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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1935

250 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 13

Injured Catching Horse GOOLAGONG, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 January 1935 · page 6

Mr. R. Haydon met with an accident the other day while trying to catch one of his draught horses. He was rather severely injured, and…

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Tragic Drowning at Broula the Sad End of Baby Norton. Who Wanders From Home and Falls Into Ten Feet of Water

Cowra Free Press · Monday 21 January 1935 · page 1

At a late hour on Friday afternoon Mrs. Norton, wife of Mr. Patrick Bernard Norton, of Broula, was shocked when she…

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CONDO[?]WIN H. B. Webster Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

A strong team representing West Wyalong Cricket Club visited Condobolin on Sunday last, and were defeated by 243 runs to 144 runs…

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Plane in Sea Pilot' Drowned (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

All aerloplane in charge of Pilot Roake, with Cecil Haigh as passenger, struck a cliff near Waipara, New Zealand, and plunged into the water…

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Two Drowned in Two Feet of Water (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

A seven-year-old boy and a six months old baby were drowned in two feet of water when a car, driven by their father, crashed [?]gh the…

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Girl Prisoner Seriously Injured After Scaling Wall (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 January 1935 · page 1

While remanded on a charge of vagrancy, a seventeen-year old girl scaled the 20 foot wall of the Dubbo gaol…

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Man Drowned Wife Witnessed Fatality (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 29 January 1935 · page 1

Whilst bathing near Kirra Beach, Coolangatta, Stanley Gilbert, aged 26, was swept to sea and drowned. His wife, who witnessed the…

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Not a Car Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 2

Whenever anyone is found lying by the roadside a motor car is almost certainly assumed immediately to have been involved in the accident…

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Mr. Ben Newell Meets With Serious Accident

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 31 January 1935 · page 9

While engaged running in horses on the family property at Bandon on Thursday last Mr. Ben, Newel was the victim of a very serious…

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Narrow Escape In Peculiar Accident Car Driver's Experience On Gunning Gap Road

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 February 1935 · page 1

While on their way to Forbes a few days ago, Messrs. W. J. Dwyer and W. Connell, with Miss Margaret Dwyer at the wheel of…

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Three Beach Accidents

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

Diving into the river some distance below the Wagga beach Jim Revel, a schoolboy, or Flinders-street, Wagga, hit a snag that was hidden…

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Painful Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 7 February 1935 · page 4

On Friday last Mr. J. Gibson, accompanied by Mr. Frank Sutherland, of Naysmyth-street, left Young for Woolgala, on the Murrumbidgee…

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Farmer Shot Pullabooka Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 1

Bleeding profusely from a wound in the body, caused by the discharge of a gun, Mr. James S. Huekel, a farmer, of…

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Ankle Crushed Accident to Drover BEDGERABONG

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 February 1935 · page 6

A peculiar accident occurred last week. Mr. Tom Bonny was driving sheep along the road, when his horse fell. In regaining its feet. the horse…

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Farmer Shot. Pullabooka Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1935 · page 2

Bleeding profusely from a wound in the body, caused by the discharge of a gun, Mr. James S. Huckel, a farmer, of Pullabooka, was brought…

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Railway Fatality in Russia [?] SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 1

A cable from Moscow states:— Eighteen persons were killed, and nine Injured, when a passenger train collided head on with a freight…

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Youth Drowned in Wollondilly River [?] SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 1

Raymond King, aged 18 years, was drowned in the Wollondilly River in the Burragorang Valley yesterday…

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Man Found Drowned in Middle Harbor Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 12 February 1935 · page 1

The body of an unknown man was found in roofing boots in Middle Harbour. He Was lying across the boat with…

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Boy Drowned in Flooded River (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 15 February 1935 · page 1

During heavy rains last night, Ronald Gardener, aged 12. years, was carried away by the current in the flooded Cooks River at Enfield and…

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Baby Girl’s Tragic End Fell Into 18-Ft. Well and Drowned. Sad Story Unfolded at Inquiry

Cowra Free Press · Monday 18 February 1935 · page 7

How little Beryl Merle Norton wandered away from outside her grandmother’s home at Broula on January 18th, and was…

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