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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1938

290 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 7 of 15

Miraculous Escape Fell From Forbes Train Sydney Resident Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 3 June 1938 · page 4

Falling from the Forbes mail train at Meranburn, three miles from Manildra railway station, on Saturday night, Richard Pearce…

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Another Air Raid 14 Planes Over Canton 200 Killed, 300 Injured by Wre) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1938 · page 1

A cable from Canton states:Fourteen Japanese planes bombed Taishaitau and Wongsh railway stations and Government…

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Road Accidents

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 9 June 1938 · page 6

"A bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied."…

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Man Hurt When Car Overturns After Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 1

Two Forbes men, Messrs. D. Sinclair and Hughson, both of Jemalong, were involved in a nasty motor accident early on Tuesday night when, while…

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Another Air Raid on Barcelona 40 Killed, 60 Injured by Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 1

A cable from Barcelona states: Forty people were killed and sixty injured, in an insurgent air raid on the frontier town of…

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Caragabal Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 June 1938 · page 2

Mr. Allan Minogue met with a very nasty and painful accident when he cut his foot with an axe. So great was the cut that it was necessary to have…

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Road Accidents

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 13 June 1938 · page 6

'A bold peasantry",their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied."…

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Road Accidents V.D., Secretary to the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 4

"A bold peasantry, tlieir coutry's pride. When once destroyed can never he supplied…

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Road Accidents Safety Council's Appeal

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 June 1938 · page 6

"A bold peasantry, their country's pride, When once destroyed can never be supplied."…

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Boy Fatally Injured Struck by Football by Wire Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 17 June 1938 · page 1

Owen Kohlenberg, aged 14 years of Enfield, was fatally injured, when He was struck by a football during a schools match,…

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Train Plunged Into Creek 20 Drowned, 60 Injured by Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

A cable from New York states: A passenger train from Chicago for Seattle plunged into a creek near Saugamount, when a bridge…

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Injured Men

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 2

It was rumoured in West Wyalong last night that Ron. McFarlane, of Harden-Murrumburrah, had been admitted to the West Wyalong District…

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Girl Fatally Injured Car and Cycle Collide by Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 1

Lois Marlow, aged 12 years died in the Parramatta District Hospital, from injuries received when a bicycle which she and her brother Edward,…

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106,000 Fatal U.S. Accidents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 21 June 1938 · page 3

CHICAGO.—Accidents in America in 1937 caused 106,000 deaths and a financial loss of £900,000,000. The statistics are published by the…

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Nasty Mishap Tractor Driver Injured QUANDIALLA, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 June 1938 · page 8

On Monday morning at Mr. Troy's property, Mr. W. Kanaley was endeavoring to start a tractor when it suddenly, back-fired. The cranking…

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Fell From Tractor Barmedman Fatality Child's Tragic Death

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1

The sympathy of their many friends in the Barmedman, Wyalong and Temora districts goes out to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Clarke, of Bannedman,…

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Girl Killed Canowindra Fatality Car Driver On Manslaughter Charge

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 1

One girl was killed and her companion seriously injured when they were knocked down by a motor car in Gaskill Street,…

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Gashed His Foot Cutting Wood for Hospital Accident at Clear Bidge

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 28 June 1938 · page 4

Whilst participating in a "wood day" at Clear Ridge last week, which was organised by the Farmers and Settlers' Association,…

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Woman Killed by Car Fatality at Canowindra

The West Wyalong Advocate · Friday 1 July 1938 · page 5

Misa Violet Williams. 21, of Gaskill Street, Canowindra, as killed when, she was struck by a motor car near her home about midnight, on…

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Pinned Under Water Man Drowned in Road Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1938 · page 5

An extraordinary road accident which occurred three miles from flathurst caused the death by drowning of Roy Jenkins, 21 of Bathurst…

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