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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

263 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 14

Third Test Oldfield Injured England's Easy Win

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

The Third Test match was resumed at Adelaide on Monday, when Richardson and Ponsford went to the wickets with the score at four for 109…

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Heroic Priest. Drowned isi Surf. While Attempting Rescue. Melbourne

Western Champion · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 17

Rev, Father Felix Conlon (40), rowing master of the Xavier College, Melbourne, was drowned yesterday while attempting to rescue…

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Gored by Bull Father Killed, Son Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 1

James Forrest aged 65, was killed, and his son badly gored by a bull at Capel, Western Australia…

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Farm Accident. Face and Arm Burnt Steam From Tractor Radiator

Western Champion · Friday 20 January 1933 · page 13

When he took the radiator cap off a tractor to re-fill the container with water last Saturday, Mr. Hurtle Elliott, of "Kelvin Grove,"…

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Man Struck Dead at Young Frightful Fatality This Morning. Seven Other s Injured but are Now Recovering. YOUNG

Cowra Free Press · Monday 23 January 1933 · page 1

The rear of the residence of Mr. Joseph J. Bates, of Lynch street, Young, situated next to the Methodist Church, was the…

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Pinned Under Car Overseer Drowned (By Wirb). Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

A cable from Hobart states:—Mr. Michael Haney, Public Works and Roads Overseer, was driving his motor car along the Lachian Road…

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Brothers Drowned Close to Shore (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1933 · page 1

John Robert Charles, aged 14 and James William Charles,, aged 13 (brothers), were drowned whilst, bathing at Queenscliffe, Victoria…

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Child Drowned FoIlowed Balloon (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Ruth Robinstonaged 6, wasdrowned at Cronulla yesterday. It appeared that a wind caught a balbon and drove it away from the…

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Fatal Accident Death Of Herbert O'Keeffe Wife Seriously III

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Whilst returning from a sale late on Wednesday afternoon last A motor cycle ridden by Mr. Herbert Gordon O'Keefe, with his Wife a…

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Peculiar Accident Young Ooma Grazier Hurt

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 1

Tank-sinking on his father's property at Ooma on Thursday of last week, Mr. Gordon Matchett received a terrific blow on the…

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Painful Accident Tooth Forced Into Gum

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 January 1933 · page 3

A painful accident befel Mr. George Miller, of Miller's Garage, last Sunday, while effecting repairs to a pumping engine on the…

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Car Overturns. Accident on Grenfell Road. Woman and Two Boys in Hospital

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1933 · page 4

A car with seven occupants, over turned on Tuesday on the Grenfell road as the result of a tyre blow-out. A woman and two boys were later…

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Car Overturns Four Persons Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 1

Four persons were injured when a car overturned near Terrigal yesterday, while trying to avoid two cars coming from an opposite…

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Coroner's Inquiry Death of Herbert O'Keeffe Verdict of Accidental Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

The West Wyalong and District Coroner (Dr. E. F. Fisher, J.P.), conducted an inquiry at the Court House to-day (Monday) into the…

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Fatal Accident Car and Sulky Collide One Man Killed Others Escape Injury

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 31 January 1933 · page 2

Whilst proceeding to Ungarie, at about 8.30 p.m. on Saturday last, a motor car driven by Mr. Colin Lindsay, of Grral, with Victor James…

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Yass Fatality Coroner's Finding—Accidental Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 1

Follbwing an inquest held at the yass Court House, the Ristrict Coroner, Mr. M. Coen, found that Kenneth James Thorpe Pryor, 30 of…

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Coroners Inquiry Death of Herbert O'Keeffe Verdict of Accidental Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 February 1933 · page 4

The West Wyalong and District Coroner (Dr. E. F. Fisher, J.P.), conducted an inquiry at the Court House to-day (Monday) into the…

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Injured at Cricket Young Man Seriously Ill. Concussion and Probable Fracture of the Skull

Cowra Free Press · Monday 6 February 1933 · page 4

While playing cricket at Greenethorpe yesterday a young man named Norman Wilson Whose parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo…

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Coroner's Inquest Ungarie Fatality

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 1

The Ungarie and Districts Coroner (Mr. Theo. F. 'Smith, J.P.) conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of…

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Youth Drowned At Tocumwal (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 February 1933 · page 1

A youth about 18 years of age, whose name is not yet ascertained, was drowned in the Murray River, at Tocumwal, while bathing,…

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