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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

736 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 37

Balderodgery. Accident to Mr. McLEAN

Molong Argus · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 8

ON Thursday, of last week, Mr. Andrew McLean, aged [?] years, [?] of Mr. William McLean of "Mountain View," met with a rather serious…

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Accident at Gulgong

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 13

On Wednesday last as Fred Tatt, brother of Gulgong's [?] townsman, Mr. W. Watt,butchor, of Mayne-street, was…

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A Cycle Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 2

A cyclist collided with a cab in George Street today. The cab passed over the bicycle and the rider was thrown heavily. The bike was damaged but the cyclist…

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Accident

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 21 April 1899 · page 6

One day last week Mr Fred. Watt was leading a horse attached to a cart out of the gate of his brother’s premises, the horse served and pinned the youth to the fence…

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A Sad Fatality

National Advocate · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mr. R. Dempsey, the officer in charge of the telegraph office at Bathurst Railway Station, received the sad intelligence of the death of his brother, Mr…

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Fatal Accident in the Gaol. Prisoner Killed While at Work

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 April 1899 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon three prisoners wore on gaged in building cells in tho womon's division of tho Gaol and while so engaged tho arch collapsed and a pice of wood…

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The Fatality in the Gaol. the Inquest

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 24 April 1899 · page 2

Following is the additional evidence taken before Mr. R. H. Bulkeley, coroner for Lithgow district, and the jury of twelve, at the gaol on Saturday, touching the death of…

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Sensational shooting Affair. a Clergyman Injured. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 28 April 1899 · page 3

A sensational shooting case is reported from Rooty Hill this morning. It is alleged that a young man named Edgar Price shot at his brother-in-law, the Rev. William…

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Shooting Accident at Carcoar

National Advocate · Saturday 29 April 1899 · page 2

While on a 'possum shooting expedition on Thursday night near Lyndhurst, a boy named Moss accidently shot his companion, Arthur Wilkins. It appears the two young…

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Collision In a Fog. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 3

During a heavy fog on the English coast a steamer came in collision with the lightship on the Goodwin Sands. The effect of the collision was to…

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Destructive Cyclone. Sixty Persons Killed. One Thousand Injured. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 3

A terrible cyclone baa swept over the Central States of North America. Houses were swept away in every direction, and at least 60 persons are known to have been…

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Fatal Mining Accident. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 1 May 1899 · page 3

A gold mine in Russia has been flooded and sixty-two men drowned…

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Mining Fatality. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

A gold mme at Troiska, in Russia, became flooded, a consequence being the death of sixty-two miners…

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Railway Fatality in America. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 3

A terrible railway accident has happened in the State of New York. An excursion train was derailed and twelve passengers were killed and forty injured…

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Cyclone at Mis ouri. One Hundred Lives Lost. One Thousand Persons Injured. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1899 · page 2

A terrible cyclone has swept over the State of Missouri, America. Great devastation was caused in various part of the State. One hundred…

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A Steamer and a Boat in Collision. Two Women Drowned. Murwillumbah

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 3

At 6.40 this evening the passenger steamer UKi collided with a boat about half-way between Tumbulgum and Condong. There was in the boat Joseph Smith,…

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A Steamer and a Boat in Collision. Two Women Drowned. Murwillumbah, Tuesday

National Advocate · Thursday 4 May 1899 · page 2

At 6.40 this evening the passenger steamer Uki collided with a boat about halfway between Pombalgum and Condong. There were in the boat Josepth…

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Burning Fatality. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 3

Mrs. Harriett Wright of Echunga (S.A.) was burned to death in her bedroom on Wednesday night…

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Mining Fatality. Two Men Entombed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 5

SOFALA, Thursday.--Two men,-Dawson and Carpenter, stepbrothers, lost their lives through a landslip while at work. Dawson being later than usual in returning to tea. Mrs. Dawson sent, her son who…

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Terrible Accident. A Boy's Arm Shockingly Injured At Deane's Coach Factory

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 5 May 1899 · page 11

A terrible accident occurred at Mr. E. H. Deane's Coach Factory on Monday afternoon. Edgar Halpin, the 14 year-old son of Mr…

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