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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

115 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 4 of 6

Accident Free Day

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 1 June 1951 · page 1

Despite the large number of visitors in Forbes on Wednesday for the Rugby League football match, France v…

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Leg Fractured in Motor Cycle Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 8 June 1951 · page 1

A 20-year-old motor cyclist sustained a compound fracture of the right leg and a fractured wrist late of Tuesday afternoon when…

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Saturday Night Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1951 · page 2

On Saturday night last Mr. Richard Crowe, of Grenfell, a middle-aged married man, was knocked down by a car driven by…

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Accident Cases

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

On Tuesday afternoon, while working a tractor at Inchgower, Mr. Reg Golding has his wrist broken in two places. After…

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Car Accident on Parkes Road

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 15 June 1951 · page 1

Three men were lucky to escape serious injury when a taxi went off the road and turned over about eight miles-from Parkes on the…

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Accident Death Roll Increased at Week-end SIDNEY

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 25 June 1951 · page 1

Four people were killed in road accidents during the week-end in New South Wales. Motor cycles were again involved…

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Accident Victim Helped Father Build New Home; Sad Fatality

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 28 June 1951 · page 2

17-years-old Athol John King, of Glenbrook, N.S.W., and formerly of West Wyalong, helped his father build a beautiful new home, which the family…

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Week-end Accidents

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 3 July 1951 · page 1

Mrs. Louisa Robb was slightly Injured in a collision between a motor vehicle, driven by Mr. Arthur McLachlan, of Red Bend,…

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Killed in Road Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 July 1951 · page 2

Advice was received by relatives in West Wyalong that Brian Price, aged 19 years, was killed in a motor cycle accident…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 2

Mr. Bakes Palzoltaxi was injured on Friday when on Friday cyclist he was riding touched monument at the corner of…

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Lack Lighting Cause of Many Accidents

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 July 1951 · page 3

Selfishness of many motorists and pedal cyclists in refusing to obey the lighting regulations is attacked by the N.R.M.A., which…

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Injured in Car Smash

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 13 July 1951 · page 1

Ambulance men had to prise off the doors of a Citroen car to remove four people who were injured in a collision involving…

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Business Houses' Competition Series Of Accidents

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 17 July 1951 · page 6

The Saturday afternoon competition of Business Houses and Industries at the week-end was marred by a series accidents…

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Accident to Mrs. R. W. Bradley

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 23 July 1951 · page 2

On Saturday last Mrs. Bob Bradley slipped on the floor of her home with the result that her collarbone was put out. She was…

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Fatal Tractor Accident Forbes Man Killed

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 27 July 1951 · page 2

Mr. Jan Byrdy, aged 20, who had been residing at Forbes for more than two years, was killed as the outcome of a tractor…

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Death by Burning Found Accidental Chas. Humphries

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 31 July 1951 · page 2

A finding of accidental death was given by the District Coroner Mr. H. C. Moulder, at the Coronial inquest into the death by burning of Charles Thomas Humphries, 70, on July 18 last. Humphries was burned to death in a fire which started in the shed in which he lived…

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Benefit Match for Injured Players

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 August 1951 · page 10

A benefit football match, to aid arranged for next Sunday, at…

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Two Charges Against Driver Tuesday Night's Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Friday 10 August 1951 · page 1

A hit-run driver smashed into a stationary car outside the Commercial Hotel, in Dennison Street, early on Tuesday night, and was afterwards arrested for driving while under the influence of liquor, and for failing to stop after an accident…

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Tragic Accident To Well-known Lady

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 August 1951 · page 8

Victim of the tragic shooting accident in Manildra on Sunday, Mrs. June Valerie Skinner (25) was well-known in Eugowra…

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Three Men Have Narrow Escapes In Young Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 23 August 1951 · page 1

One man had a piece of flesh cut out of his right leg, baring and chipping the bone. in a sensational accident near Young,…

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