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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1941

140 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 7

Settled Out Of Court Bathurst 'Bus Accident Forbes People Concerned

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 June 1941 · page 1

A case in which Henry Gordon McKeowen, of Forbes, was plaintiff and Edward Smith, of Bathurst, was defendant, was dealt with…

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Right Thigh Broken Accident to Mr. Thos. Cannon Tichborne Motor Smash

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 4

Mr. Thomas Cannon, of "Sliver Row," Tichborne, suffered a fracture of the right thigh when the lorry he was driving crashed into…

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PULLABOOKA Good Wheat Germination Assured Painful Accident PULLABOOKA, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 June 1941 · page 7

Useful rain fell during the week-end, the recording being in the vicinity of 40 points. Coming on top of the fall of over an inch the previous week-end, a…

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Soldier Killed Nine Others Injured (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 1

Keith Anderson Lucock, of Kingsrord, was killed, and nine other soldiers injured, when an army truck from Greta camp overturned near…

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At the Crossroads Beware Accidents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 4

Stand at the intersection of any two streets in any town or at any crossroads in the country and imagine the manner in which accidents…

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Are Road Smashes Accidents?

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 9 June 1941 · page 3

Casualty lists for the first tour months of this year show that people are still being killed on the roads of the State at the rate of 31 a month…

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Weather Changes Accident Causes (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 19 June 1941 · page 4

The harvest of the roads, in the form of accidents, goes by seasons and the largest is in the winter. Never has there been any sign of 'drought'…

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Fatal Air Crashes Seven; Dead, Four Injured Four R.A.A.F. Planes

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 23 June 1941 · page 1

Four fain air washes occurred in New South Wales on Friday. Seven members of the R.A.A.F. were killed and four others were injured…

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Solicitor Found Drowned Ex-Forbes Resident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 1

Thursday's "S.M. Herald" says that the body of Percival Gilcreest West phalen. 56, a solicitor, was recovered from the harbor off Dobroyd point by…

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Shooting Accident at Dubbo

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1941 · page 1

Mr. Ralph Fenwick, of Elong (north east of Dubbo) had a thumb blown away and several fingers, his arm and the side of his chest severely…

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Suffocation From Drowning

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 8 July 1941 · page 4

The Coroner, Mr. Arthur Sam, J.P., on Saturday morning held an inquest into the death of Mr. Edwin J. Fraser, aged 72, who on Friday week, June 27,…

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Cowra Car Case Claim for Hire and Accident Damage Forbes Man Concerned

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 11 July 1941 · page 2

Messrs. McKay and Young, trading as McKay's Garage and Service Station, proceeded against Horace Lovett, now of Forbes, in…

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Accidents Are Easy

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 14 July 1941 · page 4

Queer, the bell-ringer's accident at St. Philip's Church, Church Hill ! He swung to the ceiling by the rope, which broke, causing him to fracture…

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Double Drowning Tragedy At Forbes of Mrs. Lovett and Daughter Bodies Recovered from Lachlan River

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 18 July 1941 · page 1

Forbes residents were shocked on Tuesday afternoon "when the news was circulated that the bodies of both Mrs. Mary…

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Two Children Drowned In Creek Neat Mackay (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 21 July 1941 · page 1

A message from Brisbane states:— Julian Taylor, aged six years, and his cousin, Paul Taylor, aged seven years, were drownedin Eimeo Creek…

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Deaths by Drowning Mrs. H. H. Lovett and Her Daughter Evidence at Inquest

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 22 July 1941 · page 1

THE District Coronier, Mr. Arthur Sam, yesterday morning held an inquiry into the deaths of Mrs. Mary Yolande Lovett and Yolande Veronica Lovett, wife and daughter of Mr. Horace Henry Lovett, whose bodies were last Tuesday…

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Car Accident Mr. and Mrs. Boneham Injured Admitted to District Hospital

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Boneham, of Kildary, are patients in the Wyalong and District Hospital, as a result of a car accident, in which they were…

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Mr. Alf Navin Accident at Gibsonvale Admitted to District Hospital

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 24 July 1941 · page 1

Mr. Alf Navin, a well known resident of West Wyalong, who has for some time been employed at the Gibsonvale Mines, met with a serious…

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Mr. Alfred Navin Death Follows Accident Highly-esteemed Citizen

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 28 July 1941 · page 1

The death occurred in the Wyalong and District Hospital on Saturday afternoon of Mr. Alfred Willian Navin, following an unfortunate accident…

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The Glen Davis Tragedy Verdict of Accidental Death

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 July 1941 · page 2

When the evidence on Hugh Anthony McCann (46) and Cecil William Cluff (35), who received fatal burns at Glen Davis on July 8 last, was concluded…

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