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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

177 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 9

THE Western Champion —AND—Parkes and District Rupresontativa. Thursday, January 3, 1924. Accident at Bindogundra

Western Champion · Thursday 3 January 1924 · page 12

A lad named Norman Townsend, son of Mr. Si. Townsend, of Bindogundra, met with a painful accident on Friday last. From what we can learn he, with…

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Two Girls Drowned In Yarra River (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

Irene McDougall, aged 10 years was paddling in the Yarra River at Kew, when she walked into a deep hole…

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50 Feet Into River New Zealand Fatality (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 4

A Wellington (New Zealand) message states that Richard Hammond, a farmer driving home in Turakina Valley in a sulky…

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A Nasty Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 January 1924 · page 2

One day recently a Bulky driven by Mr. W. Clarke, of which Mrs. W. Neale was also an occupant, and a cart driven by Mr. Lyn Bates,…

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Two Bank Officials Drowned

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

Two ladies and six members of the Ballina bank’s staff went surfing on Wednesday and got into difficulties with the dangerous…

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Submarine Lost Result of Collision (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 12

A Reuter's Message from London on the 10th states that the Submarine 124 was reported lost after a collision off Portland…

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Painful Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 3

Mr. [?]s Smith, of “Werona” landra (who was formerly a sharefarmer on Wirega), met with a painful accident on Saturday morning. He was riding a…

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Painful Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 January 1924 · page 4

Mr. R. Rentoul, the popular local representative of the Australian Metropolitan Insurance Co., has just left the Cowra District Hospital…

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Double Fatality Two Children Drowned (By Wire). Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

A Launceston message states that Leslie Brown, aged 8, and Daphne Barnes, aged 7 were playing on a log at St. Pauls' River,…

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A Painful Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 18 January 1924 · page 4

One day this week Mr. Jim Mc. Manns was the victim of a very painful accident. He was engaged at Noonbinna carting wheat up a plank,…

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Sad Fatality at Molong

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

Mr. George Harris, of West Molong, met his death by accident, on Saturday last, thus removing one of the most respected members of that…

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Injured by Detonator

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 2

Frank Grant, of Parkes, picked up a detonator from some rubbish near the scene of a recent fire and took it home. He obtained a needle and…

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Explosion on Railway Engine Fireman Badly Injured Disaster Averted (By Wire). Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 4

While a train was travelling between Burnham and Rolleston, while a fireman named Swanston was stoking, a terriffic explosion…

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Reasons for Accidents Economy to Blame. Motorists’ Ignorance

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 22 January 1924 · page 1

Many motorists are exercising their minds to arrive at the reasons for so many accidents which have recently happened, and attention is directed to…

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Burrowa Man Drowned

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 7

After a boat had been swamped and overturned at Hawkesbury River on Sunday, one of the occupants, Roy pennyson Donnelly, aged 38, of…

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Train Accident Both Legs Amputated (By Wire). Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 4

James McAndrew, a passenger on a train from Parramatta to Castle Hill last evening, was riding on the carriage platform when…

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Sensational Motor Accident Car Jumps a Fence. Car and Occupants Escape Injury

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 January 1924 · page 5

Early yesterday morning Mr. and Mrs. Jas. O’Neil and family, accompanied by ex-Constable Humphries, set out for Sydney in Mr. S…

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Nearly a Fatality

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 5

Mr. Walter Pullen. a son of Mr James Pullen, of Cowra, was engaged carting bricks to the Cowra Intermediate High School, where extensive…

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Motor Smash One Killed—Five Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 14

The foot of a hill about half a mile from Kurri, on the road from Heddon Greta, was the scene of a shocking motor accident,…

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Car's Plunge Melbourne Woman Killed. Several Injured Smash at Yarrangobilly Caves

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 1 February 1924 · page 7

Mrs. Bell, a Melbourne visitor, was killed and several other persons were injured when a touring car left the road near…

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