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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

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

Shooting Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 20

A shooting fatality occured on Monday afternoon at Hobart wireless station, when one of the military guards, a lad of 18 years, named…

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Another Railway Collision

Forbes Times · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

Within a week two serious collisions have occurred on the N.S.W railway lines. The public had hardly got over the shock of the…

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Railway Collision. One Person Killed Several Parliamentarians Hurt

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 1

The Melbourne express and Temora mail trains came into collision at Binalong, between Harden and Yass, early on Saturday morning. It is…

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The Train Collision. SYDNEY, Saturday, 5.25 p.nr

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 20 April 1915 · page 2

In connection with the railway collision at Binalong on Saturday morning, when the up Melbourne Express crashed…

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Railway Collision. Temora Mail and Melbourne Express. One Life Lost. Saturday, 2.30 p.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 2

At four o'clock this morning the up Melbourne Limited Express and the down Temora mail, which left Sydney at 8.10 p.m. last night, met…

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Trains in Collision. Mail Train and the Limited Express

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 5

The limited express dashed into the Temora mail at Binalong (210 miles from Sydney), on Saturday morning last. The collision was head on, and…

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Another Collision. Smash at Bundanoon

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 24 April 1915 · page 5

Another railway collision—the fourth within a little over a month —occurred on Tuesday night at Bundanoon, on the southern line…

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Sad Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 5

On Tuesday evening last a gloom was cast over Manildra, when the news became known of the tragic death of Master Keith Giffin, eldest…

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Remarkable Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 29 April 1915 · page 19

An accident, fortunately unattended with serious results occurred in Clarinda-street at about 8.30 this morning. Three daughters of Mr…

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Serious Accidents

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at the local manganese mine on Wednesday, whereby two men were serious injured. They were working in the cut,…

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A Railway Fatality. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 4

The body of a man believed to be Mr. H.S. Morgan, residing at Croydon, was found on the railway line at Petersham with his skull…

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A Shocking Accident. Forbes Man's Death

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 May 1915 · page 1

The death occurred at Lithgow hospital, on Thursday, of Lawrence Morris, aged 25, who was injured at the ironworks the previous afternoon…

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Big Railway Smash. 170 Killed, 124 Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 2

An appaling railway smash occurred near Gretna, Scotland. A troop train smashed into a shunting train, and then an express…

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Accident at Sheerness Cruiser Blown Up. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 1

The British auxiliary cruiser Princess Irene (6000 tons) was accidentally blown up in Sheerness Harbour (on the southern side of the Thames…

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Another Battleship Torpedoed British Auxiliary Ship Princess Irene Accidently Blown Up Sydney Friday, 12 55 p.m

Western Champion · Thursday 3 June 1915 · page 26

It is officially stated in London that the battleship Majestic, 14,900 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk by a submarine off Gallipoli. There…

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Trooper Strickland Injured

Forbes Times · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a cable was received from Trooper Shaw Strickland, stating that he was an inmate of the hospital at…

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A Boating Fatality. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 8 June 1915 · page 2

Owing to the capsizing of a boat in Rose Bay last night Robert Robertson, 51, residing at Double Bay, was drowned…

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Local Government. Liability for Accidents

Western Champion · Thursday 17 June 1915 · page 13

Each council receives every year (says the writer of Local Government Notes in the "Herald") many letters from people claiming damages for…

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Shocking Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 17 June 1915 · page 19

On Friday last (writes a correspondent) as Mr. Don McInness, fourth son of Mr. Allan McInness, of Mount Boorithumble, Euabalong, was out on…

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Fatality at Yass

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 23 June 1915 · page 2

While the tram was proceeding from the town to Vass Junction to meet the Albury mail, at about 11 o'clock on Thursday night,…

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