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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

797 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 16 of 40

A Chapter of Accidents. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 3

C. Hutchinson while playing for Balmain in the football match on Saturday— Glebe v. Balmain—had his leg broken. Joseph Mack had his foot crashed by…

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Accident at Forbes. Forbes

National Advocate · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 3

Ad aged man, well known on the western roads and named Dick Saunders met with a nasty accident on Saturday. It is difficult to find out the real cause…

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Lord Roberts' Nephew Accidentally Shot. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 28 May 1900 · page 3

Lieutenant Roberts (Field-Marshal Lord Robert's nephew) was severely shot in the knee at the Modder River by a servant. It was purely accidental…

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Serious Accident at Millthorpe

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Millthorpe states that Mr. Jos. M'Auley met with a very serious accident at Forest Beefs on Monday afternoon by being thrown from his horse. It is…

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Serious Accident

Leader · Wednesday 30 May 1900 · page 6

Mr. James MeAully,a resident of Forest Reefs, met with a serious accident on Monday afternoon by being .thrown from his horse. It is supposed that his horse shied…

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Serious Accidents at Molong Camp

National Advocate · Thursday 31 May 1900 · page 2

A telegram from Molong states that during the sham fight at the Molong camp on Monday, two accidents happened, one of which may prove very serious. Private Jack…

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Snyman Retired. Injured in the Foot. London

National Advocate · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 2

General Snyman, the Boer commandant, was wounded in the foot and has retired…

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Serious Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 4

YESTERDAY afternoon a little boy named James Harding, about 10 years of age, son of Mr. William Harding, of Molong Str[?] serious mishap…

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Shooting Accident at Spicer's Creek

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 7

Our Spicer's Creek correspondent sends us news of a serious shooting accident which occurred there on Friday last. Two young men named…

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Accident Near Forbes. Forbes

National Advocate · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 2

A young man named William Fry, a groom, was thrown from a horse on Tuesday at North-hill, and sustained concussion of the brain. He was taken…

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The Accidents at Molong Camp

National Advocate · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 2

It has happily turned out that the injuries received during the sham fight at Molong by Private Bennett, of Bathurst, were not of such a serious nature as was anticipated, and…

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Accident to a Boy

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 4

Yesterday morning, at the Vale of Clwydd, a boy about eleven years of ago, son of Mrs. G. Godfrey, of Hill-street, was unfortunate enough to get jerked out of a bread cart, with the result…

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Accident to Alderman Dougherty

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 6

About a fortnight ago Alderman William Dougherty, while engaged at his work at the ironworks, mot with a very painful mishap, the result of which has necessitated his being off…

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A Terrible Accident

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 8

Last Friday evening a son and daughter of Mr. James McManus, of Piambong, met with a very serious mishap. That day Mr. McManus had…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 3

A man named Roke WM drowned in Walpa district, New Zealand, and his brother while searching for the body met with a similar fate…

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Gas Explosion. Three Persons Injured. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 3

An alarming gas explosion occurred in a shop at Woollahra last night. The premises were wrecked and three of the inmates were severely burnt…

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To-Day's Telegrams. the Electric Tram Again. Another Collision. Sydney, Saturday

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 3

Several persona were injured last night as the result of a collision between an electric tram and a trolly. Two of the injured persons were conveyed to the hospital in a…

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Sham-fight Accidents

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 6

DURING the progress of the sham fight, which was conducted Tuesday morning, in connection with camp operations, Private Jack Leathern,of Molong Mounted Rifles, met with a painful…

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The Recent Fatal Accident

Leader · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

The funeral of the late Mr Jas. McAuley, of Forest Reefs, who was thrown from his horse on Monday afternoon, receiving fatal injuries, took place at Blayney on…

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Accident

Leader · Saturday 2 June 1900 · page 4

Mr. Arthur Cope met with a [?]oilewhat serious accident at Blayney on Wednesday night last. In walking ont of the well–lighted refreshment room on to the unlighted…

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