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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

41 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Painful Accident

Western Champion · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 12

Mr S. simons, watchmaker, met with a serious and painful accident on Monday last. He was endeavoring to open an oil tin by heating it, when the…

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An Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 July 1909 · page 4

John Evans a carpenter met with a some what serious accident whilst engaged in effecting repairs to a building in Centra Wyalong A [?]dder, on which he was…

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An Injured Eye

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

A [?]d named Winchester had his eye seriously injured by a piece of stone striking i[?] whilst he was en gaged at work at the Blue battery…

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An Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 14 July 1909 · page 2

In order to extinguish one of the lamps at the Oddfellows Hall, after the performance on Friday night, Jack McCielland was in the act of…

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Driving Accident

Western Champion · Friday 16 July 1909 · page 12

Whilst Mr Owen J Howard with a party of visiters was driving down the main street on Friday evening one of the bolts attaching the shafts to the…

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Nurse's Railway Accident. Extraordinary Damages

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 July 1909 · page 7

After a long legal fight Miss Hunt, a trained nurse, was to-day awarded L11,600 damages for personal injuries, the Long Island Railway Company…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 13

Mr W B Jones was the victim of a very painful accident on Friday last. He was engaged in wood cutting at his yards, and his attention was attracted…

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White City Accident. Smash on Alpine Railway

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 September 1909 · page 7

The accident on the Alpine railway at the White City, in which nine people were injured, was referred to at Tuesday's meeting (June 29) of the London…

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White City Accident. Smash on Alpine Railway

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 5

The accident on the Alpine railway at the White City, in which nine people were injured, was referred to at Tuesday's meeting (June 29) of the London…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative Friday, October 1, 1909. Frightful Accident

Western Champion · Friday 1 October 1909 · page 12

While Mr and Mrs H. McDougall, of Warroo, were driving on Sunday in a sulky with their two little daughters, aged five and three respectively,…

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Extraordinary Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 13 October 1909 · page 7

During the race for the Welter Handicap, 7 furlongs, on Friday last, an extraordinary event occurred, by which one of the four horses in the race was…

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Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 16 October 1909 · page 4

A man named Fredrick Mea cham was admitted to the local Hospital on Thursday, having had his right leg broken. Mr Mea…

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Terrible Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 20 October 1909 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred at Cootamundra on Friday mornings A German named Albert Keller, 30, shearer, attempted to jump on the…

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Remarkable Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 4

Following on the recent, sensational accident to Boree Jack at the late race meeting, another accident of a remarkable nature…

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Peculiar Accident

Western Champion · Friday 29 October 1909 · page 13

A carrier named Bock, who was engaged in carting portion of the Belmont clip found himself in a peculiar postion on Thursday morning. When…

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State Invalidity and Accidents Pensions Notice to Pensioners (or Warra[?]ees) as to change in system of Pay ment, after Collection of Monthly Instalment due 1st November, 1909

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 4

Payment of State Invalidity and Accidents Pensions wil—after the payment due 1st November—be made twice instead of once a month…

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Serious Accident

Western Champion · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 13

Master Willie Bollinger, son of Mr and Mrs A. G. F, Bollinger, of this town, met with a very serious accident early on Thursday morning last…

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Mining Fatality. at Yalgogrin

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at Yalgogrin on Monday, by which a well-known and popular resident of that town, in the person of MR Root,…

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Drowning Fatality

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 November 1909 · page 4

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Burra Burra Station on Friday evening last, when Mr Samuel Phillips, the well-known Shire contractor, lost his life. It appears that…

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Cycling Accident

Western Champion · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 10

A young man named Pittendrigh, employed as a fitter's laborer at the local railway station, met with a nasty accident on Wednesday evening whilst…

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