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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1936

258 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 13

Kicked by Racehorse Steward Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 September 1936 · page 7

Serious injuries were received by the well-known Sydney bookmaker Joe Matthews. and nasty abrasine by one of the W.D.R.A. stipendiary…

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The Turf Roughhouse Tactics Lead to Accident in Canterbury Sprint Race. Medium of a Huge Starting Price Plunge Brought Down When Making a Winning Run. Pamelus and the Local Champions for the Spring

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 10 September 1936 · page 6

It is right on the cards that Billy Boy, winner of the Canterbury Guineas on Saturday, will ultimately prove the best of this season's three year…

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Our Racing Letter Rough-house Tactics Lead to Accident in Canterbury Sprint Race. Medium of . Sigge Starting Price Plun Rought Down When Make a Winning Run. Pamelus and the Local Champions for the Spring

Cowra Free Press · Thursday 10 September 1936 · page 2

It is right on the cards that Billy Boy, winner of the Canterbury Guineas on Saturday, will ultimately prove the best of this season's…

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Young Man Injured Two Lorries Collide (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 1

While Mark Evans, aged 19 years, was driving a large motor truck to-wards Echo Point, Katoomba, laden with 1,500 brick, weighing about five…

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Fatal Accident Young Miner Dies Working in Weethalle Shaft

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 6

Philip Reberger, a single man, aged about 45 years, was working in a shaft 80 feet deep on Monday afternoon last at a mine near Weethalle…

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Nasty Accident Shearer's Leg Gashed PINNACLE, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 September 1936 · page 8

Last week Mr. C. Fanning, of "Marathon," via Grenfell, met with a serious accident to his left leg while shearing, a deep gash being inflicted…

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Serious Accident Car Overturns on Homeward Journey From the Lavers Search

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1936 · page 2

Returning from the big search, made along the Lachlan River yesterday a party of young men were involved in a motor car accident…

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£30.000 Damage Oslo Landslide Injured Hurled 300 Yards (By Wire) Sydney, Monday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 1

The casualties in the Oslo landslide are not officially stated, but 74 ai'e reported to be killed, including 30 children smd 13 injured…

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Huge Landslide 50 KILLED, 60 Injured Farms Laid Waste Villages Destroved (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 15 September 1936 · page 1

A cable from Oslo states:— Fifty people were killed and 60 injured to-day, when a huge landslide from the 6000 feet high…

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Fatal Accident Fall From Sulky Death of Mr. T J. White

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 18 September 1936 · page 1

The death occurred in the Wyalong and District Hospital on Wednesday morning last of Mr Thomas James White aged 59, who had been an…

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General News Accidents

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 21 September 1936 · page 3

Mervyn Pike was admitted to Grenfell Hospital yesterday suffering from very severe lacerations to the left leg through being thrown from a…

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Serious Accident Young Man Injured On Sundav Night Last

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1936 · page 1

As a result of an accident on the main highway between West Wyalong and Wyalong, early on Sunday evening, Francis Leslie Wilson, of…

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Cycling Mishap Local Youth Injured Sequel to "Joy-Ride"

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1936 · page 1

Severe cuts and abrasions to the face and hands were received by a local youth, Leo Marsh, on Friday afternoon; when he fell…

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Explosion in Flat Girl Injured Several Have Remarkable Escape (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1936 · page 1

Miss Delahunty suffered concussion, and several other persons had remarkable escapes from injury late last night, when an explosion, believed to…

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14 KILLED, 25 INJURED Rail Accident Near Lourdes (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 1

A cable from Paris states:— Priests from Lourdes rendered first aid to the injured in a rail accident at Tarbes, in which it…

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Fatality Near Temora Teuck Overturned Prominent Rider Killed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 25 September 1936 · page 5

When a utility truck skidded in cose gravel and overturned 14 miles from Temora, on the Ariah Park Road, on Monday, Cyril Grace 21…

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£3000 Claim Fails Fatality Sequel Dental Surgeon's Death Wife Sues for Compensation

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 4

Widespread interest was manifest in the proceedings at the Cootamundra sitting of the Supreme Court on Tuesday, before…

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Air Race Leader Crashes Plane Wrecked Halse Slightly Injured (By Wire) Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 2 October 1936 · page 1

A cable from Johannesburg states: With little more than four hours' flight to victory, Captain S. S. Halse, after leading all the…

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Tender Leaves Line Accident Averted

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1936 · page 1

When the mail train was nearing the Gundagai trucking yards on Thursday morning, passengers were given a scare, when the tender left…

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Iron Root Caves In on Woman and Child. Workman Also Injured

Cowra Free Press · Monday 12 October 1936 · page 5

When the iron roof of Farmer’s butcher’s shop collapsed this afternoon, Mrs. Claude Francis, of Back Creek, who was walking…

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