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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

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Injured at Show. Mrs. Maitland's Condition. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 10

Mrs. Maitland, who was injured at the show on Wednesday, is still unconscious. Her condition is critical…

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Balcony Collapses. Two Brothers Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 10

Two brothers, Arthur and Joseph Fraser, wer hauling goods to an upstairs balcony at Dulwich Hill yesterday, when the balcony railing…

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Show Ground Accident Woman Still Unconscious

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 2

Mrs. Maitland. who was injured at the Show on Wednesday, is still unconsious,and in a critical condition…

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‘Jack’ Corbett’s Death Verdict of Accidental Death

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 April 1925 · page 5

Before Mr. Coroner Westphalen, 5th inst., an inquiry was opened touching the death of the late John Corbett…

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Fatal Tram Accident Cowra District Resident the Victim. Mr. “Con.” Stinson Killed

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 April 1925 · page 2

The sad news came through to Mr. John Moore, through the local Police, on Sunday morning, that Mr. Constinson had died as the result of a…

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Ganger Killed Fatal Accident at Carrathool (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 2

Wagga.—Chas Herring, a railway ganger, was killed by a locomotive at Carrathool at 2 a.m. this morning. He leaves a wife and four sons…

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Railway Ganger Killed. Accident at Carrathool Wagga

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 April 1925 · page 8

Charles Herring, a railway ganger, was killed by a locomotive at Carrathool at 8 p.m. last night. He leaves widow and four song…

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Plane Accident at Orange

Western Champion · Thursday 30 April 1925 · page 13

An Orange message of Wednesdayreads:—There was a shocking aeroplane fatality close to the Orange showground about 3:20 p.m. to-day…

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Railway Disaster in Russia 76 Killed—37 Injured Criminal Action Believed (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

Seventy six were killed and 37 injured in a terrible rail smash at Stargard. Reports from Warsaw state that…

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Accident at Gundagai. Head Pierced by Shaft. Gundagai

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1925 · page 2

Eric Elliott, a car driver, collided with a sulky at Prince Alfred Bridge, and the shaft of the sulky impaled, his head, killing him instantly. The…

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Latest Telegraphic Tram Collision Between Manly and Dee Why Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 8

Two trams collided between Manly and Dee Why last night. Nine people were injured none seriously…

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Four Dead Drowned in Dam at Beckom Father, Mother, and Two Children

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 8 May 1925 · page 2

A father, mother, and two children were drowned In a dam about two miles from Beckom on Tuesday. The ill fated family was that of…

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Family Wiped Out Awful Drowning Fatality at Temora

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 1

The family of Robt. Parker, father mother, son and daughter, were found drowned in a dam on their farm, at Beckham, Ardlethan. The bodies were…

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Accident at a Dangerous Corner

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 3

Last night as Mr. Walter Duffy was driving his car along Vaux-st. he collided with the railway line fence at the intersection of Macquarie Street. The…

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Motor Accidents in Kendall Street

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 12 May 1925 · page 3

As an owner of a motor lorry was cranking it up it suddenly jumped forward and but for hitting a post and the owner jumping clear, it may have…

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Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 15 May 1925 · page 3

While Mr. and Mrs. A. Murdoch’s two young children were in the act of returning home astride a pony on Saturday evening, after riding the…

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Trailer Derailed Twelve Persons Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 2

A trailer,, attache dto a converted motor truck left the rails at Swanbridge, near Queenscliff, and six men were seriously injured and six others…

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Damages Claimed £200 Compensation Sought. Accident to Mail Contractor

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 May 1925 · page 3

Before Judge Bevan at the Young Ditsrict Court on Wednesday, Freeland Bernard Knight, of Burrowa, mail contractor represented by Mr. C…

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Fatality at Kamarah Girl Thrown from Horse

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 26 May 1925 · page 1

An accident occurred on Wednesday near Kamarah. Some school children were driving home after school in a sulky when one of the girls, Ella,…

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Latest Telegraphic Flood Damager in South. Three Drowned. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1925 · page 10

Report's of enbrmous damage and loss of life are coming from A the Southern districts. There have been three people…

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