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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

199 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 10

Terrible Smash 103 Persons Killed Many Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 13

Sofia, July 24.—A terrible railway accident has occurred on the line between Sofia and Varna, in Bulgaria…

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Crash at Level Crossing Motor Car and Train One Killed and Two Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 4

Melbourne,—One man was killed. and two other persons were injured as the result of a collision between a motor car and a train…

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Accident at Power House Smart Repairs Effected

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 1

An accident occurred to the engine at the Power House on Monday afternoon, which necessitated the cutting off of current…

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Riding Accident Victim's Painful Experience

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 4

A man named Cochrane was riding along the road near Pinnacle when his horse fell and rolled over him. He managed to drag…

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Accident at Walli Half Ton Log Falls on Mr. Phillip Edgerton

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 3

A very painful accident happened at Walli on Tuesday last, when a log weighing about half-a-ton rolled off a lorry on to Mr. Phillip…

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Shocking Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 27 July 1923 · page 2

Mr. Oswald (“Pat.) Webb, the 21-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Webb, of “Bellevue,” Springside, had the misfortune to meet with a serious…

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Fatal Shooting Accident Death of Lance Carman

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 31 July 1923 · page 3

Another tragedy was on Sunday week put to the credit of the pea-rifle, with the death of Lancelot John Carman, the 18 year old son of Mr. and…

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Train Smash 100 Persons Killed Many Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 4

Berlin.— Two passenger trains collided near Hanover. Twenty seven persons were killed, and many ingured, 25…

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Boy Shot Fatal Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 August 1923 · page 7

Lancelot John Carman (18) met his death at Canowindra on Sunday as a result of a pea rifle accident. Deceased threw out a…

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Caught by Belt Serious Accident (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 August 1923 · page 4

William Clarke, aged 50, a machine miller, whilst working today above a shaft in Fowlers' Pottery, Marrickville,…

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Railway Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 11

The inquiry into the deaths of M[?] Sarah Ann Miller and Wilfrid A. M[?] ler, which resulted from a collision between a motor car and the mail…

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District Court. Aftermath of Motor Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 9 August 1923 · page 8

At the District Court on Saturday before his Honor, Judge. Armstrong, F. Mower squght to recover £82/10 from F. C. McCauley as damages to a…

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Drowning Fatality at Goolagong

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 4

Yesterday morning Mrs. T. J. Dunn, of Forbes, received word that her youngest brother, Mr. Michael Daley, a single man, had been drowned the…

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Fatal Accident Man Drowned at Goolagong

Cowra Free Press · Friday 10 August 1923 · page 2

On Wednesday a man named Michael Daly slipped into the Lachlan, near Goolagong, and was drowned. He was 35 years of age, and a son of the…

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Alleged Shooting At Euglo Ex-chairman of Land Board Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 August 1923 · page 3

At the West Wyalong Police Court out Friday afternoon, before Mr H. L. Pelham, J.P.:—David Shaw Anderson, aged 43,…

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Railway Accident the Coroner's Inquiry

Western Champion · Thursday 16 August 1923 · page 6

The District Coroner, Mr. H. Bowditch, J.P., held an inquiry into the recent railway accident at the Fast street level crossing on Saturday, 21st…

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Crowther a Serious Accident

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 August 1923 · page 2

Mr. James Slavin and his son Jack, had a very narrow [?] Tuesday evening They were splitting a [?] when a limb tell off a tree and…

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Accidental Death

Western Champion · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 14

The District Coroner, Mr. H. Bowditch, held an inquiry on Monday into the circumstances of the death of Vernon Hume Turnbull, an infant of…

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[?] Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 23 August 1923 · page 14

Mr. Roley Curry, the well-known horseman, who has been a familiar figure in the Parkes show ring, for some years, met with a serious…

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