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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

231 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 12

Railway Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 11

A shocking railway fatality took place on Wednesday evening last (says the Young "Witness") when Bert Joseph Bingham, aged 22, lost…

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General News. Another Barrier Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 34

A Grossenis, a miner, a single man, died in the Broken Hill hospital on Friday night as the result of a scalp wound, a fractured shoulder, and…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 5 June 1913 · page 18

Mr. H. J. Horton, local representative of Messrs. Jas. Martin and Co., met with a painful accident this morning. At about 10 o'clock while Mr…

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Mr J. H. Bates Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

Mr J. H. Bates, the well-known and popular Forbes architect; met with an accident yesterday morning about five miles from Eugowra. Mr Bates was…

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Accident to Mr. Bates

Forbes Times · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

On Thursday morning Mr. J. H. Bates met with an accident in his motor car as a consequence of which the energetic secretary of the…

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Fatalities at Temora Shocking Motor Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 7 June 1913 · page 5

ONE of the greatest shocks which the community has received for some time was the news of the death of Mrs. Dennis O'Keeffe S[?]r.,…

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General News. Drowning Case at Forbes

Western Champion · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 26

Sarah Makerell, a single woman, aged 29, met her death last week under particularly sad circumstances. It appears that the woman was to…

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General News. a Chapter of Accidents

Western Champion · Thursday 12 June 1913 · page 21

At the State brickworks, Homebush, on Monday, quite a chapter of accidents occurred, the most serious being the case of a man named John Lyons,…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 28

Mr. Ern. Lake, night stationmaster at Wellington, met with a painful accident late on Thursday night in the Wellington yards. He was engaged…

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General News. Accident at Molong

Western Champion · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 28

A serious accident happened to a young woman named Olive England at the Molong railway station, on Friday morning. She had unloaded…

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Sulky Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 34

Whilst driving in a sulky from Eugowra during last week (says the "Leader") Mr. R. Windred had the misfortune to be thrown out and his…

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Fatal Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 18

On Saturday afternoon Mr. Edward Langford was thrown from his horse at Peak Hill and sustained concussion of the brain. He was taken to the…

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Accident at Molong

Western Champion · Thursday 19 June 1913 · page 21

A serious accident befel Olive Wright, step-daughter of Walter England, of Durham-street, Bathurst, at the Molong railway yards on Friday…

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Fatal Accident

Forbes Times · Friday 20 June 1913 · page 3

Mr. Edward Langford, who has resided in the Parkes district for many years, met with a fatal accident on Monday afternoon in Peak…

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How Cunpowder Was Accidentally Discovered

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 21 June 1913 · page 6

Everyone knows that the Chinese claim the invention of gunpowder. It is declared by educated Chinamen that in the great and imperial records that…

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A Football Fatality. Brisbane

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

A footballer named Bennett was kicked on the head while playing football at Maryborough, Queensland, yesterday, and died some hours later…

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A Sulky Accident

Forbes Times · Tuesday 24 June 1913 · page 2

Whilst Messrs. A. Bathgate and J. Martin were driving along the Condobolin road on Monday after-noon in a sulky, bound for their…

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Collision on the Northern Line Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 25 June 1913 · page 3

A railway collision occurred near Walcha Road, on the Northern line, last night. It appears that a goods train, bound north, had not gone very far along the line…

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General News. an Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 26 June 1913 · page 27

A rather sensational accident occurred near Springside on Sunday (says the Orange "Leader"). It appears that Mr. Jack Thomas (erst-while…

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Circus Tent Collapsed. a Boy Killed. Several Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 27 June 1913 · page 6

Five hundred children, reports the "Daily "Mail," of the 8th of March, were assemble in a tent to witness a performance by a travelling circus com-…

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