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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1943

98 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 2 of 5

173 Persons Dead 61 Injured Accident in Air Raid Shelter (By Wire) Sydney

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

A message from London states:— The Minister for Home Security (Mr Herbert. Morrison) announced in the House of Commons Unit 173 were…

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Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 26 March 1943 · page 4

Little Joe Rawsthorne, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. Rawsthorne, met with a very painful accident on Wednesday week, when, on his way home from…

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Fatal Accident Cor Oral Lance Whiley

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 29 March 1943 · page 2

As was briefly reported in an earlier issue of the "Advocate," Corporal Lance Whiley, of Blow Clear died from injuries which he had received in an…

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Three Injured Ferry Crashed into Wharf (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 5 April 1943 · page 1

When a ferry steamer crashed into Camellia Wharf, near Parramatta, yesterday, two young women and a man were injured…

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Temora Air Fatality Coroner's Verdict

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 April 1943 · page 1

The Temora Coroner. Mr. J. A. Bradley, held an inquest into the circumstances surronndings the deaths of Serg. Cyril Frank Pilsch and LAC…

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Fatality Neak Griffith Imperial Service Man

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 6 May 1943 · page 1

At an inquest held at Griffith Court House, the Coroner (Mr E. W. Johns) found that Michael Andrew Phelan died in the Griffith District Hospital…

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Sulky Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 May 1943 · page 4

A mishap which could have had serious consequences occurred on Monday morning, when a horse driven by Betty Hurford tripped, and threw her out of…

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Sad Fatality Death of Mr. Austin Jackson

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 1

The many friends in Yalgogrin, Tallimba and West Wyalong districts of Mr Austin Jacltson, of Yalgogrin North, were shocked and deeply…

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Fatal Accident at Junee. Railwayman Killed by Train

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 May 1943 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred in the Junee railway yards recently, when Mr. John Newman, a railway porter, aped 24 years, wa run over by a train…

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ACCIDENTAL Death of Mr. J. G. Antram Coroner's Inquiry

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 May 1943 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. Arthur Sam, J.P., on Saturday morning held an inquest into the death of Mr. John George Antram, aged 66, who…

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Horse Truck in Collision

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 4

When a truck of horses from Condobolin to Wagga was being shunted in the Junee railway marshalling yards, a truck collided with the truck…

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Woman Kill[?]d in Tram and Car Collision

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mrs. Edith M. K. Royle, 29, of Bennett Road, Five Hock, was fatally injured when the ear in which she and her father…

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Sad Fatality Death of Mr. Austin Jackson Popular Digger and Citizen

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 May 1943 · page 2

The death of Mr. Reginald Austin Jackson, of "Carinya", Yaigogrin North, which was causcd by a fatal accident whilst operating a farming…

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Horse Truck in Collision

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

When a truck of horses from Condobolin to Wagga was being shunted in the June railway marshalling yards, a truck collided with the truck…

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Sequel to Motor Collision (Continued from another pnge)

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 2

It was a motor lorry until it struck At about 75 feet from the scene of the point of collision, he was about six feet over the left side of the…

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Sequel to Motor Collision Breach of Traffic Regulations Well-known District Resident Fined

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 May 1943 · page 1

After hearing lengthy evidence at the West Wyalong Police Court on Thursday morning last, the Stipendiary Magistrate (Mr. N. L. Sheridan) convicted Stanley Cattle on a charge of driving a motor vehicle and not keeping as near to the left boundary of the road as possible…

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Death of Train Accident Victim

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 27 May 1943 · page 1

SYDNEY.— Shockingly injured when she fell between the platform and a moving train at Artarmon railway station, Miss Ivy Nunn, aged 21…

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Railway Disaster Fourteen Killed and Many Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 May 1943 · page 2

NEW YORK Tuesday.— The crack Pennsylvania railway train, "Nellie Bly,' was derailed on a horse-shoe curve near Delair (New Jersey) last…

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Boy Drowned At Eastlake Golf Links. (By Wire) Sydney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 May 1943 · page 1

While visiting Eastlake golf links yesterday, William Ryan. aged 15, years, of Mascot, was drowned in the pool…

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Flying Officer F. C. KING His Death from Aircraft Accident Mr. and Mrs. R. King's Great Loss

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 4 June 1943 · page 2

Widespread sympathy will be extended to Mr. and Mrs. Richard King, of Farnell street, Forbes, who on Wednesday morning…

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