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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

165 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 9

Narromine Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 22

SAYS the NEWS:—Though at the magisterial inquiry in respect to the recent fatal accident that befel Poole, an employee, at the flour mill no blame…

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Railway Collision

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 7

A RAILWAY accident occurred at Arbroath, Scotland. The North British express crashed into the Caledonian Company's train. Nineteen persons…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 19

A SAD fatality occurred at Wyalong during the Xmas festivities in the local Hospital. An elderly wardsman, named Rooker, dressed as "Father…

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Sulky Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 15

ON Friday last Mr. R. Paton was driving from Tomingley to Peak Hill, and offered a traveller named Pyne a lift. When near McPhail the sulky…

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Rome Express Wrecked. a Midnight Collision. Ghastly Scenes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

From Rome on 7th October the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— A terrible railway disaster occurred at…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 20

A VERY sad burning fatality took place last week at Wellington, the victim of which was a girl named Abigail Lake, aged 13 years. The unfortunate girl…

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Restores to Sight. Two Accidents

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 January 1907 · page 3

A strange case of sight which was destroyed by one accident being restored by another was reported from Leeds yesterday (writes the…

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Saved From Drowning

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 16

A DROWNING fatality was narrowly, averted yesterday afternoon, when the Macquarie was cheated of another victim by the prompt action of a young…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 4

From New York, on 30th October, the corespondent of the London "Daily Mail" write:— Further information fails to lessen…

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Tramcar's Flight. Panic and Collision. Sixty People Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 19 January 1907 · page 9

From Rome on 16th July the correspondent of the London of Daily Mail" wrote:— Yesterday at Frascati, a small…

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Shocking Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 11

LAST Thursday afternoon a shocking accident, which terminated fatally, happened to a laborer, named Peter Cruz, who was employed band cutting…

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Restores to Sight. Two Accidents

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 6

A strange case of sight which was destroyed by one accident being restored by another was reported from Leeds yesterday (writes the…

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Cycling Accident

Western Champion · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 12

A young man named W Aylett met with a nasty accident at the Billabong bridge on Saturday last whilst cycling to Parses. The fork of his bicycle…

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A Serious Accidents

Western Champion · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 13

A rather serious accident happened yesterday afternoon (says Saturday's "Inlander") to a man named John Bray. He was at work on contract in…

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Accidents

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

Mr. W Fisher, of Cargo, recently met with a painful accident whilst attending a stripper. It appears he was doing some repairs to the back of the machine…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Western Champion · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 12

Mr Frank Hoffman met with a very painful accident on Monday evening last.Just about 7 o'clock he was riding his bicycle at a fair pace along…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured, One Killed. Carts Caught Tn Deluge

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 4

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of ah extraordinary accident last month (as already briefly recorded in a "Herald"…

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Fatal Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1907 · page 2

A sad accident, whereby Mr. James M. Hancock, a fine young man of twenty-four (son of Mr Joseph Hancock, of Woodbine,) lost his life, occurred on Friday evening of last…

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Accident at Tinfield

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 February 1907 · page 4

A miner named William Duell had his leg broken by a fall of earth whilst working in the tin mines near Fifield on Wednesday last. The broken limb…

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Dandaloo. Mining Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 22 February 1907 · page 14

A MINER named Eugene Foster recently met with a serious accident at the Bogan River Copper Mine, Orange Plains. It appears he and another…

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