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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

195 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 10

Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

Lewis Waller, the well-known actor, accompanied by his daughter and a friend while motoring from Bi[?]mingham to London, when the car skidded…

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Peculiar Accident

Forbes Times · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 3

During the progress of a cricket match at the Mission Station, near Dubbo, last week-end (says the "Dispatch"), a peculiar accident…

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Serious Accident. Explosion at the True Blue Mine Two Men Badly Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 4

Two local miners, Messrs. Alfred Welsh, and Thomas Fraser, met with a serious accident whilst working in the True Blue mine on…

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A Fall in Bricks. Accident at the New Shire Chambers

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 5

Messrs. A. E. Broadbent, and Arthur Gosuer, two plasterers employed on the New Shire Chambers, had a narrow escape from…

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Motor Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 4

Mr. D. H. Rankin met with an accident on Tuesday last, when coming to town from Hiawatha in his motor car. Something at the rear…

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Admirail von Spree Drowned

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

Admiral von Spee went down with the Scharnhorst. The German cruisers tried to avoid the British, but miscalculated…

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Harbour Collision

Western Champion · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 26

While the North Coast steamer Wollongbar was berthing at the North Coast Company's whar[?] on Sunday night at 6 o'clock, she…

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Drowned in a Tank

Western Champion · Thursday 17 December 1914 · page 15

A very sad drowning fatality is reported from Monteagle, near Young, on Sunday evening. From the particulars to hand it appears that at…

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Monteagle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 2

Richard Parker, who was only 21 years of age, was drowned in a dam at Monteagle last Sunday. He resided on Mr Tunney's Spring Park property with an…

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Khaki Was Accidental

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 2

Khaki, the dun-coloured material now so widely used for military uniforms, was discovered by an accident. For many years the British troops in…

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A Moving Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 1

NYHOW," said Celia, wishing to console me, "we shall be able to…

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Accident to Railway Man. Foot Injured by Hand-Car

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 December 1914 · page 12

"My husband recently met with a most distressing accident when he was working on the railway' writes Mrs. G. Bow[?], . Thosby street,…

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Street Collision

Western Champion · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 30

In February last a collision occurred in Clarinda street between one of the Municipal drays driven by J. Stewart, and a sulky belonging to…

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Carman Drowned

Western Champion · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 7

About 4 o'clock on Thursday morning the Goulburn police were informed that a cab and horse were standing on Landsdowne Bridge, over the…

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Mysterious Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 34

After the departure of the 3 o'clock train from Carcoar for Blayney on Friday morning, a man named John Howard, who is supposed to be…

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