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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1931

286 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 8 of 15

Railwayman Injured

Western Champion · Monday 15 June 1931 · page 6

Mr. Thomas Grannall, of March Street, East Orange, has had the top joint of one of the fingers on his left hand amputated. He was…

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24 Injured. Eviction Riot. Serious Street Battle

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 2

One of the worst riots in the history of Newcastle occurred on Tuesday when a crowd clashed with the police in an attempt to prevent an…

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One Killed Two Injured By Speed Motorist (By Wire) Sudney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 16 June 1931 · page 1

A cable [?] Paris states that when a tyre punctured travellng at 90 miles per hour a Bumati Racer in the European Grand Prix crashed…

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Drowning Fatality

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 17 June 1931 · page 5

When his boat capsized in the Macquarie River on Wednesday last, Andrew Peck was swept down stream and drowned. His body has not yet…

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Woman Drowned Determined Suicide (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 19 June 1931 · page 1

Refusing to grasp a lifebuoy which was thrown to her, a woman who jumped off Point Orniond Pier, Melbourne, yesterday, was drowned…

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COLLISION. Between Motor Cars. No One Injured

Western Champion · Monday 22 June 1931 · page 4

About 8 p.m. on Saturday, about 1½ miles from Parkes on the Trundle road, a collision occurred between two motor cars—one, a…

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Fatality. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 22 June 1931 · page 1

An avalanche of iron pipes that rolled from a motor lorry when it plunged down a steep embankment, caused the death of two brothers, on…

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Condo. Match. Parkes Defeated. Two Men Injured

Western Champion · Monday 22 June 1931 · page 10

The Group Shield match at Condobolin yesterday between Parkes and the home team resulted in a win for the latter by…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Monday 22 June 1931 · page 6

While working in Mr. W. J. Fogarty's butchery on Thursday Mr. Chas. Dwyer met with a very painful accident. He was cutting some meat…

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Drowning Fatality

Western Champion · Thursday 25 June 1931 · page 8

Mrs. Lindsay Smith, of Albert St., received word yesterday of the death of her brother, Mr. Alfred. Hicks, of Morven, Culcairn. Mr. Hicks, who…

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Car Collision Dazzled by Headlights Parkes Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 4

Considerable' damage was suffered by two cars which collided on the Trundle road, near Parkes about 6 p.m. on Saturday,…

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Struck by Car Police Officer Injured At Camp Street Bridge

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 June 1931 · page 1

Sergeant G. Rowley, of Forbes police, was the victim of an accident on . Wednesday night which necessitated him being off duty…

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Serious Accident At Wyangala Cowra Resident Badly Injured. Now in Cowra Hospital

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 3

Last night while a man named W. H. Watt, a resident of Cowra, who is employed on construction work at Wyangala Dam, was…

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Seven Drowned When Boat Overturned (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 1

A cable from Three Rivers, Queee, states that sevenchildren, (Those ages ranged from 6 to 19, [?]re drowned when a rowing boat…

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Motor Cycle Collides Oite Dead, One Badly Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1931 · page 1

Benjamin Bugg, aged 25, was killd and Norman Graham, aged 23, as gravely injured, in a motor ycle accident at Punchbowl…

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Accidents

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 1 July 1931 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon last, when Mr. Charlie Forlonge's four children were driving in a sulky, the pony became frightened at the whistling of an…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 8

While Mr. Frank McGirr, of the London, was cranking a Rugby car on Tuesday evening, the engine backfired, the handle striking him on the…

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Accident to "Country Boy" Bogan Gate

Western Champion · Thursday 2 July 1931 · page 9

Mr. H. Lee's champion trotter, "Country Boy." is on the easy list. The golding met with a slight mishap while exercising in the yard and has…

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ACCIDENT At Wyangala Dam

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 6

Falling into one of the crushing plants at Wyangala Dam the other day, an employee named Harold Watt received very severe injuries,…

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Gossip of the Day "Bill" Marsh Was Not Drowned -- Our Aldermen and Their Traits -- the Oxford Accent, the "Heavy" and Satirist -- Ken Ford's Nautical Outlook Greg. McGIRR' S "Millions" Mark Twain' S Rumor Again

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 July 1931 · page 4

A much exaggerated rumor that Mr. "Bill" Marsh, or Forbes, known far and wide as the "Cattle King of the West," was drowned in the recent…

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