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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Accidents

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 4

Mr R. Armstrong was driving a spirited horse in Main Street on Thursday afternoon, and when opposite Barrett's Hotel the animal…

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Fall From a Horse. Constable Duncan Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 3

A rather serious, accident happened to Constable George Joss Duncan, at Bogan Gate, on Friday. The trooper was riding a rather vicious horse, and…

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Serious Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 2

Our Yalgogrin correspondent writes: — A serious and painful accident happened to a little son of Mr F. Allen (our worthy…

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Cable Clippings. Remarkable Train Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 28 May 1914 · page 34

The Peninsular Oriental boat train, from Marseilles to Paris, travelling at the rate of 50 miles an hour, timed to stop at Marcon, dashed through…

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Fatal Accident on Goolagong Road

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 8

A fatal accident occurred on the Goolagong road, about 10 miles from Canowindra, at 5 o'clock on Wednesday evening last, when…

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120 Salvationists Drowned. Quebec

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 4

Mr and Mrs J. L. Black, of Ottawa, who were among the passengers on the Empress of Ireland, said that they were roused by the shock of the…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

John Cummings, son of old and Wellknown residents of Reid's Flat, with whom ho had been residing, left his home with a gun on Friday morning…

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Scalding Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 4

A lad named Matthew Blume, emplayed by Messrs Wright, Heaton and Co., Firbes, met with a painful accident on Tuesday afternoon. He was…

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Accident

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 6

Miss Hall, a sister of Mrs. Caleb Nash, of Cranbury, dislocated her shoulder as the result a fall last week. At the time little notice was…

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Burning Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4

Our Yalgogriu Correspondent writes:—On Saturday morning a little sun of Mr P. Harrigan met with a rather painful accident. The…

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A Distressing Case. Mrs. Fred. Stone. Drowned in the River

Forbes Times · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 3

IT is safe to say that every residenl of Forbes was painfully shocked on Sunday morning when the news was circulated that the dead body…

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Fatal Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 9

The District Coroner, Mr. S. E. Close, held an inquiry on Tuesday into the circumstances attending the death of John Ritchie Grant, which…

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A Fatal Collision

Forbes Times · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 3

The North Coast company's steamer, Coombar, while leaving Circular Quay on Tuesday afternoon, cut down a naval cutter…

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Inventions by Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 7

An alchemist, experimenting in earths for the making of crucibles, found that he had invented porcelain. A watchmaker's apprentice, holding a…

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Motor Car Fatality. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 June 1914 · page 2

A motor car containing passengers went over the edge of the road in the Dorrigo Cutting and rolled down the side of a gully hundreds…

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A Tram Accident. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

A tram left the rails in King-st., St. Peters, yesterday and dashed on to the footpath. Two women were thrown out on to the roadway and…

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An Unfortunate Accident

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 24 June 1914 · page 2

As Mr. and Mrs. Scott, of Warwick, were driving into town yesterday, the horse they were driving stumbled and both occupants of the vehicle were…

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Man Badly Injured

Western Champion · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 26

A peculiar accident befel a Coff's Harbour resident, Mr. E. C. Roberts. He was driving up the Red Hill, and met a teamster, who asked him to…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 8 July 1914 · page 3

Just before going to press, we learned that a son of Mr. and Mrs. D. Cruickshank, of Back Creek, (who was coming home for a…

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Fatal Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 11 July 1914 · page 4

A man named James Alexander an employee of Nariah station met with a fatal accident on Tuesday afternoon. It appeal's that he…

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