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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

211 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 11

Unconscious Six Days Bathurst Farmer Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 3

Martin Gibbons, aged 56, a wellknown farmer of Foley's Creek, near Oberon, has been unconscious for nearly six days, and only slender…

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Three Injured by Lightning Flash Strikes Group of Men

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 6

Three men were injured by lightning while watching a cricket match at Peak View, about 50 miles from Cooma…

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Man Crushed by Horse Badly Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

William Sporre, of Campsie, was attending a horse in a stable last night when the horse deliberately pressed the full weight of its body…

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The Wyalong Advocate Friday, 2nd JANUARY, 1925 Car and Sulky Collide Girl's Shoulder Injured Horse Destroyed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 2 January 1925 · page 2

On Wednesday night about 11.15 Mr. H. Cameron was proceeding to West Wyalong from Wyalong in his Essex car when a collision took place…

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Late News. Two Men Drowned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 5 January 1925 · page 2

ORANGE, Sunday.—Two men were drowned, a third narrowly escaped, while several people were knocked over by lightning flashes to-day,…

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Drowning Fatality

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 1

On Saturday last, Jack Alfred Hands, the 19-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hands, of Junee, was drowned in Jordan's Lagoon, in the…

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Sutcliffe Injured Elbow Fibres Torn

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

Sutcliffe, the dashing English batsman is the first player to suffer in this match. He has torn the fibres of his right elbow rather severely…

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Cloud Burst. Terrific Storm. Damage at Orange. Two Men Drowned

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 4

Owing to a terrific cloud burst at Orange between 12.30 and 1.30 on Sunday, while people were leaving the churches, all creeks in the…

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A Peculiar Accident

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 6 January 1925 · page 2

While on a fishing excursion during the holidays, Ald. Dawson had a most unpleasant experience. He slipped and fell hurting his left arm so…

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Mythical Accident a Christmas Tale

Western Champion · Thursday 8 January 1925 · page 24

On Christmas Eve a man named Roy [?] Egan complained to the police that he had been Knocked down and run over by a motor car…

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Floods at Orange Two Men Drowned

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 9 January 1925 · page 1

Two swagmen were drowned in the flood waters which came down after the storm on Sunday. The body of one man, a tinker, has…

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Cowra Fatality Married Woman's Death (By Wire.) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 2

The body of a married woman was found in the Lachlan River below Cowra traffic bridge yesterday. She had been a patient in the…

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A Pathetic Tragedy Mrs. J. Sturgeon Found Drowned. Disappears From the Hospital While Her Mind Was Unhinged. Coroner Says No Blame Attached to Hospital Attendants

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 January 1925 · page 5

In the early hours of Thursday morning the Lachlan River was the scene of a tragically sad occurrence, whereby Mrs. Joseph Sturgeon lost…

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Washed Off Rocks Tram Driver Drowned (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 2

In the presence of horrified but helpless work-mates, Thomas McCarthy, aged 30, a tramdriver, was washed off the rocks at Long Bay…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 23 January 1925 · page 4

At St. Peter’s yesterday a heavy steam [?]orry, belonging to the Redfern Council, in trying to avoid a tram, swerved across a gutter and crashed…

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Dropped Dead. Fatality at Richen's

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 27 January 1925 · page 2

Mr. Edward McDermott, aged 53, dropped dead whilst working at "Richlee," the farm of Mr. W. J. Richens, near West Wyalong, on…

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Drowning Fatality Tim Murphy's End

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 January 1925 · page 4

Though the Lachlan is a quiet, peaceful looking river, it has accounted for many meeting with a watery grave between its banks. The subject…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1925 · page 2

IT is with very great regret that we report the death of Steel Baker. The lad, 7 years of age, was riding a pony, when a…

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Forbes Boy Drowned

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 10

Miss Doreen and Mr. Victor Mcllvenna, of Orange Road, Forbes, received the sad news on Tuesday that their young brother Jack had been…

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Local & General a Painful Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 January 1925 · page 4

Whilst engaged loading lucerne one day last week, Mr. A. J. Peterson, of Mulyan, overbalanced and fell from a lorry, breaking his left collarbone…

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