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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1894

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Another Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 January 1894 · page 2

Two children named Davey have been burned to death in a house at Broken Hill…

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Accident at the Racecourse. a Stable-boy Injured

National Advocate · Friday 5 January 1894 · page 3

An accident happened yesterday morning at the racecourse to a lad named Arthur Piper, a stable-boy in the employ of Mr. Piper, the well-known…

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Browning Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 6 January 1894 · page 2

Two boys named John and Donald Robertson were drowned yesterday while bathing at Lismore…

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Two Brothers Drowned

National Advocate · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

The brothers Robertson, of Lismore, were drowned on Friday afternoon while bathing in the river. The younger one, who could not swim, got out of his depth…

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The Racecourse Accident

National Advocate · Monday 8 January 1894 · page 2

The lad, Piper, who was injured at the racecourse through being thrown from a horse, thus sustaining a fracture of the skull, is reported to be progressing as well as…

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Accidentally Struck with an Axe

National Advocate · Tuesday 9 January 1894 · page 2

At Rockdale, Saturday, a man named Walty, whilst chopping wood, accidentally struck his little 4-year old daughter. The child died in three minutes…

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Drowned at Wellington

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 January 1894 · page 2

An old resident of the Wellington district, Thomas Brierly, was accidentally drowned in the Bell River on Saturday night by falling over a bank 15ft…

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Fatal Dynamite Accident. a Bathurst Resident Killed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 January 1894 · page 2

This morning we received the following wire:— As booking dynamite explosion which terminated fatally occurred at Millthorpa on Tuesday evening. A young man named John…

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Terrible Railway Accident. a Woman Cut to Pieces. Sydney, Thursday night

National Advocate · Friday 12 January 1894 · page 2

A woman and child who, with two men, were travelling on a trolly on the railway at Loagreach, Queensland, were killed by colliding with a goods train…

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A Shocking Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 January 1894 · page 4

At a country race meeting at Canterbury New Zealand a horse impaled itself on the end of a rail. It afterwards extricated itself, and fell on its jockey…

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A Shocking Railway Accident. LONDON

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1894 · page 3

A shocking railway disaster has occurred in America, near Jersey City, New York State. Two trains collided, and one was entirely wrecked. Fifteen…

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A Painful Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1894 · page 3

Whilst Mr. Davis, blacksmith, Esrom, was driving yesterday with his wife and family, his horse, evidently a spirited one, bolted, and in attempting to "haul…

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Boating Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 3

A boat containing a fishing party capsized yesterday off the coast, some miles from Bega. Two of the occupants, named Legge and Hunter, were saved, but the…

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He Drowned his Sister

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1894 · page 2

At Perth, W.A., Friday last, Charles Chipper (15), William Chipper (9), and Hilda Clipper (6), brothers and sister, went 'crabbing.' Hilda, catching a jelly…

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Fatal Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 26 January 1894 · page 3

A passenger train collided with a petroleum train at Samara, in Russia, when both trains caught fire, and 15 passengers were burned…

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A Chapter of Accidents

National Advocate · Monday 29 January 1894 · page 3

Quite a number of patients were admitted to the Bathurst Hospital on Anniversary Day. Henry Banks sought relief for a nasty cut on the lip and…

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Drowned in the Baths

National Advocate · Wednesday 31 January 1894 · page 1

At South Melbourne baths, Saturday, a married woman named Spencer was drowned through getting out of her depth…

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Frightful Accident. a Boy's Legs Cut Off

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 February 1894 · page 2

The son of a farmer in Tasmania had bin legs out off by a reaper, which his father was using to cut corn. Hit life is despaired of…

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A Terrible Accident

National Advocate · Monday 5 February 1894 · page 2

A two-year-old of Mr. Wilson, a farmer of Sheffield, Hobart, Tasmania, got into the corn his father was cutting with a reaper on Thursday last. The…

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Fatal Drowning Cases

National Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1894 · page 2

A verdict of accidently drowned was returned in connection with the death of the lad Alfred Clay, who was drowned at Bourke while bathing last Tuesday…

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