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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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A Racing Accident. Sydney, Thursday, 9 p.m

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 3

The horse Durum, ridden by Eastham, fell to-day and smashed his shoulder. The horse was shot, and the jockey, who was seriously injured, was…

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A Peculiar Accident

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1892 · page 2

A very peculiar accident happened at the house of Mr. John Reilly, of Wattle Flat, last week. Four pounds of gelatine stored in a bedroom suddenly flared up…

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Drowning Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2

Two boys named Herbert and George Scott were drowned while bathing iu Pearl Bay yesterday…

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Terrible Railway Collision in Europe. Twenty Passengers Killed One Hundred Injured. London, December 30

National Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 2

A report reached London this evening to the effect that a terrible railway collision has taken place at Rosovo, in Russia. So far as is at present known,…

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A Serious Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1892 · page 3

Miss Alice Wyburd, daughter of Mr. James Wyburd, of this city, met with what might have proved a very Serious accident, yesterday evening. The young…

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Two more Boys Drowned

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 January 1892 · page 2

Two boys named Morgan, Uged six and seven years respectively, wore drowned in the Harbor un Saturday…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Monday. A Collision off the Cornwall Coast

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 3

The barque Childwall was sunk off Thishing on the Coast of Cornwall by an unknown steamer. Sixteen persons were I drowned…

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Drowned While Bathing. Sydney, Monday, 8 p.m

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 2

While bathing at Croydon on Sunday a youth named Stewart Taylor was drowned. His body has been recovered…

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Killed Through a Buggy Accident. Sydney, Monday 9.30 p.m

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 January 1892 · page 3

An inquest was held to-day at Young touching the death of John Murray, who died from the effects of a buggy accident. A verdict of accidental death was…

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Shocking Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 2

A son of Constable Furlong, aged 12, was playing in Murray's Paper Mills, Liverpool, on Monday afternoon, when he became entangled in the belting of…

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Pith of Parliament. Western Model School. the Ten Per Cent. Duty. Middle Head Torpedo Accident. Public School Holidays. Law Reform

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 3

Parliament House, Wednesday night. In the Assembly, in reply to Member Ross, Minister Slattery said that no decision had been arrived at in reference…

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Frightful Railway Accident. a Train Rolls Over an Embankment. London, January 11

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1892 · page 3

A terrible railway accident has occurred at Crawfordsville, United States. A. train was derailed and fell over an embankment 50ft, high. The cars were…

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Accident at the Railway Station. a Cleaner Badly Scalded. Blowing Out a Boiler Plug

National Advocate · Friday 15 January 1892 · page 2

At half-past seven o'clock yesterday morning a cleaner named Walter Dixon, son of Mr. J. Dixon, storekeeper, was engaged at his work under one of the…

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Accidental Death

National Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 3

An inquest on the body of the man who was found in the Macquarie River was held before Coroner Graham and a jury yesterday afternoon at a spot on the…

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Sad Prawning Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 3

Two young men named Pouneeby and Brisbane were drowned in a lagoon at St. Arnaud (Vic.) on Sunday, in the presence of a number of companions. The former had…

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Railway Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 3

A young man untried Dauiels was run over on the railway lino at Narrandera yesterday. His body was terribly mutilated…

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Miraculous Escape From Drowning

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 2

A most miraculous escape from drowning took place on Sunday afternoon at Molong. It appears that several children were securing pieces of wood…

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Railway Accident at Mittagong. Sydney, Tuesday 9.30 p.m

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 3

A ballast engine van off the line at Mittagong this morning, and it was two hours before the line was cleared. A truck of wool ran off and was smashed…

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Fatal Gun Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1892 · page 2

A sad accident occurred at Carrick, near Goulburn, on Thursday, resulting in the death of the victim, a bridge carpenter, named Frederick Anderson,…

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Murray River Fatality. Sydney, Wednesday, 9.30 p.m

National Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1892 · page 3

The body of the man found drowned in the river at Albury has been identified as that of a stranger named Frahon…

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