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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

290 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 12 of 15

Dragged Under Binder Accident to Mr. A. Winter

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 18 October 1938 · page 1

Mr. Arnold Winter, of "Mount View," West Wyalong, met with.. an accident on Friday evening last which could easily have been…

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Safety Precautions Need for Education 80,000 injured Last Year (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 1

The need for greater education of workers in safety precautions was emphasised yesterday by representatives of insurance companies who…

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Road Safety Accident Reduction

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 21 October 1938 · page 9

For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly…

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Road Safety. Accident Reduction

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 24 October 1938 · page 6

For the first time since road accident statistics have been kept there has been a decrease in the figures during the first two, and possibly…

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Fatal Collision Between Truck and Motor Cycle Two Young Men Killed (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 1

A message from Brisbane states that George Pollock, aged 19 years and Reuben Hopf, aged 19 years, were.killed, when a…

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Playground Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 25 October 1938 · page 1

When she fell heavily from a swing at the playground to King George V Memorial Park, June Darcy, small daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Darcy…

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Level Crossing Accidents, U.s.a

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 27 October 1938 · page 6

During 1937 there were 4848 level crossing accidents in the United States, involving the deaths of 1875 persons and causing injury to 5136…

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Young Man Killed. Companion Critically Injured. Sydney

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 31 October 1938 · page 3

While Alan Newburn, 22, and H. E. Doyle, 22, both of West Maitland, were riding a motor cycle between Wyong and Tuggerah Lakes last…

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Train Hits Bus Nine Troops Killed Injured Number 13 (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 1

A cable from Berlin states: A small gauge train crashed into a motor bus full of storm troopers at Gentihin, killing nine and injuring 13…

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Forbes Man in Car Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 1 November 1938 · page 4

Following a pleasant fortnight spent in Melbourne and in touring in the Murray Valley, Mr. Jack McDougal Smith, of Forbes, who went south as…

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Bicycles in Collision

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 3 November 1938 · page 6

Two bicycles came into collision near the Presbyterian Church on Friday morning, and as a result Jack, the son of Mr. and. Mrs. Reg…

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Two Killed When Car Overturns Three Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 1

Shockingly injured when the car he was driving overturned on Wednesday, at a point about 12 miles from Carcoar, on the Cowra Road…

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Japanese Bombers Cause Severe Havoc 870 KILLED Injured Number 1000 Fires Rage in Nanchang (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 1

A cable from Hong Kong states:—Wave after wave of Japanese air bombers almost destroyed Nanchang…

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Forbes People in Motor Accident Car Turns Over Lucky Escapes

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 November 1938 · page 1

Returning to Forbes from Wyalong in their touring car on Wednesday night, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hardie, of Sheriff Street, Forbes…

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Dunfern Injured. Misses Vermont Hill Sports

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 5

Mr. Tod Gary's well known performer Dunfern was badly cut about on Saturday last when travelling to Vermont Hill. Dunfern who won a double…

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Reducing Road Accidents. Duty of Citizens

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 4

Residents of provincial and rural areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to co-operate in the task of reducing the…

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Reducing Road Accidents Duty to Citizens

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 7 November 1938 · page 3

Residents of provincial and ruralar areas are being appealed to this year by the Road Safety Council to cooperate in the task of reducing the…

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Broken Ankle Injured by Chaffcutter

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 2

When a belt came off the engine which drove his chaffcutter, and the casing snapped. Harry Fritsch, of Glynburn, received a broken ankle…

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Party of Nuns in Shocking Road Accident Sister Fatally Injured Driver of Car Killed

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 1

In a tragic motor accident between Woodstock and Carcoar on Saturday night, Alphonsus Hartnett Burke, aged 40 years,…

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Writ for £5,000 Yass Sewerage Fatality Widows Claim for Loss of Husband

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 8 November 1938 · page 2

Messrs Phillips & Co., solicitors, of Yass, acting for Lena Morella Pegg and her children, Sylvia Ada Pegg Robert Joseph…

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