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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1896

433 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 22

Frightful Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 2

ON Wednesday last a frightful accident happened to a little boy. 3 years and 3 months old, son of Mr. George Cassell, who resides near Manildra. From what we can…

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Accident to a Child

Molong Argus · Friday 22 May 1896 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident happened to a son of Mr. M. Kinsela, aged about five years, by which the little fellow broke his leg. It seems he was playing about near to a call, which had…

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Fatal Accident

National Advocate · Saturday 23 May 1896 · page 2

At Cargo, an industrious farmer named Bennett met his death under painful circumstances. He was applying the brake to his waggon in descending a hill when…

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Accident at Blayney. Blayney

National Advocate · Thursday 28 May 1896 · page 3

Work at Brown's Creek mine has been stopped temporarily. At the new copper lodes to-day a miner named A. Wallace had a narrow…

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A Child Drowned. GUNNING

National Advocate · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 3

A child, named Brodle, two and a half years, was drowned in a waterhole at Gunning…

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A Jockey Injured. MELBOURNE, Thursday

National Advocate · Friday 29 May 1896 · page 3

A serious accident occurred to a jockey, John Daniels, on the Caulfield Racecourse this morning. He was riding a colt by Neckersgat—Josephine, and was…

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Drowned. SYDNEY, Sunday night

National Advocate · Monday 1 June 1896 · page 3

At Goburralong, on the Murrumbidgee, two men were crossing the river in a boat, which capsized. One was frowned…

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The Czar's Coronation. Fatality at the Feast

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 1 June 1896 · page 3

The feast given to the peasants at Moscow was attended by 400,000 persons. In their eagerness the people madly rushed the booth, and became tightly embedded together;…

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A Collision in the Harbor. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 1 June 1896 · page 3

The steamer lolanthe and steam collier Kelbe collided in Darling Harbor last night. The lolanthe was considerably damaged…

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To-days Telegrams Sydney, Monday. Collision in the Harbour

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 1 June 1896 · page 3

A collision took place in the Harbour on Saturday night between the ferry boat Iolanthe and the collier Kellce. The former was badly damaged, and had to be beached…

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A Young Man Injured. CAROWA

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1896 · page 3

A young man named Strumm was found injured. He had fractured his skull. It is believed he was thrown from his horse…

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Shocking Railway accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1896 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. Robbins were on Sunday morning run over by a train near Noracjuha (Vic.), and killed…

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Accident to Lord Neville

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1896 · page 2

Lord Neville, whilst hunting in Victoria on Saturday, was thrown from his horse and had his shoulder fractured…

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The Moscow Disaster. Wine for the Injured

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 June 1896 · page 3

The Dowager-Empress Dagmar, mother of the Czar of Russia, baa sent a bottle of Madeira to each of the persons injured in the crush which occurred at Moscow in…

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The Kennelville Rail Road Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 5 June 1896 · page 3

Getting on and off a moring train is an art very difficult to manage. There is certainly a limit to human possibilities in that direction, though if you have ever heard a little circle of…

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The Moscow Catastrophe. Sunday. 3873 DEATHS. 4000 INJURED

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 8 June 1896 · page 3

Through the catastrophe to peasants at the least in Moscow 3873 persons perished, and 4000 were injured…

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Fearful Accident at Dabbo. Cut to Pieces in a Sawmill

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 8 June 1896 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at 8 o'clock on Saturday morning it Davies sawmills Dubbo. An employee named Edward England was engaged in fixing the belt…

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Death of Stanbury the Sculler. Drowned in the Thames. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 9 June 1896 · page 2

A cable has been received stating that Stanbury, the sculler, who went home to contest for the sculling championship, was yesterday drowned in the Thames…

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The Reported Death of Stanbury Not Drowned After All. Sydney, Tuesday night

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 June 1896 · page 2

The report as to the drowning of James Stanbury was, it appears, incorrect. It now seems that the champion sculler was capsized in the River Thames while…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 11 June 1896 · page 3

An engine driver by an early train from Sydney to Newcastle, named Robert Wickham, was killed instantly by falling from the engine when near Beecroft. The deceased…

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