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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1927

267 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 14

Young Man Seriously Injured

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 2

On Sunday last as a young man named Eric Carpenter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carpenter, of Glen Logan, was travelling along the…

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Trotting Accident

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 13 September 1927 · page 2

A sensation was caused in the Trial Handicap, at Young, when While Diamond, driven by L. McCaffery, who was going nicely, shied at a piece of…

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Two Killed Three Injured Fatality at Junee

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 16 September 1927 · page 14

Two people were killed and three others injured in a sensational level crossing accident between Junee and Old Junee…

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Car and Cycle Three Injured in Collision (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 1

A family of three riding on a motor cycle and side car canio into collision with a motor car at North Sydney. John Little, aged 43, received lacer…

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Fire in Tent Fatality at Narromine (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 1

When a fire destroyed a tent near Narromine this morning three children suffered from shocking burns, one dying some time later…

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Car Overturns One Killed, Two Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 20 September 1927 · page 1

When a motor car overturned near the township of Marian, Queensland, one man was killed outright and two seriously injured…

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Child Born to a Dead Woman. Surgery Marvel After Road Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 4

A child was born to a dead woman in a Hackney, London, surgery on July 29. The birth was a marvel of modern…

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Tullamore. ACCIDENT

Western Champion · Thursday 22 September 1927 · page 13

Wlilie Williams, age 3 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Williams, met with a rather serious accident on Thursday last. He was playing near a…

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Plane Smash 2 KILLED, 2 Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 23 September 1927 · page 1

A cable from Berlin states that an aeroplane crashed at Blankenburg. The pilot and a woman passenger were killed, and two other women…

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Accidents Will Happen!

Western Champion · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 7

A station-master has been killed in a very curious and unusual way. While stepping out of the way of an oncoming express, some gangers…

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Accident at Night What was the Cause?

Western Champion · Thursday 29 September 1927 · page 12

Though a young man named Richard George Jones stated that he collided with another car whilst driving towards Parkes on the Peak Hill road…

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Boy Drowned When Assisting Another (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 30 September 1927 · page 1

Whilst a number of boys were paddling an improvised [?] in White Bay last night, the raft capsized. William Finch, aged 13, knowing…

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Floods in Victoria Man Drowned (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 4 October 1927 · page 1

Durng the floods at Heyfield (Victoria) Reginald Nicholas, 20, was swept off his place and drowned. At Taralgon the water spread over…

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Andrew Cullen's End Suicide or Accident?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 5 October 1927 · page 6

The "Bridge Reserve" (we got the name from the electoral roll), just across the Lachlan bridge, is the camping ground of many a…

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Car Overturns Five Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 1

When a motor car overturned at Granville five occupants were more or less seriously injured. One man, Albert Fry, is suffering…

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Gored by Bull Man Succumbs to Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 11 October 1927 · page 1

Herbert Gormaly was attacked and batlly go [?]red by a bull in a paddock near his home at Cronulla. He succumbed to his injuries some…

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Motor Accident One Killed; Four Injured. Eugowra Girl the Victim

Cowra Free Press · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 1

On Sunday week at about 4 p.m. the people of Eugowra and district were horrified to learn that an accident had occurred about one mile from the…

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Lorry Capsizes Several Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 14 October 1927 · page 1

A motor lorry conveying 25 passengers critshed through a fence, near Glenelg, South Australia, and capsized at the bottom of an incline…

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Cars in Collision Case in District Court Verdict for Plaintiff

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 18 October 1927 · page 4

Before Judge Coyle at the Wyalong District Court on Saturday, George Maxwell, farmer, of Ungarie, Proceeded against Stephen Thompson,…

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Mine Crash Buried Under 100 Tons Deputy Killed Mate Critically Injured

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 21 October 1927 · page 14

Buried by a Call of 100 tons of coal, one deputy was killed and another critically injured at Mount Pleasant mine, Wollongong, on Saturday…

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