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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1932

264 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 14

HOCKEY. Players Injured. Orange Mishap

Western Champion · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 1

Orange hockey players were unfortunate in their trip to Parkes yesterday, when a car driven by Mr. S. Brown, and containing…

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Accident

Western Champion · Monday 29 August 1932 · page 6

As a result of a collision between a car driven by Mr. P. L. Jefferys and a bicycle ridden by Mr. K. Laybutt, in Clarinda Street, about noon…

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Drowning Fatality

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 31 August 1932 · page 2

The three-years-old baby boy of Mr. and Mrs. Monte Knight met a tragic death last Saturday afternoon. About three o'clock this lad and…

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Roughrider Injured

Western Champion · Thursday 1 September 1932 · page 12

Harry Phillips, the aboriginal buckjump rider with Handley's Buckjumping Show, had a very unpleasant experience yesterday. He had been…

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Silo Fatality

Cowra Free Press · Friday 2 September 1932 · page 2

A terrible fatality took place at the Wellington silos at about noon on Saturday last, when a man named William Cattanack lost his…

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Accident

Western Champion · Monday 5 September 1932 · page 4

When four of the Daroobalgie meat works employees were motoring to the works from Forbes early on Saturday morning their car overturned,…

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Serious Car Smash. One Man Critically Injured. Three Badly Hurt

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1932 · page 2

As the result of a motor car smash on the Parkes road near the Daroobalgie meat works early last Saturday morning one man is lying…

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Injured Footballers Tallimba League's Assistance

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1932 · page 2

The Tallimba Rugby League is to be commended for the practical steps they took to assist two of their injured players, Messrs Jack Pilon and…

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Champion Mare Injured At West Wyalong

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1932 · page 2

The noted race mare and showring performer, Seafairn (Linfair-Sea Dove), owned by Mr. P. Donovan, West Wyalong, who was awarded…

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Planes Collide But No One Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1932 · page 1

A Melbourne message states that two Gypsy Moth aeroplanes owned by the Victorian section of the Australian Aero Club, collided ysterday…

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Very Sad Accident Infant Dies of Strangulation at the Hospital

Cowra Free Press · Tuesday 13 September 1932 · page 2

A distressingly sad accident occurred at the Cowra District Hospital this afternoon when the thirteen [?]mnth old son of Constable and…

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General News Very Sad Accident. Infant Dies of Strangulation at the Hospital

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 15 September 1932 · page 2

A distressingly sad accident occurred at the Cowra District Hospital on Tuesday afternoon, when the thirteen months old son of Constable…

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Tragic Show Day Fatality Mrs. John Taylor Killed in Car and Sulky Smash. While on Her Way to Show. Her Husband and Three Children Are Also Injured

Cowra Free Press · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

The residents of Cowra and district had scarcely recovered from the news of the tragically sudden death of Constable…

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Man Badly Injured in Cell (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

Roydon Grant Jones, aged 52, with two other men, was arrested at Bankstown last night and lodged in a police cell…

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Two Injured When Verandah Collapsed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 1

A man and a woman had a narrow escape from serious injury last night, when without warning, a balcony above the verandah on which' they…

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Quandialla Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 September 1932 · page 3

Mr. Ernie Burgess, well known railway fireman met with a severe accident at Quandialla recently. He had just finished taking water on a…

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Three Killed Terrible 'Plane Crash. Richmond River Fatality. Capt. Holden One of the Victims. Sydney

Western Champion · Monday 19 September 1932 · page 7

Three well-known airmen, Captain Leslle Holden, Dr. Hamilton and the New England Airways Pilot, Ralph Virtu, were killed yesterday afternoon, near Bangalow, North Coast, when the New England Airways Puss Moth crashed into the side of a…

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Youth Drowned At Picnic Ground (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 1

Allan Philip Norris, aged 19, was drowned at Caltoi Creek picnic. ground yesterday. It appears that Norris was…

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Bullets Fired Into Soviet Hall No One Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 1

A Melbourne message states:—Whilst a meeting was being held in he, "Friends of the Soviet" Hall on Saturday night a fusilade of rifle…

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Fatal Accident At Adelaide Show Prominent Horseman (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 September 1932 · page 1

An Adelaide message states: Miss Bessie Douglas-Stock, one of South, heavy losses of stock owing, to landfatally injured in a hurdle event at…

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