Floods in Victoria Very Heavy Damage 7 Believed Drowned (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Melbourne states:—Floodwaters. which swept through the Western District of Victoria and Southem Wimmera, resulted in very heavy…
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Accidents, 1946
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200 Persons Killed 300 INJURED In Railway Smash (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Rio de Janeiro states: Two hundred persons were killed and 300 injured in a train wreck near Aracaju…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electrician in Hospital Accident at Garage
When making electrical installations at Messrs Henderson Bros. Motor Engineering Works at Ungarie on Friday last, Mr. E. H. Jones. of West Wyalong, fell…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragic Death Drowning of Margaret Constable at B'bong Coroner's Inquest
Owing to the fact that Sergt. Suitor, of Forbes, has recently been relieving Sergt. Pollard at Grenfell, the inquest into the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Serious Motor Mishaps Mr. J. T. Shanahan's Collision with Train SULKY & Car Collide on Eugowra Road
TWO serious motor mishaps have occurred within the Forbes district during the past week. On Tuesday morning, while Mr. J. T. Shanahan, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Lucky Escapes in Road Accident
All the parties in the Eugowra Road accident had lucky escapes from serious injury, and this particularly applied to the three girls…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Killed Instantly When Thrown from Sulky Caragabal Fatality CARAGABAL, Mon
Thrown from his sulky when a wheel hit a stump, Mr. E. J. Richards was killed, instantly it is believed, on the main road…
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Henry John Lonsdale, 20-months-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Eric James Lonsdale, of Dalton Street, Boggabri was drowned in a bath…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parkes Grazier Killed In City Car Accident Motorist Arrested
A man was arrested in Sydney on Sunday in connection with the death of Frederick Davis (50), well known grazier of Beachmore…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cycles in Collision Cause Death of Mr. W. F. TWOGOOD Coroner's Verdict of Accidental Happening
ON the evening of the day on which we last went to press, Thursday, April 18, Mr. William Francis Twogood, fruiterer, of Lachlan Street, and captain of Forbes Fire Brigade for the past 27 years, received head injuries from which he died…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Echo of Meat-works Accident Compensation Claim "Very Important Case"
Whether a worker's compensation case should be adjourned too Sydney or determined at the Forbes Court, was argued at a sitting of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Two Boys Injured By Motor Vehicles Taken to Hospital
Two boys were injured by motor vehicles yesterday. About 1.50 p.m. Ian Andrews, son of Sgt. H. E. Andrews, whilst returning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Three Drowned One Girl Rescued When Dingy Overturned (By Wire) Sydney
A message from Brisbane states:—Two Netherlands East Indies Servicemen and a 20 years old girl were drowned in Moreton Bay yesterday,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Low-level Crossing Smash Between Rail Motor and J. T. Shanahan's Lorry Coroner Returns Verdict of Accidental Happening
THE District Coroner (Mr. H. K. Ford), on Friday, continued the adjourned inquest into the death of Mr. John Thomas Shanahan, aged 51, whose motor lorry crashed into the rail motor on its way from Stockinbingal on the morning of April 2,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Reported Accident—Then Arrested Unusual Angle in Traffic Case Magistrate Agrees to Solicitor's Plea
Although he said he proposed convicting a 65 years old motorist for driving a vehicle whilst under the influence of drink, Mr. Hardwick, P.M, accepted a last minute appeal by solicitor R. B…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WIRRINYA Painful Accident to Mr. W. Reid Tennis News
Wirrinya had an easy victory over the visiting tennis team from Marsden on Sunday with the results in Wirrinya's favor by 38 sets to 10. However,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Five Killed When Mortar Bomb Explodes Bathurst Fatality
Two members of the Australian Military Forces, two Italian prisoners of war, and an aged Bathurst resident were killed when a mortar bomb…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Firn Big Hotel 57 KILLED, 200 Injured (By Wise) Sydney
A message from Chicago stales: —At least 57 persons were killed and 200 injured in an early morning fire that swept through a section of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boxthorns and Undergrowth Contribute to Motor Accident at Bates' Bridge Driver Released on Bond
It was stated in a case at Forbes Police Court yesterday that boxthorns, trees and undergrowth on the right-hand side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Drowned From Manly Ferry (By Wise) Sydney, Tuesday
While travelling to Sydney at 6.30 pm. to watch the Harbour display, Gordon Clarence Williams, aged 18 years, of Lakemba, (fell from the Manly feipy, and…
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