Risks That Cause Accidents
I suppose there aren't many motorists who have not had the experience of either bumping into the rear of another car or of being bumped on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents
Accidents, 1940
193 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 9 of 10
Two Woman Drowned Fatality in Victoria (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Melbourne states: Mis. Lucy Irene Caton, aged 46 years, and Miss Myrtle Eims, were drowned while swimming at Burnley…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Killed In Head-on Collision (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Darwin sattes:—George C. Webb, aged 27 years, and Geoffery Pilland, aged[?] 24 years, w[?] killed outright, whe [?] a motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Badly Injured Collided With Car Face Torn by Door Handle
John Joseph, Moron, 12 years of age, received severe facial injuries when he collided with a orator car in Templar Street at lunch hour…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Torpedoed With Children For Canada Aboard Latest Nazi Outrage 83 Children Drowned London
GERMANY has given another instance of its brutality by torpedoing a British steamer in the Atlantic which was carrying, among other passengers, 90 British children bound for Canada. Of this number 83 were drowned, as well as seven of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Youths Killed When Car Crashed Two Others Injured (By Wire) Sydney
Two dying youths, Kevin Thompson. aged 17 years. an employee of the local Post Office, and Mervyn Burns. aged]7 years. were dragged…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Level Crossing Accidents
There were 51 level crossing accidents during the year ended June 30, 1940. In the previous year there were many more and in the present year…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Collision On Ariah Park Road Death of Mr. Robert McCawley
In a collision between the bicycle he was riding and a car driven by his son, on the back road from Ariah Park, late on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Car Accident Two Youths Killed at Coonamble. Car Burets Into Flames
At Coonamble last Monday, a fatal accident occurred as the result of a car hitting a tree and turning over on the Quambone-Coonamble Road. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Miners Injured Car Crashed Down Gully Occupants Now in Hospital (By Wire) Sydney
After their car had crashed 30 feet down a gully, into the bed of a creek, on the Blayney road, near Bathurst, the three…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Collision on Ariah Park Road. Death of Mr. Robert McCawley
We take the following from the Temora "Independent," of September 27, 1940. The deceased Mr. McCawley was the father of Mrs. W. J…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Traffic Breaches. Mr. A. B. Collins, Police Magistrate, Dealt with Many Cases at the Local Court Last Thursday. Collision at Intersection of Bathurst Street and William Street, Condobolin
This was a case in which the Police proceeded against Alfred Thomas Fisk, that, on the sixth July last, when two motor vehicles, a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →£100,000 DAMAGE Tornado at Dubbo Houses Unroofed and Essential Services Cut Off -- Many Injured
Damage which will probably run into £109,000 was caused and several persons were injured at Dubbo yesterday, when a terrific…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New Conditions--new Accidents
New conditions caused by petrol rationing have created a few more causes of road accidents. Immediately the new conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Looking Behind Accidents Wake Up and Live Road Safety Council's Advice
Behind each of the 28 fetal accidents reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation. Some that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Looking Behind the Accidents (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Behind each of the 28 fatal accidents already reported in this State for October there is probably a pitiful story of anguish and desolation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →EUGOWRA Man Struck by Flying Iron Others Injured EUGOWRA, Wed
Many farmers commenced stripping this week. The yield so far is about five or six bags and the sample ranges from 65 lbs. to 67 lbs. It must be…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →QUANDIALLA Painful Accident Fire on Weddin Range QUANDIALLA, Wed. PERSONAL
On Thursday last the Bland Hotel changed licensees, the late proprietor, Mr. Geary and his wile leaving for the city, and Mr. Norrie, late of Holbrook,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Young Man Dead Girl Seriously Injured Quarrel, Knife Wounds (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Melbourne states: With a knife clutched tightly in his hand, an unidentified young man was found dead in Collier Street, West…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sheriff Toovey Injured When Car Overturned Tyro Blowout Blamed
Whilst proceeding from Kikoira tin field to West Wyalong on Tuesday afternoon and when near Mildil, a sedan car owned and…
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