Police Commissioner Narrow Escape From Drowning. Sydney
The Police Commissioner (Mr. McKay) and two friends had narrow escapes from drowning last might. It appears they were returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents
Accidents, 1939
203 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 11
Two Cyclists Injured In Temora Crash
When a motor cycle and car collided at the intersection of Loftus and De Boos Street. Temora on Sunday morning. Colin Mepham and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Jap. Fatality Explosion of Munitions Many Casualties Feared (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Tokio states: Many casualties are feared as the result of an explosion in a munitions…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Negligence Not Proved In Case Against John Daniel Hickey Contributory Causes To Fatal Motor Accident
THE DELAYED prosecution against John Daniel Hickey for negligent driving, owing to the serious injury met with by Percy Bradbury, driver of the other vehicle, was concluded at Forbes Police Court on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sad Drowning Fatality. Brian G. Smith
Quite a shock was caused in town yesterday as the news spread of the drowning of Brian G Smith postal clerk in the Condobolin Post Office…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Lachlan River Man at Condobolin Sequel to Fishing Excusion
When he attempted to swim with a mate across the Lachlan River just below Miechil Weir, 12 miles below Condobolin, about midnight…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butcher Badly Hurt G'gong Accident GOOLAGONG, Wed
Mr. Jno. Monoghan, of the Lachlan Butchery, Main Street, was involved in a very serious accident last Tuesday, as a result of which he has since been…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sad Drowning Fatality The Inquest
At the Coroniai inquest held on Tuesday morning, touching on the death of Brian Garthsure Smith, aged 27, a clerk employed in the local post…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragedy Strikes Gordon Family Mother, Daughter And Grand-Daughter Drowned Ex- Forbes Residents Trapped In Car In Flooded Creek
CAUGHT suddenly in raging floodwaters following a cloudburst in the Bocobra Mountains, and swept into the Mandagery Creek, near Manildra, three of six persons, five women and a baby girl, trapped in a big sedan car, were drowned late…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible Fatality Cloudburst At Manildra Three Drowned
Caught in raging flood waters 15 feet deep, three passengers of a motor car were drowned at Manildra on Friday night last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Thorby in Accident Official's Car Wrecked Woman Badly Hurt
The Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr. Thorby, and Mr. P. W. Nette, former Official Receiver in Bankruptcy, and now chief accountant of the National…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Around Parkes From "Champion-Post" Fire Fatality Inquest
Medical evidence was given on Saturday morning at the coroner's inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Stewart, who was burnt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death Rate Falls Attack on Road Accidents
The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, announces that in the first six…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death Rate Attack on Road Accidents Colonel Bruxner's Statement
The Minister for Transport, Colonel Bruxner, who is President of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales, has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tullibigeal Child Injured
Whilst playing at his home, Allan, the young son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Tyack, of Tullibigeal, sustained a laceration to the head and had to receive…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Family Caught in Flooded Creek Two Children Drowned Parke"s Tragedy
Two children were drowned, while their parents and two other members of the family narrowly escaped a similar fate, when the family…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Motor Smash On Parke's Road One Killed Three Injured All Parke's Men
ONE OF THE worst motor crashes on the Parke's Forbes Road was that which occurred on Sunday afternoon, shortly after three o'clock, when a car driven by Edward John Johnson, aged 25, got out of control at a spot about 3½ miles…
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In the early hours on Monday morning an accident, in which four people were injured, occurred when a Chevrolet lorry overturned on the Yeo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Injured Car and Motor Cycle Collide Girl May Lose Leg by Wire) Sydney
Phyllis Gough, aged 18 years, and Oscar Whiteman, aged 29 years, were injured last night when their machine and a motor car collided in the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sad Fatality NEAr West Wyalong Child Killed by Combine
The deep and sincere sympathy of residents of the town and district goes out to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. ("Jack") Richens, of West Wyalong,…
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