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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1951

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

Motor Cyclist Injured In Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 November 1951 · page 1

Concussion, a fractured right arm and severe lacerations to the face and hands were sustained by Basil Simmonds, of…

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Chapter of Accidents Boy Knocked Off Bike

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 19 November 1951 · page 2

A twelve-year-old Grenfell boy suffered minor abrasions when he was knocked over by a car in Main Street yesterday evening…

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Bad Accident with Header

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 20 November 1951 · page 2

Mr. Dave Spratford, of Werona, Ungarie, sustained a very painful and serious accident on Tuesday last week…

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Accident to Ungarie Farmer

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 November 1951 · page 5

Mr. Dave Spratford, of "WerUona," Ungarie, met with a gainful and rather serious accident, but was fortuuate that his…

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Motor Cyclist Injured At Calleen

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

A young Ungarie man was injured when his motor cycle crashed three miles on the Ungarie side of Calleen yesterday…

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One Dead, One Injured in Road Smash

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 1

One man was fatally injured and another injured when a semi-trailer crashed into a tree on the WeethalleKikoira Road in the early hours of this…

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Week-end Accidents Lorry Hits Car on Millthorpe Road

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 26 November 1951 · page 2

At 11 p.m. on Saturday night a lorry ran into a car owned and driven by Mr. H. Anderson, of Grenfell, on the Millthorpe road…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 3

Leonard Albert Pearse, 33, grazier, of "Rosedale," Quandialla, fell from a motor cycle he was riding on Wednesday…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Thursday 29 November 1951 · page 3

Yesterday evening whilst bringing a tractor to "Roseberry" homestead, near Grenfell, Eric Waugh, grazier, aged 25 years, was…

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Two Week-end Accidents in One Family

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Monday 3 December 1951 · page 3

Ray Kalms (17), of Grenfell, suffered abrsaions and severe shock when the car he was driving overturned on the Kingsvale road,…

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Lack of Signs; Loose Gravel Causes Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 10 December 1951 · page 1

The lack of warning signals and loose gravel on the road had caused an accident on the Weethalle-Kikoira Road, in which a man was fatally…

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Accidents

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Tuesday 11 December 1951 · page 2

An accident occurred at the Meurie crossing on the Wyalong Road last Friday when a truck with fire fighting equipment…

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Boy Drowned At Barmedman

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 13 December 1951 · page 1

A thirteen years old boy, Maurice Jenkins, was found drowned in the mineral baths at Barmedman…

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Injured Man Had Fast Ride to Hospital

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 20 December 1951 · page 2

The story of an early morning dash through the streets of West Wyalong, at almost a mile-a-minute, with an injured semi-conscious man lying on the…

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Loose Thinking Causes Accidents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 24 December 1951 · page 4

There is a general belief that[?] a small group of an irresponsible type of road users causes all of the accidents, but…

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Sharefarmer Badly Injured

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 31 December 1951 · page 1

A West Wyalong sharefarmer was badly injured in an unusual accident on Christmas Eve. He was Mr. Walter…

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