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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

286 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 15

Injured in Collision

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 7

Sydney Cooper, a dairy employee was seriously injured when the milkvan he was driving came info, collision with a motor lorry. He was admitted…

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Fatally Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 1

Miss Davis who was a guest of Mr. R. Carter, of Yarran, and who came from New Zealand, was fatally injured when, her horse bolted at Narromine…

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Shooting Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 1

Carl Rich, 23, was out shooting at Dubbo, and placed his gun on the ground. A companion accidentally kicked it and it exploded. Pellets riddled…

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Eye Fell Out When Nose Blown Remarkable Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 22 May 1931 · page 5

A remarkable accident befell a footballer during a match at Wallerawang on Sunday. The player, whose name was D. Fitzgerald,…

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Remarkable Accident

Western Champion · Monday 25 May 1931 · page 4

A remarkbale accident befell a footballer during a match at Wallerawang last week-end. The player, whose name was D. Fitzgerald,…

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Many Accidents Whitsuntide Holiday (By Wire) Sydney. Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 1

A cable from London states that the Whitsuntide holiday ended in the death of many people. A motor car crashed through railway…

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Broken Ribs Through Falling on a Stump. Painful Accident to Girl at Morongla

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 1

While playing with some other children at her home at Morongla on Saturday last Miss Nellie Murphy (16) was the victim of a painful…

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A Peculiar Accident Spare Wheel Falls Off Motor. and Smashes Plate Glass Window

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 1

A most peculiar accident happened in Kendall street in the early hours of Saturday morning, as a result of which a plate glass window…

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A Hockey Accident Boy Receives a Cut Over One of His Eyes

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 26 May 1931 · page 1

Whilst little Fred. Billington (11) was playing hockey on Sunday he received a cut over one of his eyes from one of his mates’ clubs, as a…

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Fatal Accident Thrown from Horse

Western Champion · Thursday 28 May 1931 · page 7

A terrible fatality occurred at Gollan on Saturday last; when a young Scotchman named David Cald well, aged 23 years, lost his life…

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Lorry Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 28 May 1931 · page 7

While driving a lorry along Bultge Street, Dubbo, on Saturday, a young man named Albert Hinch had an unpleasant experience. The surface of…

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Cowra Accident Youth's Narrow Escape Wheel Crashes Into Shop

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 May 1931 · page 6

Kendal Street, Cowra, was the scene of an unusual accident in the early hours of Saturday morning, when the spare tyre of a car driven…

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Stolen Taxi-cab. Woman Injured

Western Champion · Monday 1 June 1931 · page 4

A taxi cab which was stolen from Glebe Point last Thursday night was driven wildly through the city and finally mounted the footpath in…

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Plane Crash Passenger Killed Pilot Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1931 · page 1

A Spartan Arrow plane, flying from Christchurch to wellington, New Zealand, crashed at Blenhlem. Carl Cordight was fatally injured;…

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Pigs Drowned. Rise in Creek. TICHBORNE

Western Champion · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 11

Mr. W. Gibbons sent in a draft of fat pigs to Tuesday's sale. Incidentally Mr. Gibbons had a loss a few days ago, when a sow with her litter…

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Strance Accident. Horse Drops Dead. TICHBORNE

Western Champion · Thursday 4 June 1931 · page 11

A singular accident is said to have befallen Mr. George Bokeyar, when on his way to Back Yamma last Sunday to attend a tennis match…

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Bridge Fatality 15 KILLED, 12 INJURED When Suspension Collapsed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 1

A cable from Bordeaux states that 15 were killed and 12 injured when a new suspension bridge collapsed…

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Cowra Road Fatality Inquest Into the Death of Edward Owen Evans “Not in Fit State to Drive Car.”

Cowra Free Press · Friday 5 June 1931 · page 3

Evidence that Edward Owen Evans, who was killed in a car smash on the Cowra road on April 9th was not in a fit condition at the time to drive a car was given at the Inquest conducted on Saturday last, by the District Coroner, Mr. G. S…

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Motor Fatality

Western Champion · Monday 8 June 1931 · page 4

At the inquest at Young last week into the death of Evan Owen Evans who was killed when driving a baby Austin car on the Cowra Road, re…

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Accident to Coroner

Western Champion · Thursday 11 June 1931 · page 8

The District Coroner was the victim of a severe accident on Saturday last. While at Mr. W. E. Bourne's residence, in Cecile Street, he was…

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