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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

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

Struck by Bullet Golfer Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 September 1933 · page 1

In the act of driving off from a tee in front of the Club House a Bonnie Boon golf links, a member (John Raymond Clarke) aged 54…

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Railway Fatality Former Cowra Man’s Awful Fate. Was Popular Resident

Cowra Free Press · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 3

Shockingly mutilated, the body of Alan Wigg, aged about 54 was taken from the rails after a goods train had run over him in…

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Shocking Tragedy. Cut to Pieces. Terrible Fatality at Orange. Well Known Resident Run Over by Train

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 4 September 1933 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon we received a wire from Mr. Norman MeClymont, of Orange, conveying the shocking news that Mr. Alan Wigg…

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Found Dead Drowned in Street? SYDNEY

Western Champion · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 14

A man was found dead in a Surrey Hills street this morning. It is thought that he went to sleep in the street last night, and was…

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Fatal Accident at Sawmill Death of Mr. R. Robertson, Senr

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 8 September 1933 · page 1

Mr. Robertson, senr., (of the sawmilling firm of McFadzean and Robertson) met with a fatal accident at their sawmill on Mr. C. West's…

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Two Drowned Tasmanian Fatality (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

When a cargo boat overturned near Latrobe, Tasmania, Arthur Stewart Heath, aged 16 years, and Terence Windemere Iles, aged 17…

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Man Drowned Swept from Rocks (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

While fishing off the rocks twenty miles from [?]mrra on the North Coast, Ernest Everingham, aged 60 years, was swept to sea and…

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Car Fatality City Business Man Killed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

Mr. Sydney Hall, a well-known city business man, was fatally injured in a motor accident when returning to Bowral from Moss Vale golf…

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Fatal Collision Farmer Killed Car Driver Arrested (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

Mr. Clyde Boxall, aged 34 years, a farmer, of Nowra, while driving home in his sulky, was fatally injured when the vehicle collided with a car…

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Two Injured Knocked Down by Car (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

Last night a man and a woman, Williams Jones,, aged 49 years, and Alice Cauley, aged 50 years, were knocked down by a car near…

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Inpaled on Shaft Girl's Tragic Death Mother Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1933 · page 1

While Miss Doxie Edgerton, a nurse was returning to her home at Burrowa for a holiday, the motor car in which she was…

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Shocking Fatality. Popular Burrowa Girl Killed. Car Collides with Spring Cart

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 September 1933 · page 4

Miss Dorothy (Doxie) Edgerton, aged 19 years, an attractive and popular Burrowa girl who was nursing at Kenmore, Goulburn, was killed…

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Boy Injured While Rabbiting BEDGERABONG, Tues

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 6

While out rabbit hunting with a number of other boys, little Henry Ashcroft, of Bedgerabong, badly cut his foot recently…

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Crossing Fata[?]ty Run Down by [?]N Accidental, [?]

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 September 1933 · page 1

When Neils Andersen, of Calarie, was riding a bicycle on his way to work at a mine on Morton's property, on August 29, he…

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Serious Accident On Peak Hill Road Motor Cylists Injured Mr. O. Culgan's Run of Bad Luck

Western Champion · Friday 22 September 1933 · page 11

Only recently discharged from Randwick Military Hospital, where he had ben seriously ill for several months, Mr. O. Culgan, of…

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Car Accident Minister Injured MELBOURNE

Western Champion · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 7

Mr. Kent-Hughes, a member of the Victorian Cabinet, was seriously injured in a motor accident yesterday, sustaining a fractured jaw, severe…

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Our District Page Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed Two Injured In Bicycle Accident EUGOWRA

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 8

On Thursday night of last week when Mrs. E. Saltmarsh was proceeding on her bicycle to her home on the Goolagong Road near Eugowra…

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Mexican Disaster Terrible Hurricane Many Killed & Injured Great Destruction of Property (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 29 September 1933 · page 1

A cable from Tampico, Mexico states that a terrible hurricane swept over portions of Mexico on Sunday night and Monday,…

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Late News Six Drowned. Fishermen Flung Into Surf Boat When Wrecked

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 2 October 1933 · page 2

Tragedy overtook a fishing party comprising seven men yesterday, when four of their number were drowned after their launch had been…

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"Young" Stribling Seriously Injured in Crash (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1933 · page 1

A cable from Macon, Georgia, states:—S[?]ck by a motor car when riding his motor cycle near here on Sunday, W. L. ("Young")…

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