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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1930

437 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 22

Sad Fatality Young Man’s Frightful Death Near Carcoar

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

Roy “Curly” Smith (24) at Carcoar on Saturday fell across a circular saw and was almost disembowelled. He died in Hospital…

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Firemen Injured Big Blaze This Morning Garage Destroyed SYDNEY, Tuesday

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 4

Three firemen were burned in a fire which occurred early this morning in the garage of E. S. Edwards at Syivannia. The garage, was…

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Truck Derailed Two Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

Ten men were, proceading homewards on a railway truck, when the truck, together with a but which had been erected on it, was hurled into…

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Shocking Accident Man's Leg Shattered (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 May 1930 · page 1

Septimus Packer, 18/ met with a shocking accident at Kurrajong yesterday He was shooting rabbits when he…

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ACCIDENT. On Skating Rink. EUGOWRA

Western Champion · Thursday 29 May 1930 · page 6

Just at present Bleating is "all the rage" here. Mrs. Hogan met with an unfortunate accident while skating, breaking her leg—a bad break, too…

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Street Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 4

When a car and lorry collided at the corner of Rankin and Battye Streets (near New Avenue) yesterday the drivers had lucky escapes from…

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Lorry Fatality Young Man Killed BATHURST

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 5

When a motor lorry, driven by Cliff Baker, of Moulder Street, Orange, missed a bridge on the Locksley-Wambool Road last…

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Watery Graves Aboriginals Perish Ten Drowned PERTH

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 4

The Chief Protector of Aborigines has been advised of the reported drowning of ten natives in the Prince Regent River, in the North-West…

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10 DROWNED When Crossing River (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 1

News has been received at Perth that whilst a dug-out canoe containing six men, three women and a boy were crossing the Prince Regent River, in…

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A Bad Fall Telephone Linesman Seriously InjuredN Ow in Hospital in a Serious Condition

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 3

A well known local resident Mr. George Couchman, telephone . linesman, at present lies in the Cowra District Hospital as the…

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Lucky Winners Meet by Accident £10,000 in Prizes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 9

Surely this life is one of coincidence Just before last Christmas a woman in the country won £1000 prize in the Deaf and Blind Kiddies' Art…

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Finger Crushed Accident on Farm

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 1

A painful accident occurred on Thursday afternoon to the four-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Hill, of "Elveston," eight miles from…

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Shocking Accident Girl Caught in Machine (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 1

Wilfred McMahon, aged 22, met with a shocking accident at the Australian Woollen Mills, Marrickville, when she was caught in a combing machine…

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Accident at Dubbo Trotting Horses Collide

Cowra Free Press · Friday 30 May 1930 · page 8

A nasty accident, which could easily have resulted in a tragedy, marred the Macquarrie Handicap Trot, on the first day of the…

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Terribly Injured. Explosion at Reservoir. First Accident

Western Champion · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 4

In the first accident to occur at the new 600,600,000 gallon reservoir for Orange, Jack Whettam, 22, was shockingly injured on…

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Boat Capsizes. Two Men Drowned. BRISBANE

Western Champion · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 7

When a boat capsized yesterday at Amity Point (Queensland), William Noble and his eighteen-year-old nephew, George Noble, lost their lives…

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FIRES. Hotel Destroyed. Women Injured. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 7

Aa fire at Coolangatta, on the Queensland-New South Wales border, destroyed a hotel and two adjoining cottages, the damage being estimated…

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Miscellaneous Lucky Winners. Meet by Accident. £10,000 in Prizes

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 June 1930 · page 1

Surely this life is one of coincidence. Just before last Christmas a woman in the country won a £1000 prize in the Deaf and Blind Kiddies…

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15 DROWNED When Boats Collided (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 1

A cable from London states that the vessel, "Inger," was sunk, and it is feared the crew of 15 were drowned, in conscquence of a collision in a fog…

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Two Drowned When Boat Capsized (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Evening

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1930 · page 1

When a boat capsized at any Point (Queensland) yesterday William Noble and his nephew, George Noble, 18, lost their lives…

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