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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

384 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 20

Young Man Killed Morangarell Fatality

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1928 · page 1

A sad fatality occurred at Morangarell on Thursday morning, when Mr. Mervyn Graham Bookham, a young man of only 21 years of age, was…

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Doctor in Collision Car Nearly Topples Passengers Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 6 June 1928 · page 4

Dr. Hugh Busby, of Bathurst, and three Orange residents had a remarkable escape from serious injury at Carol's Bridge on the…

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Nurse Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 11 June 1928 · page 3

Miss Vera Murphy, of Adelong, who is a nurse in Cootamundra Hospital, is very ill as the result of an accident happening in a most…

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Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 2

While returning home on Saturday evening from town. Mr. P. J. Beckett, by some means unknown yet, fell out of his buggy near the cemetery. The…

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Car Accident Fog Responsible

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 13 June 1928 · page 6

Messrs. W. Fealy and W. Brereton, senr., were returning to West Wyalong from Parkes. and shortly after crossing the bridge at Marsden they…

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Rider Injured In Bicycle Race

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 2

The five-mile bicycle road race held on Wednesday afternoon, attracted 11 starters. The route was from near the sale yards to a point on the…

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Caught in Belting Mill Employee Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 4

Mr. Haddon Breeze (22), who was employed in the Farmers Milling Company's mills, at Wellington, met with a serious accident, whereby he…

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Air Fatality in France Planes Wrecked by Storm (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 1

A Paris message states that military bombing planes were carrying out night flying between Nancy and Le Bourget aerodrome when suddenly a…

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Motor Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 June 1928 · page 10

On Tuesday last Mr. W. McDonald, of Eugowra, narrowly averted meeting with a serious accident at the bridge across the Mandagery Creek, in the…

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Cycle Lamp Explodes. a Nasty Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 18 June 1928 · page 2

Last week Mr. Hilary Lord, of the P.P. Bank,. Wallendbeen, and formerly of Young, was out on his mo-tor cycle, when the acetylene lamp…

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Knocked Down by Taxi. Two Women Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1928 · page 1

Sara Jane Iken, 75, and Annie Mary Codings, 74, while returning from church at Globe Point road last night were knocked down by a taxi…

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Tornade in U.S.A. Two Towns Demolished. Many Killed and Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1928 · page 1

A Vanconver message states that at Altus (Oklahoma) at least seven were killed and the towns of Blair and Headrick demolished…

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To Prevent Flying Accidents

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 20 June 1928 · page 5

A nasty accident to an airman occurred the other day because he allowed the tail of his monoplane to rise too high off the ground, with…

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Three Boys Drowned Bodies Recovered (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 1

The bodies of three boys, Bernard Hopper, Vernon Zanoni, and Jaspin, who were drowned when their boat capsized at Queen's Cliff, Victoria,…

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Car in River Two Girls Drowned (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 June 1928 · page 1

When a motor car plunged into Georges River at Taren Point early this morning, two young girls, Maud Edwin, 15, and Betty Hickey, 19, were…

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Twenty-two Killed Terrible Railway Accident Big List of Injured LONDON

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 4

Just before midnight, a crowded excursion train on the London North Eastern Railway, at Carlington, collided with a shunting engine and van,…

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Canowindra Lady Injured in Car Smash

Cowra Free Press · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 6

Accidents have been common during the past few days at Bathurst. On Tuesday, when a service car from Canowindra to Sydney, driven…

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A Painful Accident

Cowra Free Press · Friday 29 June 1928 · page 2

On Wednesday Master Arnold Whalan, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Whalan, of Darling street, had the misfortune to put his shoulder out…

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Footballers Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 2 July 1928 · page 2

In a football match at Condobolin yesterday, A. Loxley had his arm fractured, and C. Ostler sustained a dislocated collarbone. Both players were…

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Will Council Wait For Further Accidents at Crossing Ald. Sam's Criticism

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 2 July 1928 · page 1

"Are we going to wait for further accidents to happen at the railway crossing, or arc we going to get that work done shortly?"…

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