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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1933

263 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 14

Crawled Miles After Shooting Accident (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 13 June 1933 · page 1

A man named J. Wood was badly wounded, through his rifle exploding when he slipped in climbing over a rock near Yalwai, in the Corrimal…

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PEA-RIFLE Shooting Accident Bullet Through Foot

Western Champion · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 13

Mr. Clarence Carr, of Welcome Street, had a very unpleasant experience on Thursday. While out rabbit-shooting near…

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Boy's Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 June 1933 · page 4

Playing football at the boys' primary school yesterday, John Blume, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. Blume, of Prince Street, fell and broke his left…

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Thrown Into Fence Sulky Accident Man Seriously Injured

Cowra Free Press · Monday 19 June 1933 · page 6

It was the intention of Mr. H. J. Kelly when he left Canomodine Station in a sulky with Mr. Jim Nowland on Saturday afternoon week…

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Steampipe Burst Seamen Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 June 1933 · page 1

The engineer and fireman of the German cargo ship "Mosel" were seriously scalded when the vessel, was between Sydney and Brisbane, when…

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Boy Injured Bogan Gate

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 10

Little Lex Tomplinson, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. Tomplinson, Warrawee, tell from a water cart and suffered concussion. He was brought to Bogan…

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Our District Page Contributions from all Parts of the District are Welcomed Injured Man's Ordeal Seven Hours in Cold Pullabooka

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 10

Mr. John Leahy met with a serious accident on Saturday night while returning from Caragabal. The sulky in which he was driving ran into a deep…

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A. R. FOOTBALL Ungarie v Burgooney Serious Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 7

The Ungarie-Burgooney Australian Rules match which was played on Saturday last was marred by the umpire failing to strictly enforce the…

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Street Meeting Accident Motor Car Among Crowd Result of Unskilful Driving

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 June 1933 · page 2

An accident which occurred on the night of May 6, when Mr. H. O. Elliott, M.L.A., was addressing a meeting in reference to the…

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Car Crash Two Boy’s Hurt. When Van Capsizes. Accident Near Peel

Cowra Free Press · Monday 26 June 1933 · page 4

Claude Monger (19) and his brother Maurice (16) figured In a sensational accident near Peel on Saturday night, when the…

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Grazier Fined Outcome of Collision at Young

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 27 June 1933 · page 3

Edward Lloyd Jones a grazier of Rothesay, Young, was lined £8, at Young Police Court on a charge under the Traffic Act of failing to give…

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Serious Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 28 June 1933 · page 2

Mr. Kenneth Beeche, a member of the publishing staff of the Wagga "Daily Advertiser" printing office, met with a very painful accident at 3.30…

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Horse Drowned Driver Gets "Ducking"

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 1

Willie driving a horse in a sulky along the bank of the river near his home off the North Condobolin Road last Sunday, Mr. Jack Low had an…

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ACCIDENT Narrow Escapes MELBOURNE

Western Champion · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 9

Two men and a woman had narrow escapes when a motor truck in which they were travelling collided with the engine of a goods train at a level…

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Narrow Escape Car Topples Over Occupants Unhurt Cowra Road Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 30 June 1933 · page 1

Returning from the hockey match at Cowra last Wednesday night, a party of Forbes players and supporters had a narrow…

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Man Killed Head-on Collision (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 4 July 1933 · page 1

A message from Adelaide states that Albert Puddy, aged 25 years, a motor driver, was fatally injured at Port Augusta, when his cycle met in a…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 6 July 1933 · page 2

An unfortunate accident befel Mrs. Hall, wife of Mr. J. Hall, of Tyagong-street, last week. She was sitting in front of the fire when she…

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Accidentally Poisoned Is the Coroner’s Verdict Sad End of the Late Joe. Hope

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 13 July 1933 · page 2

At the Court-House on Tuesday morning an inquest was held into the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Joseph…

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"MURDER" Startling Rumor Young Man Injured

Western Champion · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 14

Dame Rumor had a busy, time early on Saturday morning, when her clacking tongue spread a rumor round the town that a young…

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Disaster Averted the Albury Mail Derailed Near Bowning Passengers Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 14 July 1933 · page 1

The Albury mail train met with a serious accident at Bowning, about seven miles on the Albury side of Yass early on Tuesday morning. The…

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