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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

130 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 7

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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Queen Maud's Peril. Carriage Accident on a Glacier. Marvellous Escape

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 6 October 1906 · page 4

From Christiania on 16th July the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— While on their tour from…

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Schoolgirl Drowned

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 9

EVA SHINE, a young girl of 13, whilst attempting to cross Mandagery Creek at Eugowra on a log, on her way to school, fell off and was drowned. Her…

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Drowning Fatalities. Three Men and a Boy

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 3

LAST week floods occurred in the Orange district. Three men were drowned at Cadia, their names being Hugh Ryan, aged 33, lately a…

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Drowning Fatality

Western Champion · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 13

Mr W Tait, J.P., held a Magisterial inquiry at Mr Sullivan's farm, Adavale, on the 16th inst, into the death of Neal Catlin, an infant 13 months old…

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Mrs Yerkes Criticised. Motor Accident Sequel

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 4

From Berlin, on 22nd August, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Mrs Mary Adelalde Yerkes, widow of…

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Burns and Scalds. a Little Boy’s Painful Accident. Zam-buk Proved Invaluable

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 1

Bums and scalds may vary from the merest scotching or blister to extensive injuries. Zam-Buk Balm is an invaluable soother and healer in all such cases. With the use of…

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Drowning Fatality

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

A SAD accident occurred at Coradgery on Tuesday of last week, when Mr. and Mrs. Catling had the misfortune to lose their infant child under…

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Railway Collision. Several People Injured Slightly

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 13

CONSIDERABLE excitement was caused at Molong on Friday, shortly after 7 p.m., caused by what was at first reported to be a disastrous collision on…

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Burning Accidents

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

WHEN a child receives a burn on any part of its body, a free application of soft soap almost instantly removes the fire, and soothes the pain. This is a…

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Paris Train Collision. Dashes Into Buffers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 November 1906 · page 3

An alarming railway accident (writes the Paris correspondent of the London " Daily Mail" on 6th September) occu[?] this afternoon…

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Panic in a Church. 18 Negroes Killed and 40 Injured

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 6

NEW YORK, --Eighteen negroes were trampled to death and forty seriously injured in a panic following on the discovery of fire at St. Paul's Baptist…

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Railway Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 2

The mail train ran off the line at Combining aiding, near [?]emera on Friday last. The guard, John Hedley, while endeavoring, to return a…

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Shocking Fatality

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

ON Monday last, at the home of Mr. C. McLaughlin, of Bulbodney, a most distressing fatality occurred. It seems that Mr. McLaughlin had bought his…

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Dreadful Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 17

A TERRIBLE accident happened the other day at Kogarah. A number of men were employed repairing the telephone connections on a pole just…

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In Case of Accident

Cowra Guardian and Lachlan Agricultural Recorder · Saturday 17 November 1906 · page 3

Mistress : ‘Another soldier has called on you, Jane. I thought you had only one sweetheart’ Cook : ‘No mum—two. I have one’ on…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 3

A little girl named Campbell was burnt to death at Prospect through her clothes catching fire. It appears that the mother was boiling some…

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A Painful Accident

Western Champion · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 13

On Saturday afternoon Mr J Lloyd, clerk in the local branch of the Commercial Bank, met with a very painful accident. He was out shooting with a…

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Local Items. Driving Accident

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

Mrs T Callan, of Mandurama road, and a lady friend on Friday last bad a most unpleasant driving experience. The ladies were driving a pair of ponies…

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ROY At Motor Accident. Boy Seriously Injured at Hounslow. Duchess of Connaught As Nurse

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

The motor-car in which the Duchess of Connaught and a small party were travelling last night from Bagshot to London met with a…

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