Man Admitted to Hospital Injured in Brawl at Parkes
A man was admitted to the District Hospital with a cut in the back of the head and facial injuries following a brawl in Cooke Park, Parkes, about…
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Accidents, 1950
116 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 6
One Injured; Four Escape In Car Smash Near Bogan Gate
One man was injured and four others had miraculous escapes when a car and a heavy truck collided near Bogan Gate about 9…
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Two sisters were drowned in an unsuccessful attempt to save their elder brother after he had got into difficulties in a dam…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burning Fatality
On 28th December an old man named Richard Maris, aged 81, died from the effects of burns received when the cottage in which he was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Injured Playing Cricket
Gordon Seymour, of Wirrinya, was playing cricket for Wirrinya against Caragabal when, attempting to take a catch, he collided with another…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man Injured at Meat-works
F. Stockwell, of Woodward Street, Parkes, an employee at the Daroobalgle meatworks, sustained an injury, to his back at work last Wednesday…
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White driving to Forbes yesterday in a lorry accompanied by J. Saros, Lazarus Fotopulos in negotiating a curve at the 15 mile…
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Arthur Francis McConnell, aged 27, of Forbes, was arrested on Wednesday afternoon and charged at the Forbes Police Station with driving under the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →9 Injured, Headon Collision (By Wire) Sydney
Nine people were injured when a car collided head-on with a double decker bus between Avalon and…
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Mr. Frank Budge, whilst working on a property near Caragabal received a bullet wound in his right thigh. The pea rifle, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accident on Xmas Eve Cost Driver £10
Thomas Bernard Parker, carter, of Barmedman, will long remember a Christmas Eve Party and collision that followed, because he was fined £10 and lost his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Narrandera Man Killed in Accident
Mr. Joseph Dixon, a well known Narrandera resident was killed instantly when the truck and semi-trailer he was driving…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorist Committed for Trial Manslaughter Charge Follows Coronial Inquiry Forbes Bridge Fatality
ALLAN JOHN BOLLARD, a soldier settler from Jemalong Station, Forbes, was committed for trial on Wednesday, following an inquest into the death of Athol John Barton, aged 10 years, of Forbes, on December 3, 1949…
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Mr. Peter Scott Oram, aged 52, of Leettm, died in the Leeton District Hospital on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →2 Boys Drowned at Granville (By Wire) Sydney
A fourteen year old boy was drowned last ntght when the made an unsuccessful attempts to save his 18 year old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Narrow Escape in Street Accident
Malcolm Ible, of Sheriff Street, had an amazing escape from serious injury when knocked down by a car in Lachlan Street on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Drowned in River While Fishing Young Man Who Could Not Swim Ronald Finn's Death
A YOUNG man who went fishing after work on Wednesday afternoon, was drowned in the Lachlan River, on Mr. Tom Mulqueeney's property, some five or six miles from. Forbes on the South Condobolin Road…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Six Killed, 29 Injured in Picnic Smash (By Wire) SYDNEY
A message from Melbourne states:— Six people, including an 18 months old baby, were killed, and 29 persons were injured, when a lorry ran off the road, struck…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Odd Accidents Took Place in 1949. Card Player Broke His Whist in Triumph
A farmer in California was spraying weeds with sodium chlorate which saturated his trousers. When they dried the friction as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Odd Accidents From Near and Far
A farmer in California was spraying weeds with sodium chlorate, which saturated his trousers…
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