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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

144 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 8

Remarkable Accident

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 7 November 1919 · page 3

Mr. Jack Gunn and his son Wal started on a drive from Forbes to Eugowra one day last week. Three miles out the wheel came off the sulky…

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Sad Fatality Young Man Loses His Life

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1919 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred at the swimming site on the Lachlan River at the Gum Swamp, on last Sunday afternoon, when a young…

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Inchgower Fatality Young Man Struck by Lightning

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 November 1919 · page 2

A fatality occurred at Inchgower, near Forbes, last night, when William Henry Golding, aged 24 years, was Struck by lightning, and died…

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Bathing Fatality. Picture Operator Loses His Life

Forbes Times · Tuesday 11 November 1919 · page 2

A sad drowning fatality took place in the Lachlan River at Forbes o[?] Sunday afternoon last, by which a young man named Peter Thomas Shar…

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Struck by Lightning. Fatality at Inchgower. Death of Mr. William Henrygolding

Forbes Times · Tuesday 11 November 1919 · page 2

During the thunderstorm which occurred over the district yesterday afternoon, and which looked heavy in the direction of Bogan, Gate and to the…

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Swimming Fatality

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 2

A young man Peter Thomas Sharkey, a moving picture operator, met his death while swimming in the Lachlan River on Sunday. He…

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Inchgower Fatality Coroner's Inquiry

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 4

The circumstances surrounding the death of William Henry Golding at Inchgower, were decribed at an inquiry held by Mr T. M. Dunn,…

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The Drowning of Thos Sharkey. a Peculiar Happening. Good Swimmer Goes Suddenly Down Through Some Unaccountable Causo

Forbes Times · Friday 14 November 1919 · page 3

On Tuesday afternoon last, at the local Court House, the Coroner (Mr. T. M. Dunn) held tin inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death…

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Fatality at Cootamundra Races. Jockey and Horse Killed. Cootamundra

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 2

At the races here several horses fell one being destroyed as a result of his injuries and a jockey dying after admission to hospital. In one race Netta…

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Serious Accident

Cowra Free Press · Saturday 15 November 1919 · page 2

On Sunday last the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Easdown, of Woodstock, was the victim of a rather serious accident. The little…

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Sad Fatality Death of Mr. Harry Williamson

Western Champion · Thursday 20 November 1919 · page 18

It is with deep regret that we record the death under tragic circumstances of Mr. Joseph Henry Williamson, second son of Mrs. James…

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Fatality

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 3

Gooalgong was the scene of a fatality last Monday afternoon, when Mr Hanna Moriah, a hawker fell from his van about 4…

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Fatal Accident Assyrian Hawker Falls From Van. and Dies From Injuries

Canowindra Star and Eugowra News · Friday 21 November 1919 · page 5

An Assyrian hawker named John Maree, well known throughout this district for the past 30 years, met his death as the result of an accident…

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Latest Telegraphic. the Liquor Act. Serious Accident at Werris Creek. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 28 November 1919 · page 4

All Labor candidates have been defeated at Perth Municipal elctions. The Liquor Amendment Bill has been introduced into the Legislative…

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Unfortunate Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 6

Surely in our midst there can be no more unlucky man in the way of accidents than Mr Roy Gavin, who has just recentiy had the hard luck…

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Current Topics. Accidents

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 December 1919 · page 4

Mr Arthur Hands, of Warroo, met with an accident during the week, sustaining a broken leg. Mr W. Bedford, a boundary rider on…

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Late Wires. Motor and Team Collide. Eight Women Injured. Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 2

Eight young women were injured, some seriously, by a collision between a motor bus and a tram at the Abbattoirs Road, near Glebe Island, last night…

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Serious Accident Mishap at Bedgerabong

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 9 December 1919 · page 2

A serious accident betel a man named Arthur Doalman, at Bedgerabong on Sunday afternoon last. It appears that Doalman and an…

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Young Girl Drowned

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 16 December 1919 · page 2

A Coroner's inquest was opened at Cootamundra last Monday, touching the death of a young girl, named Ireno Martha Faulkner, aged 16 years,…

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Current Topics. Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 December 1919 · page 2

Mr Arthur Girdham, driver of the Forbes-Marsden road mail, had an unpleasant experience on Sunday last. He was driving towards…

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