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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 2

A miner named Edward Wilder, met with a rather serious accident whilst working in Neeld's mine, 011 Monday last. A large piece of…

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Nursery Notes Nursery Accidents and How to Prevent Them

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 3

Says a London paper:— A very sad sight was to be seen the other day in the children's ward of a London hospital—a baby of a year and…

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Railway Collision As Show. American Sensation

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 6

The New York correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote on 5th July:- After a tedious wait of three hours,…

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Alpine Brake Mishap. Twelve Schoolgirls Injured

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 6

From Geneva, on 10th July the correspondent of the "Express" wrote:- Twelve schoolgirls and a coachman were severely injured in a carriage…

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Railway Collision As Show. American Sensation

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 5

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 5th July:— After a tedious wait of three hours,…

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Alpine Brake Mishap. Twelve Schoolgirls Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 5

Prom Geneva, on 10th July the correspondent of the "Express" wrote:— Twelve schoolgirls and a coachman were severely injured in a carriage…

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A Serious Accident

Western Champion · Friday 19 August 1910 · page 14

Little Miss Una Smith, daughter of the Rev R Seymour Smith, was the victim of a serious accident on Friday evening. She was putting a pony in…

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Motor Car Accident

Western Champion · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 13

While re[?]urning home from Sydney in his motor car on Friday last Dr Johnson met with an accident by which his car was damaged, but be…

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Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 September 1910 · page 2

As the special train from Wyalong was on its way to Temora on Wednesday morning last, in the vicinity of Sp[?]oule's Lagoon, an accident…

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Restores to Sight. Two Accidents

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 1 October 1910 · page 4

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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How It Happened. Experts' Opinions on the Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 3

Experts do not differ much as to the cause of the accident. One says: "In this case it is impossible to hold either the machine or the aviator entirely…

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Shooting Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 2 November 1910 · page 2

A few days back, Mr M. O'Don nell was going to clean his pea rifle and before doing so, he fired a sho to assist him in cleaning same. He…

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A Cyclist Injured

Western Champion · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 12

Whilst Mr George Sharpe, of Kamandra, was on his way to town on Monday morning he found a man lying in an unconscious condition by the…

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Unpleasant Accident

Western Champion · Friday 4 November 1910 · page 12

Mr Richard Brophy, farmer, of Daroobalgie, and Mr H Smith, blacksmith, of Forbes were both severely injured through being thrown from a…

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Shooting Accident

Western Champion · Friday 11 November 1910 · page 20

A serious shooting accident, which just stopped short of fatal possibilities, happened to a man named Walter Herbert Jackson a bootmaker, on…

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On the Glyders. Another Accident

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 11 November 1910 · 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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On the Glyders. Another Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1910 · page 7

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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Burning Fatality

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 18 November 1910 · page 2

A dreadful burning fatality occurred at Borea on Monday morning. It appears from information to hand that Mr. and Mrs. Lewington, who were…

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Accident Pensions

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 23 November 1910 · page 3

MR. C. FRAZER, Hon. Minister in the Federal Cabinet, who arrived in Sydney on Thursday, had an interview with the Assistant…

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Drowning an Impossibility

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 4

A newly-invented, novel lifebelt is a metal strap, with four air-filled metallic floats about the size of an ordinary cocoanut. It is claimed…

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