Mail," the officers appointed to the Naval War…

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Serious Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 10

WHILE working in an alluvial claim on Paddy's Flat on Wednesday Mr. Con Cadigan met with a serious accident. Mr. Cadigan was filling bags in the…

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Fatal Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 3

ONE day last week a fatal accident occurred on the Orange racecourse to a jockey named Herbert Cuncen while he was riding the well-known racing…

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Sulky Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 7

ON Monday morning Mr. W. Hackett harnessed up a young horse in a sulky for the first time, and then set off for a spin round town with a friend, Mr…

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Shooting Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 17

ON Wednesday (says the Orange Advocate), while Mr. Dan Carty, of Byng Street, was driving his two-horse hawker's waggon in the vicinity…

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