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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1928

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Coroner's Inquiry Fatal Motor Accident. Rita Wheatley's Death

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 13 February 1928 · page 2

The inquiry into the death of Rita Wheatley, who was killed in a motor accident on the Condobolin Road recently, was held by Coroner Sam at…

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Lad Badly Injured by Explosion

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 3

On Friday afternoon as a lad named Smith, son of Mr. R. Smith, slaughterman, in the employ of Messrs. Bryant and Hood, was filling some…

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Man Drowned Swept Away by Flood Armidale Tragedy

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 3

The floods in the Armidale district in the past few days ended in a tragedy, when Henry Francis Archer, aged 21 years, was drowned in the…

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Woman Killed Three Others Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 1

Mrs. Miriam McColl, 45, was killed while three other persons were seriously injured in a collision between a taxi and motor car in Melbourne…

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Cargelligo Fatality Boy Falls From Motor Lorry And Fractures his Skull (By Wire)

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 14 February 1928 · page 1

Cargelligo, Monday Afternoon. Reg. Townsend, aged 16 years (son of Mr. Bert Townsend, of Lake Cargelligo), who was a…

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Harbor Fatality. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 4

The Mosman, police are still dragging near the Balmoral ferry wharf for the body of Colley Priest, of Cremorne, who is believed to be drowned…

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Rita Wheatley Killed in Motor Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 15 February 1928 · page 4

Rita Wheatley, well-known in Condobolin, and a sister of Mrs. George Lewis, was killed in a motor car accident last Wednesday night, two…

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Car Smash. Collision with Tree. Mr. N. Sloane Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 3

A sensational smash occurred' on the Bogan road about five miles from Parkes last week. Norbert ("Tod") Sloane a member…

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General News Lad Badly Injured by Explosion

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 2

On Friday afternoon as a lad named Smith, son of Mr. R. Smith, slaughterman, in the employ of Messrs. Bryant and Hood, was…

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Cricket Serious Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 16 February 1928 · page 2

Mr. H. E. Moore met with a serious accident last night. Whilst going into the house he came in contact with a glass door, and the tendons…

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Thought to Be Drowned—but Was Sleeping Peace-fully

Cowra Free Press · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 9

Yesterday afternoon after the heavy rain Waugoola Creek came down very suddenly and a young man (an Englishman) who was residing near…

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Wife Drowned After Husband Suicides (By Wire) Sydney

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 17 February 1928 · page 1

Mrs. Washbourne, whose husband attempted to shoot her and then committed suicide at Severn. New Zealand, has been found drowned in a…

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Drowning Fatality Young Scotchman's Death. Washed Out of Saddle

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 2

At about 9.30 a.m. on Friday, a young man. named Stanley Stephenson, aged 25, married, an employee on Wananry Station, was seen to ride down…

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Shocking Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1928 · page 2

George Rutherford met shocking injuries on a farm at Waggs when the prong of a pitchfork pierced his head, above the left eye. He is not…

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Constable and Sydney Visitor Drowned at Grafton

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

At Grafton Constable Lawrence Alpin and a Sydney visitor, believed to be named Barnes, were drowned in the Clarence…

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Scenes of Ruin Junee Devastated Crows Drowned in Street

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 5

Junee.—Heavy rain began to fall at 8 o'clock last night, and continued to pour until midnight. When the people of Junee rose this morning,…

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Farmer Drowned In Oakley District (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

John Brennan, 67, a retired dairy farmer, was drowned at Oakley Park in the Lithgow district, when the banks of a creek collapsed during…

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Reported to Be Drowned Two Men Near Illabo (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Tuesday 21 February 1928 · page 1

Two men repairing washaways between Junee ad Illabo are supposed to have been drowned, while a man named Meyers is missing…

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Painful Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 22 February 1928 · page 4

Mr. R. (Snowy) Bennett, motor mechanic at Cecil Boulton's garage, Condobolin, was the victim of a painful accident last Friday morning…

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Navvy Drowned Struck by Wall of Water

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Friday 24 February 1928 · page 7

The flood which washed away the railway line at Marrina on Saturday night drowned one of the navvies working on the repairs to the damage…

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