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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

98 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 5

Car Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 4 January 1943 · page 1

Mr. Norman Donald, of the Public Works Department, Cootamundrn, and a soldier named Pratt, who was accompanying him, met with a serious…

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Two Railway Men Killed Forbes Boy Injured Smash Near Broken Hill

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1943 · page 1

Two men were killed and three injured in railway tragedies last week-end. A power van, sent from Parkes late…

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Motor Accidents Two Collisions

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 11 January 1943 · page 1

A car driven by Mr. G.Knight, of Kikoira, and another car driven by Mr Richard Blackstock, of Beckorn, came into collision at the intersection of…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 2

Val. Walsh (18), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Walsh, was drowned yesterday evening, between the hours of 5 and 6, by being washed over the…

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Fatal Accident Railwayman Killed at Junee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1943 · page 1

Fatal injuring were received at Junee on Tuesday afternoon liy a railwayman, Mr. Thomas Britten. Mr. Britten was oiling the box of a…

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Girl Drowned at Condobolin Washed Over Flooded Weir Valerie Walsh's Death

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 January 1943 · page 1

A girl, Valerie Walsh, 18, whose parents reside at Condobolin, was drowned at that centre about 5.45 p.m. on Wednesday…

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PTE. J. MCCLELLAND Died After Accident Served in Two Wars

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 18 January 1943 · page 1

Many friends at West Wyalong and Wyalong of Private John Mervyn ("Jock") McClelland, of Narrandera, will regret, to learn of his death, which…

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Coroner's Inquiry Drowning of Valerie Walsh

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Thursday 21 January 1943 · page 2

In the Count House last Monday afternoon Deputy Coroner C. H. Forlonge, held an inquiry into the death of Valeria Alice Leone Walsh, who…

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Train Accident Near Parkes

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 February 1943 · page 4

The brake-van of a goods train which left Parkes for Peak Hill at 8.10 p.m. on Monday night (says the "Champion-Post") was derailed and…

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Mrs. Dowsett's Death Accidental, Says Coroner

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1943 · page 2

At the Barmedman Courthouse last Saturday afternoon the adjourned inquiry touching the death on October 18. 1942. or Mrs. Sarah Emma…

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Dwarf, Drowned

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 11 February 1943 · page 1

NEWCASTLE—Don Thomas 35, a sideshow performer konwn as Tommy the pygmy" was drowned in water four feet deep in Styx Creek, listing…

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Railway Fatality at Caragabal Engine Driver Killed Jas. A. Kennedy's End CARAGABAL, Wed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 February 1943 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred in the local railway yards about 4 a.m. last Thursday, when an engine driver named James Albert…

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Drowned in Weir. Old Man's Tragic End

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1943 · page 4

To have saved three yound children from drowning, and ultimately suffer death by that means, was the fate of Mr John Anderson, 35-years-old…

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Baby Accidents Cause 120 Deaths Annually

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 February 1943 · page 6

It seems scarcely believable that over 120 infants and toddlers are killed accidentally in New South Wales each year. Yet this is the tragic toll of…

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Lucky Escape From Drowning Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 February 1943 · page 4

What must be one of the luckiest saves ever recorded was effected on Sunday afternoon at the Temora Olym [?] Pool, when a small child was…

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Baby Drowned in Tank

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 4

Francis John Edwards, aged one year and nine months, was found drowned at Lavington on Monday evening in the water of a stock tank…

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Lost Half of Train Before Fatal Railway Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1943 · page 1

The Grenfell Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death after inquiring nto the deatli of James Albert Kennedy, a railway engine driver,…

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Negligent Driving Bederabong Resident Fined Forbes Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 1

Arising out of an accident at the corner of Johnson and Farrand Streets at 6.10 p.m. on January 26, Alan Robert Hodges, of…

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Fatal Accident Mr. Herbert Idiens' End

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 March 1943 · page 4

Mr. H. Idiens, of "Yamboola," Eugowra, met with a fatal accident last Thursday week, when lie was trapped for three hours between a tractor and…

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Aircraft Fatality Near Temora

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 March 1943 · page 1

No. 422847 LAC Bran Henry Flynn. 19 years of age, of Nelson Street, Chatswood, a trainee at No. 10 EFTS was killed at about 10, o'clock…

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