Two Boys Drowned in River 40 Accident Casualties in State (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 1
Two boys were drowned in a deep hole in the Murrumbidgee River near Canberra yesterday. Road accidents throughout the State resulted in almost 40 casualties, many of them serious…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney's Violent Ice Storm 350 Injured; Great Damage to Property (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 January 1947 · page 1
More than 350 people were injured in violent hail storms which swept Sydney yesterday, causing damage which, on preliminary official estimates will exceed £250,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Youth Killed on New Year's Eve In Motor Cycle Accident On Forbes Road
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 January 1947 · page 1
Returning to Parkes from Forbes with two other young men, a youth was fatally injured at about 6.45 p.m. on New Year's Eve, when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →More Jewish Terrorism British Soldiers Seriously Injured (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 6 January 1947 · page 1
A message from Jerusalem states:—British Army troops in Jerusalem were again ordered to stand to yesterday. Information was received that more…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Boy Criticaly Injured Falls From Back Of Utility Truck
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 January 1947 · page 2
While travelling between Wombat and Wallendbeen, in a covered utility truck, returning home from Sydney, Mr. and Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →100 MISSING Collision In Whangpoo River (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 1
A message from Budapest states;—It is officially stated that a plot to overthrow the Hungarian Republic involves…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Accident Harden Woman Killed
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 20 January 1947 · page 2
Mrs. Lorane Bond, wife of Mr. D. Bond, Harden, was fatally injured in a car accident. They were travelling from Harden to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents Last Week Children Injured at Play
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 1
A youth injured his left arm lost Wednesday, while he played cricket with some other children on his uncle's property…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Fatally Injured By Railway Truck Parkes Happening
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1947 · page 3
A man whose right arm was severed at the shoulder when three sets of wheels of two railway trucks passed over him, died on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woman Killed Newcastle Dean In Accident (By Wire) Sydney
The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1947 · page 1
A message from Newcaster states:—When a car, driven by the Dean of, Newcastle (the V. Rev. A. E. Morris, aged 58 years)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collision Story Told at Forbes Court Young Taxi-Driver Fined
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 1
A young taxi driver, who had been a member of the Forces for over four and a half years, and had served as a paratrooper, appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Butcher in Accident Stab Wound in Right Leg
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 2
A butcher sustained an injury to his right knee, at the Daroobaigie Meatworks on Tuesday morning, when he slipped and his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eugowra District News GOOLAGONG Accident to Mr. R. Chatman While Being Taken to Hospital
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 24 January 1947 · page 6
Mr. R. ("Tiny") Chatman, after cutting his head severely last Saturday was being taken to Canowindra for medical aid by Mr. L. Bryant, and when only a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Child's Death in Hospital Verdict of Accidental Suffocation
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 27 January 1947 · page 6
The Coroner (Mr. W. D. Bull) held at the Griffith Court House an inquest touching the death of a child named Cecil Goolagong, aged one year and nine months, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crowds Throng Swimming Pool Boy Injured by Broken Glass
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 28 January 1947 · page 1
The appearance of broken cups and tumblers in the local swimming pool last week was largely due to the negligence of parents who did…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Lost In Drowing Fatality
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 3 February 1947 · page 4
Although a po[?] swimmer, [?] year old farmer Hugh G[?] Magrath lost his life in an attempt to rescue his older…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Drowning Fatality Molong Boy's Death While on Fishing Trip to Lachlan
The Forbes Advocate · Friday 7 February 1947 · page 1
TWO drownings of a most unusual nature have occurred at Forbes during the past week. The second was enacted at an early hour yesterday morning, when Lloyd Morrow, aged 1812 years, a native of Molong,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Twenty Sheep Drowned Trucks Derailed By Storm
The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 February 1947 · page 2
Twenty sheep were drowned by flood waters by the storm which swept The Rock district on Wednesday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coroner's Inquest Into Caragabal-Wyalong Road Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 2
At Forbes on January 24, an inquest was opened by the Grenfell Coroner, Mr. A. A. Bradley, into the death of Arthur Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forbes Man Fined for Traffic Offences Accident on the Night of Eugowra Show
The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1947 · page 1
THE circumstances which caused an accident when two vehicles collided on the Orange Road in September last year, were related in the local Court of Petty Sessions last Thursday, when Mr. W. K. Earls, P.M., heard a traffic case which occupied his…
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