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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1892

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The Accident at the Masonio Hall

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

Alluding to the accident on the stage of the Masonic Hall, reported in our second edition of yesterday, we learn that Messrs. Lydiard and Turrell, the principal…

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Painful Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1892 · page 2

Mr. John Honeyman, farmer, of White Rock, on Monday sustained a painful accident. It appears he was thatching a stack and managed to slip…

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Vehicular Collision

National Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

A collision occurred about eight o'clock last night in Russell-street opposite the Advocate Office, between a sulky, in which was Mr. Wm. Simmons…

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A Peculiar Fatality

National Advocate · Thursday 3 March 1892 · page 2

An extraordinary death is reported from Ascot Vale. It appears that a youth, 19 years of age, named Thomas Rose, who resided with his parents in…

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Drowned in the Harbor. Sydney, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 3

The corpse of a man was found in the harbor this morning and identified as the body of the Captain of the Schooner, Norman. There is no clue as to how he…

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Accident to a Commercial

National Advocate · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 2

The Unionist (Gulgong) says :—Mr. Davies, the genial and deservedly popular commercial traveller representing Hoffnung and Co., obtained some…

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Death by Drowning. a Government Caretaker. Sydney, Saturday night

National Advocate · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 2

Alfred Hansen, the Government caretaker of Goat Island, was found drowned in the harbor this morning, having evidently been a few hours in the…

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A Street Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 7 March 1892 · page 2

A tram-motor driver, named White, was knocked down by a cab in George-street on Saturday and had his skull fractured and several ribs broken…

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A Gun Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 March 1892 · page 2

Last week a serious and what might have been a fatal accident happened at a farmer's place at Mary vale. It appears a little girl named Conza was standing…

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Terrible Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 11 March 1892 · page 3

A man named Taylor, has been run over by a train near Douiliquin, and had both legs cut off…

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A Serious Accident

National Advocate · Monday 14 March 1892 · page 2

On Thursday night a miner named John James met with a terrible accident at the Golden Gully claim at Stuart Town. It appears that James was working on…

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Sad Case of Drowning

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 2

A young man named Taylor, son of a contractor on the Lismore-Tweed Railway was drowned in a creek. He had £1200 in his pocket at the time…

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An Injured Innocent

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 2

A few weeks ago a charge of fraud was laid against Andrew Fitzgerald, manager of the Trados and Labor Co-operative Store it being alleged that…

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Shooting Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 March 1892 · page 2

Two brothers named Barkett were out shooting at Melrose station, Condobolin, when one shot the other dead, having mistaken him for a kangaroo…

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Lismore Drowning Case. £1100 on the Dead Man. Sydney, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

At Lismore an inquest was held on the body of James Taylor, son of one of the contractors on the second section of the Lismore railway, who was drowned…

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A Buggy Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 2

Shortly before one o'clock yesterday an awkward accident occurred to Mrs. Limon. It appears that Mr. Limon had been negotiating for the purchase of a…

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A Fatal Accident. Sydney, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 17 March 1892 · page 3

The coroner was this morning apprised of a fatal accident at Marrickville. A vanman named Charles Harper was found lying unconscious in the road…

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Fatal Accident

National Advocate · Monday 21 March 1892 · page 3

On Wednesday last an accident attended with fatal results, occurred at Mitchell's Flat, Mr. E. V. C. Mayne, J.P., of Rothbury Estate near Branxton…

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Fatal Drowning Case. Fell From Aloft. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 3

This morning a man named Wilhelm Kriehn, an A.B. on the German vessel Bischoff, lying at Dalgetty Wharf, while employed aloft loosing sail on the lower…

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A Buggy Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 2

What might have been a very serious accident happened to Mr. McClair, of Russell-street, on Sunday evening. He was driving home on the road between…

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