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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

107 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 6

A Shocking Fatality

Western Champion · Friday 26 May 1911 · page 14

Mr and Mrs A T Muldoon, who are shortly leaving Condobolin, were in their house on Saturday evening making final preparations for the sale of…

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Caught by the Tide Perilous Plight of Three Women. One Drowned

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 10

The story of three convalescent women's exciting fight with the incoming me at Seaford, the pretty Sussex watering place, which claims membership of…

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THE Western Champion and Parkes and Forbes Representative. Friday, June 2, 1911. Burning Fatality at T.undle

Western Champion · Friday 2 June 1911 · page 12

Miss Tierney, housekeeper for her brother, Mr Patrick Tierney, a farmer at Trundle, was burned to death on Tuesday afternoon. No one was…

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Marine Drowned

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 6

No trace, up to midday, of the mariue who fell out of the naval boat the previous night near Balmain. It is practically certain he was…

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Caught by the Tide Perilous Plight of Three Women. One Drowned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 6

The story of three convalescent Women's exciting fight with the incoming ide at Seaford, the pretty Sussex watering place, which claims membership of…

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Serious Football Accident

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 4

A regrettable accident occurred in connection with the senior football match between the Forbes Greens and Eugowra, on the local ground. A member of the Eugowra team,…

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Accident to Mr Dickey

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 4

Mr Geo. Dickey, of Mogong, met with a serious accident on Wednesday last. He was cutting serub for sheep with a sharp tomahawk, which slipped, and inflicted a…

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Automobile Accident in France

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 16 June 1911 · page 10

M. Rene de Kynff, the well-known automobilist, met (reports the "Matin") with an accident on May 14, while going over the Auvergne…

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To Prevent Flying Accidents

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 June 1911 · page 4

A nasty accident to an airman occurred the other day because he allowed the tail of his monoplane to rise too high off the ground, with…

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Foq Collision an Exciting Scene

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 June 1911 · page 12

During a dense fog (writes the London "Daily Telegraph," of March 22nd) the Clan steamer Clan Grant, while off Holyhead, was run Into by the…

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Fog Collision an Exciting Scene

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 24 June 1911 · page 3

During a dense fog (writes the London "Daily Telegraph," of March 22nd) the Clan steamer Clan Grant, while off Holyhead, was run into by the…

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Motor Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 1 July 1911 · page 2

MR. HORTON representative of the International Harvester Compay, who visits this town regularly, had a narrow escape from death on…

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Accident Whilst Wood Cutting

Western Champion · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 12

Mr George Morgan met with a perions accident on Tuesday afternoon, but luckily expert assistance happened to be at hand. He was engaged in…

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Sulky Accident

Western Champion · Friday 7 July 1911 · page 13

Oil Wednesday evening, about 6.30. while Mrs C. E. Job and Misses Merle Rees and Pearl Cock were driving in a sulky along Close street, near…

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Stage Bridge Collapses Forty Members of a Chorus Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 8 July 1911 · page 3

On Sunday, January 8th, the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— Scenes of wild excitement were caused…

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Sad Riding Fatality Death of Miss Greene

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

IT is impossibls to conceive of sadder intelligence than that which reached town on Friday night—that Miss Dorothy Greene, daughter of…

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Inquest. Fatality at Adavale

Western Champion · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 21

The Coroner (Mr S. E Close) held an inquiry at the Court House on Monday afternoon into the circumstances attending the death of…

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Accident to Mr Fisher

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 4

Mr Tames Fisher, a well-known farmer between Canowindra and Cargo, met with a serious accident last Friday. He was mounting a horse…

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Hunter River Fatality

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 6

The search for the victims of the above motor car accident is being continued. What probably accounted for the completeness of the disaster is…

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Dream That Came True Foresees His Own Drowning

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 6

The story of a dream and its tragic realisation is causing a sensation among the fishing folk in the South Devon port of Brixham…

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