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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1954

97 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 5 of 5

Road Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 5 November 1954 · page 6

About 6.10 p.m. on Wednesday as two vehicles were about to pass between culvert posts on the North Condobolin Road, about…

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Geoff. Cheney's Eyes Injured by Lightnihg

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 12 November 1954 · page 8

While watching a storm from the verandah of his parents' home at Eugowra, last Monday week, Mr. Geoff…

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Cars in Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 19 November 1954 · page 8

When he stopped about 1.15 a.m. on Saturday to offer aid to a driver whose truck had broken down in Flint Street near Mr…

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Utility In Accident On Wamboyne Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 22 November 1954 · page 1

Two persoms were slightly injured when a utility overturned on the Wamboyne Road yesterday…

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Fine Sequel to Road Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 23 November 1954 · page 3

A young man whose negligent driving involved him in a double collision on the Parkes Road was fined £48- and 12-…

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Fatal Accident At Cargelligo

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 2

The community of Lake Car gelligo was shocked to learn of the tragic death of one of its mosthighly respected young…

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Sequel to Fatal Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 2 December 1954 · page 5

The sequel to an accident on June 5, 1954, in which two young boys were killed, occured in Young Court of Petty…

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Injuries To Woman in Car Collision

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 3 December 1954 · page 5

A Parkes woman, Mrs. Jane S. Seymour, of 6 Metcalfe St., suffered a fractured pelvis and right collarbone when a car…

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Accident on Weethalle Road

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 1

Mr. Jack Norton, of Railway Road, West Wyalong, was travelling on the Weethalle Road by horse and sulky on Tuesday…

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Barellan Man in Fatal Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 9 December 1954 · page 7

Mr. Terry Tubb, a popular young resident of Barelian, met with a fatal accident recently on the road between Grenfell…

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Girl (12) Drowned In Monwonga Dam

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 10 December 1954 · page 1

Helen Simmonds (12), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Simmonds of "Stockton," Monwonga, was drowned in a dam…

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Four Killed in Rail Accidents

The West Wyalong Advocate · Monday 13 December 1954 · page 1

Four people were killed in level crossing accidents in Victoria at the week. end…

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Woman Injured In Collision: Menace Of Straying Stock

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 5

Reference to an accident in which Mrs. Lester ("Bill") Gunn was injured last Thursday. when a car collided with a…

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League Meeting Silence for Girl Drowned in Dam

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 14 December 1954 · page 1

Before the opening of the Lachlan Valley Development League conference at Canowindra on Saturday the President…

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Boy Drowned Attumut

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 16 December 1954 · page 9

A 12-years-old boy was drowned at Tumut. The victim of the fatality was Douglas Wayne McAlister, the third son…

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Accident Finding In Drowning

The Forbes Advocate · Friday 17 December 1954 · page 1

The District Corner (Mr. G. A. Locke[?] at an Inquest into the death of Helen Simmonds [?] round that she was…

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Boy Meets With Serious Accident

The West Wyalong Advocate · Thursday 30 December 1954 · page 1

The young son, Matthew of Mr. and Mrs. M. Robinson, of "Oakhurst" Station, Wyalong, met with a rather serious…

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