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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

286 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 6 of 15

Young Man Drowned Near Ungarie

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 7

At about 3 p.m. on Sunday last a young man named Oswald Edgar Webb, single, aged 21 years, was drowned in a dam aboht Ave miles…

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Cars Crash Three Persons Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 April 1931 · page 1

When a car crashed Ibroadside into another car at Woollalira last night, William Mcliauglln MS wife and seven years-old son we're serioiiely injured,…

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Two Brothers Drowned At Byron Bay

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 April 1931 · page 1

A Bangalow farmer named Weir brought his three children to Byron Bay to teach them to swim. On Tuesday afternoon Lloyd of the boys—James…

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Fatal Accident. Well-known Koorawatha Resident Killed. Manager of Dehydrator Seriously Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 2

Owen Evans, engine driver at the Wirrimah dehydrator, and a resident of Koorawatha, aged about 35, was fatally injured in a car smash on the…

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Air Fatality. Two Men Killed. Plane Crashes at Mascot. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 12

Two men were killed instantly when the Southern Cross Junior, the aeroplane in which Air Commodore Kingsford Smith and…

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Expert's Opinion of Parkes Gold Prospects Fatal Accident. Motor Somersaults. Tichborne Resident Killed

Western Champion · Monday 13 April 1931 · page 1

Mrs. James Thomson, of Tichborne, died in the Parkes District Hospital at an early hour on Saturday week, as a result of…

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Coroner's Inquiry Death of Young Man Verdict of Accidental Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 7

At the Ungarie Court last week the District Coroner, Mr. Theo. F. Smith, J.P conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding…

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Lucky Man Missed Serious Accident In Speeding Car Fined £5

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 April 1931 · page 2

Alfred Bailey, a young man from Cowra, pleaded guilty at the Forbes Police Court last Tuesday, before Magistrate Arnold,…

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Yawl Sunk One Drowned, 2 Missing (By Wire)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 1

When a yawl was swamped and sank during a squall off Rottnest Island, Western Australia, yesterday, William Gibson, aged 62, was drown…

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Motor Cyclist Killed Collision with Car (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1931 · page 1

Joseph Penny, aged 25. was killed yesterday when the motor cycle he was riding collided with a mortor car at Minnamurra, on the main…

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Boy Loses Eye. Painful Accident

Western Champion · Monday 27 April 1931 · page 8

Master "Jack" Whalan, the 13 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Whalan, of Cowra, was the victim of a very painful accident on Sunday afternoon…

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Youth Drowned When Attempting Rescue (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1931 · page 1

George Greenwell, aged 27, was drowned at Collaroy Beach yesterday, whilst attempting to rescue a man who seemed to be in some difficulties some…

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Boy Drowned Crossing Flooded Creek (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

Arthur Freeman, aged 7, with his father was walking across a log over a flooded river at Invergordon, when they both slipped and fell…

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Fire on Train 41 KILLED 41 Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 May 1931 · page 1

A cable from Cairo states that 41 persons were killed and 41 injured in the worst disaster yet experienced on the Eqyptian…

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Grazier Sued Fatal Motor Accident Verdicts for £1874

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1931 · page 2

In the Narrabri Supreme Court, before Mr. Justice Davidson, and a jury of four, the bearing was concluded in the cases in which Mrs. Christina…

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BEDGERABONG Seasonal Prospects are Good Car Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 3

Last week gave us our usual weekly fall of rain, Wednesday 20 points and Thursday 25 points. These falls are doing a great…

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Sad Fatal Accident at Woodstock Baby Falls Into Tub of Boiling Water

Cowra Free Press · Friday 8 May 1931 · page 7

Woodstock was the scene of a very sad death on Tuesday last, when Edgar Hall Birrell, the three-year-old son of Mr. and…

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CASUALTIES. Chapter of Accidents. TRUNDLE

Western Champion · Monday 11 May 1931 · page 4

A young man named Burt met with a painful accident on Sunday Butr had fell a tree for a bees' nest and the trunk of the tree jambed on…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Monday 18 May 1931 · page 6

Mr. G. W. Seaborn met with a painful accident on Saturday morning. He was returning from Sydney by the mail train and while the train was…

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Nine Injured When Lorry Overturned (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1931 · page 1

Nine persons were injured (two seriously), when a motor lorry carrying a picnic party over[?] five miles from Gunnedah…

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