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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

165 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 9

Serious Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 13 September 1917 · page 19

A very serious acicdent accurred at Moura station on Sunday afternoon last, when Master Basil Hart, a lad aged 12, was accidentally shot by a…

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Fatal Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 13 September 1917 · page 19

News was received on Tuesday that Mr. John Gibbons had been accidentally killed at Narrabri, but no details are to hand. The deceased was the…

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Accident

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 15 September 1917 · page 2

On Tuesday evening Robert Munro, aged eight years, son of Mr. Carter, the worthy manager of the Cowra Gas Co., while returning home from…

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Fatal Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1917 · page 2

A sad fatal accident occurred a[?] Pinnacle on Saturday, resulting in the death of Leslie Victor Matthews, aged six years. Deceased was a son…

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Serious Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 18 September 1917 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred to Mr Harry Hough, at the cyaniding works at Calarie on Saturday. Mr Hough, who is the proprietor of the…

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The Forbes Times. Tuesday, September 18. 1917. Local and General. Accident at Calarie

Forbes Times · Tuesday 18 September 1917 · page 2

Mr, Harry Hough, who has had the cyanide plant at work on the old Lachlaa goldfields at Calarie, near Forbes, for some years past, met with a severe…

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Mr. Harry Haugh Injured

Western Champion · Thursday 20 September 1917 · page 19

Mr. Harry Haugh, who is well known in Parkes, was the victim of an accident at Ms cyaniding works at Calarie on Saturday, which resulted…

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A Trundle Fatality

Forbes Times · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 2

Word was received in town last night that a boy named Lanco Fell, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs, Alfred Fell, of Trundle, had bean accidentally…

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Little Boy Shot Fatality at Trundle

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 September 1917 · page 2

Lance Fell, aged eight years youngest son of Mr and Mrs A. Fell, of Trundle, met with a fatal accident yesterday…

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Fatal Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 27 September 1917 · page 22

Lance Fell, a lad of about 8 years, and a son of Mr. A. Fell, of this town, was accidentally shot on Monday afternoon whilst out rabbiting with a…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 September 1917 · page 6

A simple accident, which, again illustrates the dcadliness of the pea rifle, happened at Trundle on Monday afternoon. The victim was a…

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Driving Accident at Koorawatha

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 29 September 1917 · page 2

On Monday afternoon Mr. J. J. Hughes, of Crowther, was the victim of a painful driving accident. He was driving into Koorawatha when…

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Drowned in the Murrumbidgee. Hay Fatality. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

Mrs. Harry Byers was drowned in the Marrumbidgee at Hay on Sunday while endeavouring to rescue her six-year-old son, who fell in. Byers saved the child…

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A Woman Drowned. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 October 1917 · page 2

Mrs Byers. wife of, H. Byers, of the "Riverina Grazier" staff, at Hay, was drowned in the flooded Murrumbidgec River on Sunday, while…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Master Jim Galpin

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 10 October 1917 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality occurred on Monday evening, the victim being Master Jim Galpin, only son of Mr and Mrs James Galpin, who…

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Late Wires. Revolt of Four German Warships. Captain Thrown Overboard and Drowned. " Nurnberg" Makes for Norway. Kaiser's Drastic Measures

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 13 October 1917 · page 4

Pour German Dreadnoughts participated in a revolt, including the "Westfalen." The officers were locked in…

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Shocking Railway Accident. to Driver of Forbes Mail

Forbes Times · Tuesday 16 October 1917 · page 2

On Friday night last, as the Forbes mail was approaching Glenbrook tunnel, on the mountains, a distressing accident occurred to the driver of the…

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Fatal Biding Accident. Station Manager Killed

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 17 October 1917 · page 3

A frightful accident occurrod at Waemo Station, near Marenga, on Saturday last, whereby Mr. Henry Bennett, manager of that property,…

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Railway Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 18 October 1917 · page 21

On Friday night, as the Forbes mail was approaching Glenbrook tunnel, on the mountains, a distressing accident occurred to the driver of the train…

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Lachlan Drowning Accident. the Body Recovered

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 19 October 1917 · page 5

The body of the late Mr. John Grant, of "Grantville," Lanchlan River, was discovered on the bank of the river, at "The Angle," below…

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