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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Burning Fatality at Temora

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 2

Miss Clara Deitz, aged 90, was burned to death at Temora when her clothes caught alight while sitting near the stove. For sixteen years…

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SAVED 3 LlVES Parkes Man's Heroism. Lachlan' Drowning Tragedy

Western Champion · Thursday 2 February 1928 · page 11

Behind the grim tragedy at Forbes on Sunday, when James T. Spice was drowned in attempting to save his wife, who had got into…

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Drowned in Saving Life

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

Forbes,—Three people were knocked down by cars, and one man wa[?] drowned in the river over the last week-end…

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Killed in Collision Woman Committed Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 1

Mrs. Catherine Hickey has been committed for trial at Perth on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the death of George…

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Serious Accident On Cricket Field

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 2

Playing against Yalgogrin on Anniversary Day on the local Recreation Ground, Mr. C. V. Horton, mercer, of this town, had the misfortune…

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Our Miss Gibbs in a Motor Accident. Appears at Bathurst

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 February 1928 · page 5

On her way to Bathurst, where she is under contract to appear under Mr. Reg Grinsted's management at the Burlington Pictures, Miss Phyllis Gibby…

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Six Injured Collision at Orange Two Cars Wrecked

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

In a head-on collision between two cars at Shadforth, about 10 miles from Orange on Saturday morning, six people were injured, one…

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Motor Collision

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. Hube Brien was the victim of a motor accident which could easily have been attended with serious consequences. When…

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Motor Car Smash Two Men and a Boy Badly Injured. Two Others Escape

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 3

As the result of their motor car turning over twice on Saturday evening at about 12.45 three members of the Tuckwell family, of…

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Life Saver Drowned Clothes in Club House No Trace of Body (By Wire) Sydney Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 1

Hugh Kennedy McRady, 28, a member of the Clovelly Life Saving Club, is believed to have been drowned yesterday, as his clothes were found in…

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Fatal Accident Farmer Killed at Trundle

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

Wilfred Fletcher, aged 20 son of Mr. F. Fletcher, of Mordialloc. Trundle, was accidentally killed on Friday. Fletcher was using a tractor…

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Two Sons Killed In Motor Accidents

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 7 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. William Simpson, of Hay (the latter being a sister of Mrs E. M. Fraser, of west Wyalong), have sustained the overwhelming loss of…

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Alleged Assault Robert Bow Seriously Injured

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 8 February 1928 · page 4

A brawl, which had a rather serious ending, and in which a pick was used as one of the weapons, occurred last Saturday night, about 21 miles out on…

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Fatal Smash at Temora. 1 Killed, 2 Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 2

One man was killed and a man and a woman were injured when a car ran through a causeway and overturned about a mile from Temora…

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Accident at Orange

Western Champion · Thursday 9 February 1928 · page 10

A serious accident occurred at Orange last night, while "shooting" of some scones for a local film to be presented by the "Hollywood on…

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Motor Accident One Killed, Another Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

Dr. Douglas, of Hamilton, Victoria was killed in a motor accident while returning from a wedding at Wannon last night…

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Two Injured Mail Car Smashed

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 1

A sensational accident occurred at the foot of Monument Hill at about 6.30 on Tuesday night, when the Albury-Cowra mail car crashed into a…

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Shocking Local Tragedy Girl Killed in Motor Collision Cycle Rider Admits No Lights

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 February 1928 · page 4

Forbes has suffered considerably more than its share of tragedies of late. From the opening of the New Year, it has been this Journal's…

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Girl Killed in Motor Collision

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

Forbes has suffered more than its share of fatalities lately. On Wednesday night another tragedy occurred, when Rita Wheatley,…

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Current Topics Accident at Weir

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

A lad named Jim McCarty sustained. a dislocated fracture of the right elbow on Sunday afternoon, when he dived into shallow water at the Weir…

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