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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

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

Mervyn Tait Injured Breaking in a Horse Struck by Log

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 6 December 1938 · page 3

Mr. Mervyn Tait, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Tait, of Blow Clear, met with a rather serious accident on Saturday morning last. He was…

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Lorry Overturns Near Barmedman Three Men Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 5

Three men were admitted to the Temora District Hospital late on Saturday afternoon as the result of injuries received when a lorry…

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Tichborne Tragedy Coronial Inquiry Mother Tells of Pony's Dash from Road Accidental Death

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 December 1938 · page 9

A verdict of death from injuries received to the vertebral column through being thrown from a sulky, was returned by the District…

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One Killed—two Injured. Sydney

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 December 1938 · page 2

Leslie Joseph Bannister, 23, was killed and two brothers named Welch injured, when a utility truck overturned on the Aberdeen road four…

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A Safe Christmas. How to Reduce Accidents

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 19 December 1938 · page 4

The Christmas holiday season, desired by all to be at time of happiness and recreation, too often is marred for hundreds of families by…

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Shunter Killed Fatality at Junes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 2

The second railway tragedy in a week occurred at Junee when Percy Jabson, 53 years, ahunler; was decapitated in front of his home which…

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Man Drowned on Holidays at Forster Daughter Witnesses Tragedy (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 1

A message from Forster states.— Stanley Thompson Johanon, aged 45 years, an electrical foreman, of Randwick, who arrived here on. Saturday…

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Child Burned to Death Fatality in Tasmania Mother's Tragic Efforts by Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 1

A message from Hobart states:— When a fire destroyed a house near Queenstown yesterday, Harold Robert Herman, aged three years, was…

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Shocking Accident At Jemalong Stn. Right Leg Amputated Mr. Col. Edmond Son's Injury

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 20 December 1938 · page 1

Mr. Colin Edmondson, aged 31, a widower with one child, who has been employed on Jemalong Station for some time…

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Cyclist Killed in Collision

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 1

Frank Bowen, a well known resident of Griffith, was killed on Saturday evening when his cycle came into collision with a car, driven by Dr. R…

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Two Men Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 23 December 1938 · page 5

A. E. Anderson, a fanner, of Pucawan, near Temora, was building a bay stack when he fell 25ft to the ground. Ronald McMaster, who was…

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