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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

253 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 13

Ghastly Find Strangled, Not Drowned NARRANDERA

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 2

Giving his horses a drink at the dam by the town boundary, a carter pulled a rope which protruded from the water. At the end of the rope…

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Motor Fatality Motor 'bus and Motor Cycle Collide SYDNEY

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 30 September 1926 · page 2

When a motor cycle and side car came into collision with a motor 'bus at Five Dock to-day, Arthur James (22), and Andrews Travers (22), who…

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Yachting Fatality A. C. Saxton Drowned (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 1

A well known yachtsman and business man, Mr. A. C. Saxton, was drowned yesterday off Newport. He and others were having a…

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Sad Fatality Death of Noel Meagher

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

Residents of the town and district, were deeply grieved when the sad news was received from Sydney of the death of Mr Francis Noel Meagher…

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Latest Telegraphic Yachting Fatality. Well-Known Business Man, SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 12

The well-known yachtsman and business man, Mr. A. C. Saxton, was drowned off Newport yesterday. He and others were having a pleasure…

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Shocking Crossing Fatality. Motor Collides with Train Five Persons Killed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 12

A frightful fatality, gruesome lit its details, occurred at the railway crossing, known as Dean's Crossing, 1½ mile from Molong, at 7.45 o'clock…

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Boxer Dies Injured in Contest (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 1

Reginald Morphy, aged 18, who was injured in a boxing contest at the Stadium on Wednesday night, died last night…

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Chiverton Boy Dies As Result of Riding Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 1 October 1926 · page 2

On Saturday last a bright lad named Leslie Genge, 13 years of age, and a friend were double banking a horse, and while riding along, the former…

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Three Drowned

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 5 October 1926 · page 2

In an attempt to rescue his two sons from a dam on Coorawong Station, Coonamble, Mr. William Fisher himself was drowned. It is stated…

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The Juggernaut Another Car Fatality. SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1926 · page 2

Mrs. Jane Montgomery, 79, of Greenwich, was knocked down by a motor car driven by George Challis, of Greenwich, last night. She died…

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Motor Car Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 October 1926 · page 2

An accident that might easily have been attended by worse results, happened on Friday night, on the Bogan Gate-Parkes Road. Mr. H…

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Show Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 7 October 1926 · page 13

Mr. Cecil N. Smith, of Merringdong, near Cudal, and president of the A. & P. Association, was killed in a tragic way on Wednesday. He was assisting…

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Molong Car Fatality. Further Details

Western Champion · Thursday 7 October 1926 · page 7

Brief details of the shocking accident at the level crossing near Molong, on Thursday morning, appeared in our last issue, and we take the following…

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Body in Dam But Not Drowned Rope Round Neck Mystery of Girl's Death Narrandera

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 12 October 1926 · page 1

Keen public interest has been taken in the circumstances surrounding the death of Eileen Hennessy, 20 years or age, whose body was found in a…

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Accident to Horse Animal Destroyed

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 12 October 1926 · page 2

"From information received," to use a stock police phrase, it became necessary for Constables O'Neill and McWade to journey out some 13 miles…

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Eleven Drowned Quebec

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 October 1926 · page 2

Eleven persons, including several women, were drowned when the freight and passenger steamer, Guide, sank on Friday evening, off the…

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30 KILLED 300 Injured By Cyclone in Cuba (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 22 October 1926 · page 1

A cable from Vancouver states that 30 people were killed and over 300 injured in a hurricane which hit Havant, Cuba, to-day, at a velocity of 130 miles…

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20 SURVIVORS From the Valerian 80 Drowned (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 26 October 1926 · page 1

The London administration has announced that there are twenty s[?]vivors from the sloop Valerian, which sank in a hurricane off Bermad[?]…

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Serious Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 27 October 1926 · page 2

On Monday last Mr. Ted Jones was sitting happy and contented on the top of a load of hay which was being drawn from one of his paddocks to the…

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Youth Drowned

Western Champion · Thursday 28 October 1926 · page 11

Frank Coomber, aged about 19, second son of Detective-Sergeant Coomber, of North Sydney police, and grandson of Mr. E. J. Coomber, of High St…

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