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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

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Man in Accident Fined £48-For Negligent Driving

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 25 June 1954 · page 1

A man who was concerned in an accident on the South Condobolin Road in June, last year, failed to appear when charged…

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Boys Injured In School Football

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1

Two Parkes High School students, Hal. Pratt and Ed. Salt, were taken to tho Forbes District Hospital for attention to injuries…

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Tom Bray Injured In Polo Play

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1

Mr. Tom Bray, famuos captain of the Forbes Polo team, was badly injured above the right eye, last…

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£1 Fine by Sm on Driving Charge Mother, Child Injured

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 9 July 1954 · page 1

AFTER finding a shearer guilty of negligent driving causing an accident which fractured the legs of a married woman and her 5-year-old son, Mr. MacAndrew, S.M., imposed only a nominal fine of £1 against him, in Forbes…

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Story of Allaged Ungarie Road Accident Told In Court

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 12 July 1954 · page 5

The story of an alleged accident on the Ungarie road on the evening of April 3, in which a young man was injured, was unfolded in the West Wyalong Court of Petty Sessions before Mr. M. Fegan S. M. last Wednesday. Before the court was…

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Inquest Finding in Crossing Fatality

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1954 · page 3

A finding that a Forbes market gardener. Zissis Petropoulos. bad died as a result of injuries received in a level crossing…

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Sequel to Xmas Day Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1954 · page 4

as the result of an accident on the Mid-Western Highway on Christmas Day of last year, a West Wyalong man appeared in the Court of Petty Sessions last…

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Girl Burned In Eugowra Accident

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 16 July 1954 · page 6

Deanne McKeon, three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Max McKeon, received second degree burns when her nightdress caught…

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Man Fatally Injured at Working Bee

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 3

The community of Cootamundra was shocked to learn of the death of well known grazier Mr. Colin J. Morrow, who was…

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Loco Driver's Unusual Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 22 July 1954 · page 6

Mr. Fred Southwell, of Harold Street, Junee, was injured in an unusual way when he was driving theenglne of a goods…

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Charges Follow Car Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 23 July 1954 · page 6

Charges of negligent driving; falling to stop after an accident and driving under the influence of liquor were laid by Eugowra…

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Accident at Operator Street Intersection

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 5

A Wyalong woman was admitted to hospital following an accident at the corner of Main Street and Operator Street,…

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Accident on Marsden Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 26 July 1954 · page 3

Two passengers of a motor utility which overturned on the Mid-western Highway, four miles, from Wyalong, last…

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Hotelkeeper Lost Two Actions in Collision Sequel

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 3

Forbes hotelkeeper, Norman A Flannery, lost a claim for £578- made against him by E. B. Sheridan, of Parkes, as…

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Finding Of Accident At Inquest Smash Kills Teacher and Model

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 27 July 1954 · page 1

ACCIDENTAL death findings were recorded at the inquest in Orange last Thursday into the death of a Garema schoolteacher and fatal injury of a…

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Hit-run Accidents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 5 August 1954 · page 5

"There is no conceivable excuse fora hit-run motorist unless he is in the position to prove that he was completely…

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Adjourned Case on Car Collision at Monument

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 6 August 1954 · page 1

JOHN HAROLD BOEHM, whose car was alleged to have knocked down the South African War Memorial, in Lachlan Street, Forbes, on the night of May…

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Circular Saw Accident At Young

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 9 August 1954 · page 6

A young man suffered a compound fracture of the skull and severe lacerations while working at Olde Milong. It is…

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Eight Men Escape When Utility Overturns in Accident at Night

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 10 August 1954 · page 1

Eight men had narrow escapes from injury about 1 a.m. on Saturday morning when the utility in which they were…

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Footballers Aid Injured Player

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 12 August 1954 · page 10

The West Wyalong Rugby League Club has decided to run a competition for a dinner during the next two weeks to…

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