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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

165 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 9

The Sketcher. Lucky Accidents

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 3 July 1907 · page 3

Few people are aware how much we owe to accidents. That we often lose by them is indeed true. Yet, on the whole, the world has been a gainer by accidents…

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First Aid to the Injured

Western Champion · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 9

Accidents are common to every household, and it is necessary to be ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment…

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Serious Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 17

LAST week a woman named Mrs. Cook met with a serious accident at Gilgandra through a tree falling on her. It appears Mrs. Cook's children were…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 12

ALEXANDER BRYEN, 15 years of age, of Avondale, met with a peculiar and [?] last week. He was riding a horse up the main…

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"Kidnapped" Baby's Fate. Found Drowned

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 July 1907 · page 3
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from New York, on May 4th: Horace Marvin, the four-year-old boy…

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Alectown. Burning Accident

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

ON Thursday last the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sanderson was the victim of a serious burning accident at Alectown. She was playing…

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Burning Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 15

An infant daughter of Mr. James Forsythe died at Ulmarra from the effects of a burning accident. She was playing near a fire burning in the…

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Family Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 3

The mysterious coincidence with which death from accident occurs in families is illustrated by the recent fatality to George Bull (says the…

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Remarkable Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 12

A few days ago a peculiar accident happened to Harold Carrick, son of Mr. J. L. Carrick, manager of the Coalcliff colliery, at Clifton. He was…

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Sulky Accident

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 6

WHILE driving to Alectown the other day Dr. Corfe had a sensational experience. The horse slipped and came down, hurling the doctor through space…

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Accidental Possession Charge Against an Officer

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 August 1907 · page 5

At the Mansion House on February 8, Frederick Helbert, 42, a retired army officer, giving an address in Cork street, Burlington-gardens, was charged with…

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Sad Fatality

Western Champion · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 17

At noon on Friday last, 10th inst., Lilian Grace Beggs, aged 6, the daughter of Mr and Mrs L Beggs,of Billabong Creek, died at the local…

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A Double Fatality

The Peak Hill Express · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 7

THREE boys were fishing in the river Yarra at Melbourne on Sunday, when the eldest, named Robert, overbalanced and fell in. Frank, a…

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Accident

Western Champion · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 17

At about noon on Monday Master George Bligh, son of Mr W H Bligh, of this town, met with a nasty accident. He was watching the men engaged in…

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Accident to Messrs. McGowen and Cann

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 2

Whilst driving from Cowra on Monday afternoon last, Messrs. J. S. McGowan (leader of His Majesty's Opposition"), and Cann, M.P., who…

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On the Glyders. Another Accident

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 August 1907 · page 6

A serious mountaineering accident occurred on Monday, 20th May, at Bachlwyd, a portion of the famous Glyders. From the meagre details…

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Motor Accidents. How to Avoid Them

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 6
Also in The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser

The Editor of "The Our writes as follows in the "Daily Mail" of 14th June:—There is no doubt that many of the…

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Sad Fatality

Western Champion · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 13

On Wednesday afternoon a young man named Herbert Townsend was found dead in a hut at Bumbury, with a gunshot wound in the head. An…

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