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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

115 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 6

Motor Cyclist Seriously Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 1 January 1951 · page 1

A young Cootamundra resident was severely injured in an accident on the Wombat Road. He was John D. Hallows, Aged,…

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Jockey Injured at Orange Races

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 1

A jockey who was admitted to Orange Base Hospital on Saturday following a fall in the Maiden Handicap at Orange races that…

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Road Toll for 1950 625 Killed; 13,000 Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1951 · page 2

625 people were killed in road accidents in N.S.W. last year (1950), up to December 28. Death-roll in 1949 was 535…

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12 Injured In Collision SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Twelve persons, including six members of one family, were in jured in a road accident a Dupto…

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Two Minor Rail Accidents Sidney

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 4 January 1951 · page 1

Two mishaps were reported on New South Wales railways last night. The Canberra Express broke…

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Fatality Near Gundagai

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

A young district man was fatally injured, the victim of the accident, Leonard C. Korn, aged 22 years, dying…

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Two Fatal Accidents SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 8 January 1951 · page 1

A 17 years old girl, Evelyn Margaret Male, was fatally injured when she struck her head when diving from the 25ft tower…

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Women Injured in Car Smash Grenfell Rd. Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 January 1951 · page 1

A car accident involving three women, three children and two men, occurred on the Old Grenfell Road by Muddy Lagoon, on…

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First Aid for Injured Livestock

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 15 January 1951 · page 4

When veterinary advice is unavailable a farmer with a very sick or injured animal often has to resort to some…

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Double Fatality Near Bathurst

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1951 · page 1

Following a crash in which three cars were involved about eight miles from Bathurst on the Bathurst side of Blayney…

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Motor Cycle Accidents

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 January 1951 · page 4

Because motorcycles are favored mostly by young fellows who are more apt to take risks than older men, the measure most likely…

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Mian Badly Injured in Fall at Grong Grong

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 January 1951 · page 3

A man who fell about 15 fee[?] from a ladder at Grong Grong was taken to Narrandera Hospital and treated for a…

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First-Aid For Injured Livestock

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 30 January 1951 · page 2

When veterinary advice is unavailable a farmer with a very sick or injured animal often has to resort to some form of…

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Horse Drowned Driver Escaped SYDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 1 February 1951 · page 2

A horse attached to a milk cart was swept away and drowned in a flooded creek at Mullumbimby yesterday…

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May Never Ride Again Young Cowra Jockey Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 10

A promising young Cowra jockey may never ride in a race again as the result of an accident last week…

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Car Smash Inquest Accidental Death

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 2 February 1951 · page 1

THE tragic story of what was probably a happy evening and which ended in the death of Arthur Lindsay Davis in the early hours of 10th December last, was unfolded through the prosaic, process of a coronial inquest…

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Drowned in Dam Apprentice Jockey At Molong

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1951 · page 1

A young apprentice jockey was drowned on Saturday while exercising a horse In a dam near Molong…

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Huge Sum Paid To Injured Doctor

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

Lloyd's of London have paid a Kansas City obstetrician 400,000 dollars (A178,000) for the loss of his right foot in a…

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Chamber of Com. Will ask for Police Report on Accidents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 8 February 1951 · page 1

West Wyalong Chamber of Commerce will again refer the vexed question of Street lights between West…

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Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1951 · page 2

Mr. Noel Johnson, an employee at Daroobalgie Meat Works, had ah unfortunate accident on Friday afternoon when the index…

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