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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1925

211 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 11

Injured at Football

Cowra Free Press · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 5

Fred McCawley, who played for Young High School against Cowra last Friday, has a broken collarbone, sustained in the match. He went to a…

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Pushed Through Window. Young Barmaid Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 6

Screams at a house in Jamieson Street, City last night, revealed sordid happenings. Joan Melrose, aged 23, a barmaid, was either…

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30 Feet to Pavement Woman Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 4 September 1925 · page 1

A womans' screams at a house in Jamieson Street, City, last night, revealed sordid happenings. Joan Melrose, aged 23, a barmaid,…

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Fatality at Manly. Carpenter's Bad Fall. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1925 · page 3

A carpenter named John. Prentice, aged.31, fell 43 feet from a scaffolding at the second floor of a building at Manly yesterday. His head struck…

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Child's Neck Broken Fatality at Gunningbland

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 2

Garnsey Hazel Susan Gallagher, a child of seven years, of Gunning bland, on Saturday evening last was playing on a swing, when it broke,…

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Dazzling Head Lights. Cause Motor Fatality. Wellington (N.z.)

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 2

In the rain and darkness last night a motor car dashed into a party of pedestrians at Lower Hutt, a man being killed and a woman seriously…

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Body Recovered Victim of Boating Accident (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 15 September 1925 · page 1

The body of William Reid, aged 16, of South Kensington, was found jambed between the rocks at La Perouse to-day…

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Fatal Accident at Gunningbland

Western Champion · Thursday 17 September 1925 · page 11

An accident, resulting in the death of a little girl named Dorothy Susan Hazel Gallagher, seven years of age, occurred at Mr. A. Jelbart's,…

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Motor Lorry Overturns One Killed; Another Seriously Injured (By Cable) Greymouth, N.Z.

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 2

A motor lorry carrying 20 workmen overturned near Greymouth, N.Z., One man was killed and another seriously injured…

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Sulky Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 September 1925 · page 6

Some excitement was caused on Monday by the bolting of Mrs. J. R. Greenhalgh's horse, which was attached to a sulky. The turn out was…

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House Collapses Boy injured (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

The front of a house collapsed in Pelican, Street, City, this morning, owing to a lorry crashing into it. The balcony came down with it…

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Motor Bus Overturns Only One Injured (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

A motor bus, swerving to avoid a collision, in Cobar St., Hurstville Park to-day, overturned. William Oates, 64, received severe…

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Head Pierced by Shaft Sensational Accident (By Wire) Armitiale, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 1

A sensational smash occurred at Uraila as a result of which Keith Rixon, aged 26, was killed, his sister is suffering from concussion, and Mrs…

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Curious Motor Accident. Man's Throat Slashed. Melbourne

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

A curious motor fatality occurred at Alpington last night. Phillip McGarvan, aged 35, was driving a motor car behind a timber lorry, when…

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Peculiar Accident Leg Broken in Three Places

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1925 · page 2

Mrs. W. Webster, of Lachlan Street, Forbes, met with a very unfortunate and peculiar accident last Wednesday evening. She was…

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Gun Fatality

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 23 September 1925 · page 10

Last week we briefly referred to the death of a young man named William Joseph Geany, aged. 26, from injury accidentally caused by a gun…

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Jap Diver Drowned. Pearling Fatality. Perth

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 12

A Japanese diver was drowned near Broome, owing to the air pipe snapping on a reef…

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Diver Drowned Air Pipe Snaps (By Wire) Perth

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 1

A Japanese diver aged 35 was drowned while pearling near Broome, owing to the air pipe snapping on a roe…

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Painful Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 25 September 1925 · page 7

Mr. John Muir had his hand severely injured yesterday whilst engaged at work on his farm at Wattamoudara. He was immediately…

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Three Killed, 17 INJURED Week-end Car Accidents (By Wire) Melbourne

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 29 September 1925 · page 1

Three persons were killed and 17 injured in car accidents during the week end in Melbourne. About eight in the cars that crashed…

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