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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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

Racing Motor Wrecked. Accident at 110 Miles an Hour. Mechanician Killed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 3

A serious accident occurred at Brooklands yesterday, August 3, a Mercedes car, travelling at a speed of 110 or 115 miles an hour,…

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Railway Disaster Swiss Tourists Trains. Four Killed; 39 Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 October 1908 · page 4

The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes from Paris on the 7th September:— Four persons have been killed and…

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A Sad Fatality

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred at Gawler, S.A., last night, the victim being Miss Wise. Deceased with Mrs Payne and Miss…

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Six Persons Drowned. Heartrending Scenes at Calais

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 8
Also in The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette

Six persons were drowned on Saturday, August 15 on Calais Saods, near the Casino, in view of thousands of excursionists who had come there in…

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A Sad Drowning Fatality

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 11 November 1908 · page 2

On Saturday morning the dead body of a young girl, named Evelyn Chave, aged 18, was recovered, from a tank, near…

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An Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 4

At the Golden Flecce Mine on Wednesday last a young man named R Crisp met with a painful accident owing to a triangular piece of rock…

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A Collision

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 18 November 1908 · page 2

There was a mix.up in Main Street, near Operator Street on Monday when a collision occured being a Cab and two cycilsts. The cab…

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Punting Tragedy. Man and Girl Drowned. at Staines

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 November 1908 · page 6

The most tragic accident of the river season occurred at Staines last night (writes the "Daily Mail" of September 14), when a punt with a man and a girl,…

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Life Saver Drowned

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 7

Two young ladies, the nieces of M. Ledouy, owner of the Chateau des Houles, near Dinard, France, were bathing in a little bay. One of them,…

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Life Saver Drowned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 3

Two young ladies, the nieces of M. Ledouy, owner of the Chateau des Houles, near Dinard, France, were bathing in a little bay. One of them,…

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Train Delayed. Accident at Zig-zag

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 9 December 1908 · page 5

As we go to press we learn that the mail train from Sydney has been delayed five hours, the result of an accident at the Zig-Zag. From meagre…

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Train Accident. a Guard Killed

Western Champion · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 13

News was received on Wednesday morning that the Sydney train would not reach Parkes till about 4 1/2 hours behind time, and that the delay was…

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Living by Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 December 1908 · page 6

The man who gets his living going about looking for accidents has of late years become quite an ordinary feature of oui complex civilisation ; or so, at all events,…

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A Fatal Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 30 December 1908 · page 4

Just on the eve of Xmas a young lady visitor to Wyalong, met with a very distressing accident that in the end, had fatal results. The young…

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