Sad Drowning Fatality. Before Parent's Eyes
One of the biggest floods over ex[?]cneed at Young resulted from the heavy thunderstorm that passed over the district on Saturday afternoon last…
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Accidents, 1920
134 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 7
Two Drowning Fatalities
Nancy Glennon, aged 15, who recently figued in the district queen competition in aid of the repatriation funde, was caught in a watercourse on the…
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The storm at Brisbane (on the Brisbane (on the Stockinbigat line) on Saturday was responsible for the death of George Hulm, aged 3 years. the second son of Mr…
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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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Quite a gio[?] was cast over the town last night when it was learned that Mr. Dave Le Brocque, one of the most, highly respected and best liked young men…
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YOUNG, Tuesday.—Another drowning fatality, making three in a week, occurred on Saturday afternoon, the victim being Hazel Levett, aged nine…
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Mr. Terry, manager of the Partes Brickworks, recently met with a painful accident He had mounted to the top of a kiln with the object of…
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A drover named John Thurlow, of Crookwell, who was bringing sheep to Goulburn on Monday crossed the Wollondilly at Rossville, and suddenly…
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GULGONG.—Cecil Docwra, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Doewra, obtained possession of a small detonator, and was hitting it on the stove, when an…
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A man samed Thomss Sprite a laborer, working in the country, met with a nasty, accident at South Forbes on Saturday night. About 10.30 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Accident. Cattle Trucks Overturned. Three Persons Injured
Wagga.— Three persons (Mrs. Hayes of Junee, her son Noel, and her sister, Miss Morris) were injured in a railway accident at Harefield. A coupling on…
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Martin William Bushnell Broderick (28), commercial traveller, who served at the front, was terribly injured at the Central Railway Station on Sunday,…
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Two young children died at Toolombah Station Rockhampton through eating pills which their father was taking singly after each meal…
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Mr. J. P. Barker was the victim of a painful accident during the course of the football match on the Peoples' Park on Sunday last between the…
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INVERELL.—Ken O'Sullivan, of Inverell, was drowned in a lagoon near Boggabilla. He was in charge of a mob of cattle wlien several broke…
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COWRA.—A railway employee nam-. ed R. Cavanagh, who, it is understood was engaged cleaning an engine, was inn over and had both legs taken off…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sad Fatality. Fatheb Shoots Little Daughter
A man residing at Arundale, near Perth, was shooting' a fowl with a small riflle in his back yard, when his daughter, aged 2½ years, came into…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frightful Accident at Railway Station. Man Loses Both Legs Through Engine Running over Him
A shocking accident occurred at the local railway yards on Tuesday evening, whereby a young man named Thomas Cavanagh, had both legs…
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A motor lorry carrying 27 persons, re turning from a cricket match in Darling Ranges, near Fremantle, got out of control, and struck a tree capsizing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Matthews Crashes. Sopwith Destroyed. Gallant Airman Injured Further Flight Abandoned. Weltevreden, April 17
The Sopwith machine with which Captain Matthews was flying to Australia crashed during his landing on Bali, and Captain Matthews himself…
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