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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

250 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 13

Car Accidents Cause and Prevention

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 4 September 1935 · page 8

When one begins to study the complicated subject of highway accidents their causes and prevention, one soon discovers that there is no single cause…

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Accident at Grenfell Show

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 5 September 1935 · page 3

A hasty accident occurred during the last event in the ring at the Grenfell Show last Wednesday. J. Cullen was endeavouring to put a…

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Fatal Accident Death of Mrs. McGuiness Knocked Down by Tram

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 6 September 1935 · page 1

Residents of Ungarie and district will regret to hear of the death of Mrs. Sophie McGuiness, 63, formerly of Ungarie, and late of Booth Street,…

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Two Women Killed Two Children Injured Level Crossing Fatality (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 1

A message from Brisbane states that Jessie Frances Foster, aged 56 years, and her daughter-in-law, Grace Foster, aged 25 years, were killed,…

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Car Wrecked Seven Occupants Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states that seven persors, who had been attending the wedding of a relative were injured, when their car crashed…

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Motor Cycles Collide Riders Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 1

When two motor cycles collided at the top of Bulli Vass, on the South Coast, Edward Peter Henn, aged 23 years, suffered a fractured skull and…

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Crashed Into Crowd Four Injured by Cyclist (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1935 · page 1

A message from Kalgoorlie states that four spectators at a motor racing carnival at Lake Perkolilli were injured yesterday afternoon when a…

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Lake Cargelligo News Car Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 11 September 1935 · page 6

On the second show night a car driven by Sid Norris and one by Dan Maloney collided in the street. Both cars had occupants in them but…

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Mare's Unique Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 12 September 1935 · page 1

A strange sequence of mishaps caused the loss of a £50 Clydesdale mare owned by Mr. Michael Clohessy, of Nine Mile (Vic). While she…

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Man Injured In Quarry Accident Leg Torn by Stone

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 September 1935 · page 9

A large piece of rock breaking away from the face of the Municipal Council's quarry last. Friday badly injured the left leg of one…

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Fatality Near Weja Man Killed Instantly

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 1

Stanley Geaghan, aged about 27, of Lake Cargelligo, was killed instantly on Friday near Weja, about 12 miles from Ungarie, when the car…

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Truck Over Embankment Seriously injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1935 · page 1

A message from Melbourne states: A motor truck, carrying 21 persons, from Yackandandah to Mount Buffalo, went over an embankment…

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Remarkable Accident Vehicles in Collision (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 1

After a collision between a motor car and a large motor van at Pa, raniatta last night, the van hit a telegraph pole and the car mounted…

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Remarkable Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 20 September 1935 · page 9

Driving very slowly on the extreme edge of a London street, the driver of a "baby" car pulled out, to pass a fruit barrow. A huge petrol tank…

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Fatally Injured Lorry and Horse Collide. Man's Neck Broken Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 24 September 1935 · page 1

Edward Neville, aged 28 years was fatally injured on Saturday night, when a utility truck, which he was driving, collided with a horse near…

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Shocking Fatality. Girl's Frightful Plight

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 4

A shocking affair occurred at Murringo on Friday afternoon last, a about 4 p.m., when a single girl, aged about 20, years, gave birth to a…

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Eugowra Races Abandoned After Crash in Second Race. Jockey Gould Seriously Injured

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 26 September 1935 · page 7

During the course of the running of the second race at Eugowra Show meeting to-day, Sylvisto, ridden by Leg Davis…

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Serious Injuries Wharf Laborer Injured Motor Cycle Collision (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 1

While returning home from work on his bicycle at Canterbury last night Alexander Hardy, aged 35 years, a wharf laborer, came into…

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Eleven Dead All Drowned After Vessel Grounded (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 1

A cable from London states: All the eleven members of the crew of the, trawler Skegness were drowned. today When the coastguards from…

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Jockey Gould Seriously Injured at Eugowra Show Races Police Intervene Meeting Declared Abandoned

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 September 1935 · page 1

Following a fall in the second race of the Eugowra J.C. show meeting yesterday, when Tactician fell and brought down…

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