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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

286 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 14 of 15

Fatality at Parkes Child Fatally Crushed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 December 1931 · page 6

While Parkes hospital carnival was in progress on Saturday night, Eileen Moyna Egan, 3 years, was knocked down by a car, the back wheel…

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Wyangala Fatality

Western Champion · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 7

Further particulars regarding the death of W. M. Brien, at Wyangala Dam on Monday morning, are now to hand. It appears that Brien, who…

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INQUEST. Motor Accident. Coroner's Finding

Western Champion · Monday 7 December 1931 · page 10

After hearing the evidence tendered in the inquest on Eileen Moyna Egan, the victim of the motor accident in the Square on…

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Car Fatality Ariah Park Resident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

Mr. J. W. Cssidy, one of the best knowh farmers in the Ariah Park a district, met with a fatal accident on Friday night, when he fell out of the car…

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Driving Fatality S.A. Constable's Neck Broken

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 2

Swift tragedy came to a holiday party travelling towards Sydney on the main road from Yass. An amazing feature of the accident…

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Boy Seriously Injured a Remarkable Story (By Wire) Sydney, Monay

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

A Brisbane message states that Norman Dillion, aged 13, was found after a eight of ageny lying severely, injured under Buranda S[?]ate…

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Crashed Dutch Air Mail Col. Brimsmead Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

A cable from Singapore states that the Dutch airmail overturned when leaving Don Muang, in Slam, on the homeward trip…

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Run Down by Car 1 Killed, 3 Injured Driver Arrested (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 December 1931 · page 1

At Tunstall, Victoria, yesterday, a car swept through a party who were walking along a road, killing Cyril Pavey, aged 23, and injuring two…

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Painful Accident. Tichborne

Western Champion · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 5

Miss V. Gibbons was attending to the boiling of a pudding on Tuesday afternoon when some of the scalding water splashed on her leg, which was…

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Motor Accident. Jockey Committed for Trial. SYDNEY

Western Champion · Thursday 10 December 1931 · page 6

The well-known jockey, J. M. Coutts, has been committed for trial as a result of a recent motor accident. "SPORTING BLOOD…

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Car Fatality Wheat Inspector Killed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

A message from Dubbo on Wednesday states that when a car in which he was driving struck guide posts at a cuivert on the Narromine road on…

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The Wyangala Fatality Death of Late “Wick” Brien. Finding of Accidental Death by Mr Coroner Pulling

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 7

An inquest was held at the office of the Commission at Wyangala, on Wednesday, into the circumstances concerning the…

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Boy Drowned Crossing Flooded Creek (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

Ronald Ross, aged 17, son of a Derby farmer, was taking a can of cream across flooded creek at Changon, on horseback when the animal…

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Floods in Q. Woman and Boy Drowned (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 1

Floods continue in Queensland. A young woman named Annie Bailey and a lad named Harold Howard were making for a house when…

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Wyangala Dam: Fatal Accidents

Cowra Free Press · Friday 11 December 1931 · page 8

Mr. C. E. Martin: Has the attention of the Minister for Agriculture been drawn to the fact that a fatal accident recently occurred at…

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Two Drowned Mother and Daughter (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 15 December 1931 · page 1

Mrs. Grace Bowen, and her daughter Grace, aged 14, were drowned in the Yarra River at Toorak, Victoria, yesterday afternoon…

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Girl Injured While Using Axe EUGOWRA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 3

While chopping wood with an axe a few days ago, little Patty Ticehurst allowed the handle to slip in her grasp, and the keen blade bit deep…

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Eye Injured Fears for Sight Personal BEDGERABONG, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 3

Little Neville Stanley had the misfortune a while since to hurt one of his eyes. On medical examination it was found that the…

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Thrown From Horse Farmer Badly Injured But Walked Home

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 8

When Mr. Ralph Lister, son of Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Lister, "Eden Hone." Trundle, was thrown from a horse the other day, he displayed…

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Tragic Fatal Sulky Accident Local Woman Dragged to Her Death Along Hard Metal Road for a Distance of Four Miles. Another Woman Suffering From Shock, While Two Children Escape Injury

Cowra Free Press · Friday 18 December 1931 · page 6

This morning, when Mrs. Daley, the wife of Mr. James Daley, of Cowra, left her home, nothing was further from the minds of her family than that she would in a few short hours be dead. However, such turned out to be the case, and Mr…

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