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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

130 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 7

Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 3

Mrs Maria Bella Kershaw, who bad been married only a few days, was drowned at Crookham, a village on the Berkshire side of the Thames, yeaterday…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 6

Mrs Maria Bella Kershaw, who had been married only a few days, was drowned at Crookham, a village on the Berkshire side of the Thames…

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Painful Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 8

WHILE riding into town to attend the Land Board on Tuesday Mr. F. G. Korsch met with a very painful accident. The horse he was riding…

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Balloon Explosion. Several Persons Injured

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 3

The deflation of a balloon at stagsden, a village midway between Newport Pagnell and Bedford, was attended by a serious explosion, which resulted in seven…

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Painful Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 14

MR. H. F. Stafford met with a very painful accident the other day. While engaged fixing the machinery at Mr. McLean's cordial factory a jug of…

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A Kilkee Tragedy. Lady Drowned

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 6

The Kilkee correspondent of the " Clare Journal" announces a painful discovery at that charming western resort. At an early hour on…

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Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

The four sons of Mr Wilson of Lake Cowal were driving home from the Billy's Lookout Public School last Monday. The horse shied and the…

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Unpleasant Accident

Western Champion · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 21

Mr D Taylor and his family were the victims of an unpleasant accident oil Thursday evening (23rd inst) which, luckily, was nob attended with…

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Generai Weyler. Injured at Madrid

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

The name of General Weyler, who has been so badly injured in the Madrid outrage, was very familiar to newspaper readers a few years ago,…

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Hot Weather Suicides. Men Prefer Hanging. Women Drowning

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 3

[?] to the [?] man exceptional heat is a burden, but to those who are mentally ill-balanced it sometimes proves the "last straw" that leads…

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Burning Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 8

A TELEGRAM from Cargo says:—Ruby Boardman, aged 7 years, daughter of Mr. John Boardman, of Walli, died from burns accidentally received on…

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Mining Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 8

MR. JAMES POLGLASE, late of McPhail, recently met with an accident at Cobar through a fall of earth on the 90 fathom level at the Great Cobar…

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Railway Collision As Show. American Sensation

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 7

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 5th July:—After a tedious wait of three hours,…

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Alpine Brake Mishap. Twelve Schoolgirls Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 15 September 1906 · page 7

From Geneva, on 10th July the correspondent of the "Express" wrote:—Twelve schoolgirls and coachman were severely injured in a carriage…

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Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 4

WHILE returning home from Warge Rock on Saturday night, where he had been on a sick call, Dr. Corfe met with an accident. The roads were in a…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 4

MR. ARTHUR J. MILLER, of Yeoval, was the victim of an extremely painful accident on Saturday afternoon last. Mr. Miller was carrying a loaded pea…

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Drowning Fatality at Cadia

Western Champion · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 12

News of a terrible drowning fatality wag brought to Orange on Wednesday night, says the "Advocate." Three men were drowned in the Oakey…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 7

ON Saturday last a lad named Roland Mackay left a loaded pea rifle alongside a fence on Big Plain station, near Hay; and James Gilbert, aged 11…

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Serious Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 10

ON Monday morning last Mr. Hugh McLean, eldest eon of Mr. R. R. McLean, of the Club House Hotel, met With a serious accident, being struck…

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Wrecked by Thunderstorm. Pacific Express Declared Holiday-makers Drowned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 5

From New York on 30th July the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The talc is even yet incomplete of…

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