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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1929

419 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 21

Man Drowned One Leg Swimmer (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 1

Harold Augustus Daly, 33, a visitor from Cessnock, got into difficulties while surfing at Yarra Bay and was drowned…

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Accidents at Wyangala and Mount Mcdonald

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 12 March 1929 · page 1

On Wednesday [?] a man named J. Lynch, is the employ of the W:C. & [?] Commission at Wyangala had his [?] while working as a…

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Great Airman Dead Killed in Car Smash. Bogan Gate Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 14 March 1929 · page 13

The continual screaming of the car siren, caused by the fact that the driver, Mr. M. A. Taylor, was pinned down on the button,…

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Critically Injured Volunteers Assaulted SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 6

James Stevenson and a companion, two voluntary timber workers, were attacked and brutally assaulted by three men at Rockdale last night. One…

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Peculiar Accident Brothers Collide One Conveyed to Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 March 1929 · page 1

A peculiar accident occurred at about 6.30 p.m. on Monday, whereby two brothers—James and William Lambourn—sons of Mr. and Mrs E. J…

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Telegrams Careless Shooting. Several Persons Injured. Melbourne

Western Champion · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 7

Shots coming from bushes seriously injured three people at Fern Tree Galley, namely, Percival Coffey, aged 11; Miriam Coffey, aged 18, and…

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Melee in Park Cricketers Come to Blows Several Injured SYDNEY

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

A number of cricketers attacked one another with bats, stumps and balls in Moore Park last night. Severel were injured, and had to be removed to…

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Accidentally Shot

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 18 March 1929 · page 2

Word was received during the weekend that Miss Dulcle Corby, sister of Mr. Des. Corby, of Forbes, was accidentally shot in the aide at…

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Accident Cars in Collision

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 3

A slight motor accident occurred on the Grenfell road on Saturday evening, when a car driven by Miss Lauder, of Reid’s Flat, collided with a…

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Accidents

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 19 March 1929 · page 3

The Cowra Ambulance was called to the home of Mr. White at Glen Logan yesterday, where a man named Jack Ryan was suffering from a…

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Three Men Injured Struck by Motor Driver Fined £15

The Forbes Advocate · Wednesday 20 March 1929 · page 1

Thos. Murray McVeish, a young man, who was involved in a car smash in Rankin Street on March 5, when three people were…

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Motor Cycle Hits Lorry Rider Seriously Injured

Cowra Free Press · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 9

On Wednesday evening a nasty accident occurred in Redfern street, when a young man named William Thoms (20), who was riding a motor…

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Jumped the Rails But No One Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 March 1929 · page 1

The carriage of an electric train jumped the rails between Homebush and Sydney last night. A number of passengers were…

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Telegrams Motor Fatality. One Killed; Three Injured. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 7

When a motor car collided with the brick coping of a bridge over Darevin Creek, at Northcote, Victoria, Hugh Raymond Jackson (23)…

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Tragic Drowning Sister's Sacrifice MELBOURNE

The Forbes Advocate · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 2

Agnes Bolton, 25, saw her sister in difficulties while bathing in the river Yarra. She swam to her assistance and was…

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Patient Disappears. Pound Drowned. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 7

Thomas Irwin (40) an inmate of Lidcombe Hospital, disappeared on Saturday. Yesterday his body was found…

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Sad Case. Would-be Rescuer Drowned. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 7

Agnes Bolton saw her sister in difficulties while bathing in the River Yarra on Saturday. She swam to her assistance and…

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Another Motor Accident. Two Persons Killed. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 25 March 1929 · page 7

Thomas Riddell (36) and Miss Margaret Robertson (28) were killed when a motor car in which they were travelling ran off the road and…

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Fisherman Drowned Sydney Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 1

Three men left a cottage at Como last night on a fishing expedition. Nothing more was heard of them until to-day a body was seen floating…

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Drowned in Waterhole Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 March 1929 · page 1

Thomas Irwin, aged 40, an inmale of Lidcombe Hospital, disappeared yesterday. His body was found in a water hole…

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