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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1915

118 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 6

Fatal Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 1 July 1915 · page 18

Mr. Donald McInness who sustained serious injur[?]es to his back while lopping scrub for sheep at Mt. Boorithumble, Euabalong, through falling…

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Fatal Railway Accident Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 4

A serious railway smash occurred at Gunstall railway crossing (Vic-) yesterday. George Blood, with bis wife and family of three, was…

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Accidents

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 4

A lad named Bob Facey, who resides at Gunning Gap, met with an accident during the week. He was working a plough, when by some…

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Unpleasant Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 15 July 1915 · page 18

Mr. A. G. F. Bollinger was the victim of an unpleasant accident on Tuesday afternoon. While he was assisting Mr. T. Heaton to unload…

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No Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 2

A prominent insurance company, doing a large accident business, received a claim in the following terms:—Gentlemen,—I make application…

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Inspector Whitfield Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 2

Inspector P. A. Whitfield had the misfortune to meet with a painful accident while returning home from drill on Friday night. He was…

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Found Drowned

Western Champion · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 19

Shortly after midday to-day Mr. J. Sheean, a fettler on the railway line, discovered the body of a man lying in the water and close to the bank of…

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Drowned in a Dam. Bogan Gate Man's Death

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 1

On Thursday afternoon J. Sheean was walking along the railway line at Parkes when he saw the body of a man in the dam near the goodshed…

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Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 2

Little Frank Lynch, infant son of Mr and Mrs M. J. Lynch, of the Royal Hotel, met with an accident yesterday. Some of the other…

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Burning Fatality. Death of Mrs Volkhardt

The Forbes Advocate · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 4

The death occurred at Forbes hospital to-day of Mrs Volkhardt, who was severely burned by a fire at her residence on Orange-road on Monday…

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Burning Fatality Coroner's Inquiry

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 August 1915 · page 1

The circumstances surrounding the death of Mrs Volkhardt was the subject of an inquiry by Mr Harcourt Holcombe, Coroner, at Forbes on…

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The Manganese Mine Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1915 · page 2

Inspector Henry Hook (of the Minos Department) v Ernest O'Neill—Failing to properly make a stoep securely protected and safe to the employees…

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A Common Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 4

A pinched finger causes a child most acute pain at the time, although in simple cases it is quickly forgotten. The best remedy is to hold the finger in a bowl or cup of hot…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 2

The death occurred at the Hospital on Saturday of a young fellow named Watson, a stranger to the district, as the result of injuries sustained while…

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Summer Accidents

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 August 1915 · page 10

Every mother knows the frequency with which her children come home with a cut foot, after a bare-foot scamper, and although she may be inclined to scold the child for its…

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A Street Accident

Forbes Times · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 2

Yesterday morning an accident occurred in front of the Vandenberg Hotel to three of Mr. G. Laidlaw's children which fortunately was not…

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Eugowra Fatality. Little Girl Drowned

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 4

A sensation was caused at Eugowra on Wednesday by the news of the drowning of a little girl named Mary Collits, aged 9 years, the…

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Eugowra Drowning Case. a Little Girl's End

Forbes Times · Friday 27 August 1915 · page 4

A sad drowning case, resulting in the death of Mary Collits, a girl about 10 years of age, occurred at Eugowra on Wednesday morning…

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Inventors' Lucky Accidents

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 7

How to make starch from corn (maize) was discovered accidentally by Thomas Kingsford, a mechanic. One day he threw a mess of corn meal…

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Mining Accident. Stewart Monteith Seriously Injured

Western Champion · Thursday 2 September 1915 · page 19

A serious accident accurred at Callaghan's mine (on the old Bothwell reef) on Moulden's Hill, on Wednesday morning, by which an old…

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