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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

286 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 11 of 15

Motor Car and Sulky Collision

Western Champion · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 6

Writing with respect to a paragraph which appeared in our issue of August 31, under the heading, "Hit and Run," Mr. S. Plowman…

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Serious Accident Mother and Child

Western Champion · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 1

Mrs. J. Donnelly and her infant daughter were the victims of an accident near. Alectown yesterday morning…

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Student's Accident

Western Champion · Monday 28 September 1931 · page 6

While the Hawkesbury College students, who recently paid a visit to Parkes, were on their way home from Tamworth, young Bob Eastoe,…

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Shooting Accident at Cargelligo

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1931 · page 1

Oscar Nilssou, 11 years, was shooting sparrows with a pea rifle when the barrel became caught in a briar bush. He tried to extricate the rifle…

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Our District Page. Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed QUANDIALLA Peculiar Accident Police Court Cases Cricket

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 3

The Quandialla Show Society has insured against 20 points of rain between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Show Day, October 7, for an…

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REVIVAL Mining at Gulgong Accident Recalled

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 6

Mining on the old Gulgong field is looking up, and a revival of the prosperous days of half-a-century ago, when gold was to be had…

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ACCIDENT Mrs. W. E. Butler Hurt Fell From Car

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 October 1931 · page 6

Mrs. W. E. Butler, wife of the Poolabooka director of the Forbes P.P. Board, was the victim of a nasty accident near her home…

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Electrical Circuits Avoiding Accidents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1931 · page 5

Comparatively, the number of accidental deaths due to the domestic electrical installations is small. The number, however, is still unneesarily large,…

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Serious Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 2

On Monday evening Mr. A. E. Anderson, on arriving at the Fire Station, found a man unconscious on the concrete footpath. With the…

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Accident. Shearing Mishap. Tullamore

Western Champion · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 10

While shearing sheep at his home on Thursday last Mr. Clarrie Foster had a very fortunate escape from serious injury when the belt came off…

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Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 8 October 1931 · page 6

Master A. Townsend, of Condobolin Road, met with a painful accident yesterday morning, falling 20ft. from a tree, breaking his right arm and…

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Serious Accident Lad Accidentally Shot WHlLE Getting Through Fence with Loaded Pea Rifle

Cowra Free Press · Friday 9 October 1931 · page 5

A lad named Jack Wright, (one of the brightest and most popular scholars of the Cowra I. H.S.) met with a serious…

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Car Collision. Four People Injured. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 6

Pour persons were injured, two seriously, when two motor cars collided side on with terrific force at the intersection of Park Road and…

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Picnic Accidents

Western Champion · Monday 12 October 1931 · page 6

The Alectown Christian Endeavor Society held their annual picnic on the Harvey Ranges on October 3rd. An unfortunate happening was an…

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That Billimari Accident Mr. J. E. Matheson Returns to the Charge But Council Decides It Has Not Sufficient Evidence to Take Action

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 13 October 1931 · page 3

The serious accident which befel some Billimari School children some little time back, which has come up for…

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The Ungarie News Coroner's Inquiry At Tullibigeal Verdict of Accidental Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 October 1931 · page 7

The Lake Carge[?] District Co[?] ner, Mr. C. J. Lewis, conducted an inquiry, in Scots Hall, Tullibigeal, on Wednesday last into the circumstances…

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Injured by Fall

Western Champion · Monday 19 October 1931 · page 9

Master Len Smith, second son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Smith, of South Lead, Forbes, was accidentally injured following a game of "Oranges and…

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COLLISION, Ferry Steamers. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Monday 19 October 1931 · page 1

Two ferry steamers, the Dee Why and Kareela, collided off Kirribilli Point this morning. Both were outward bound from the…

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Woman Killed. Peculiar Accident. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Monday 19 October 1931 · page 1

While watching a game of cricket at Qulrindi yesterday afternon, a woman had her windpipe shattered by a blow from the ball, and died an…

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Death from Accident

Western Champion · Monday 19 October 1931 · page 6

A little boy named Robert John Scott, 4½ years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Scott, of Goonumbla, died on Saturday morning, he…

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