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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

797 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 40

Accident at Brewongle

National Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1900 · page 2

What unfortunately proved a fatal accident took place yesterday morning at Brewongle. It appears that a goods train was approaching the railway gates, which are in…

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Foand Drowned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 7

Our Stuart Town correspondent writes that last week the body of a man named James Flemming was found in a water hole in the bed of…

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Shooting Fatality at Sofala. A Mother Accidentally Shoots Her Son

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 9

Our Sofala correspondent writes: You will have noticed by telegrams to the metropolitan press of the sad fatality at Big Oakey, near…

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Fatality at Brewongle. Female Gatekeeper Killed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 4

BATHURST, Wednesday.--This morning a fatal accident happened to Mrs. Hartigan, railway gatekeeper at Brewongle. At about 10 o'clock this morning, when a goods train was…

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Accidents

The Carcoar Chronicle · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 4

Mr. J. Gilbert of the Railway permanent line Staff had a narrow escape on Monday evening. When coming through the Coombing Hill…

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Services Coach Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 2

On Monday last an accident that might have been [?] with [?] correspondent to Mr. George W[?] the c[?] for the Molong…

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An Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 13

Young Jack Kurtz, a son of Mr. J. Kurtz, of Mullamuddy, was riding a buckjumper tho other day when the animal, without any…

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Sad Shooting Accident. a Mother Accidentally Kills Her Son

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 3

SOFALA, Friday.--All accident with fatal results happened at Big Oakey, near Sofala, this afternoon. Mrs. Maunell, who resides there, with the object of shooting a magpie took a gun…

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Horse Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 16 March 1900 · page 3

On Saturday last (says the Free Press) an aged man named John Carter, common ranger at Rockley, was brought into the Bathurst hospital suffering from a fractured thigh. Mr. Carter…

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Horse Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 1

MR. J. HILL, of Burrawong station, on Monday last, met with an accident which might very easily have been attended with serious results. While attempting to block a horae in one of the…

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A Coach Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1900 · page 1

LAST Friday afternoon, as Mr. George Windred, mail contractor on the Moloog-Cumnock line, was driving into town he met with an accident of a painful character. When nearing the…

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Terrible Fatality at Balmain. Five Men Killed in a Coal Mine. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 19 March 1900 · page 2

The Sydney Harbor Collieries' Works at Balmain North, facing Cockatoo Island were yesterday afternoon the scene of a terrible accident…

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Fatality at Balmain. a Fall of 400 Feet. Five Men Killed. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 19 March 1900 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon at about 3 o'clock a frightful catastrophe occurred at the new coalmine on the northern shores of Balmain…

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A Millthorpe Fatality

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

The young man, Robert Oliver, who was injured at Millthorpe on Friday by a waggon going over him lingered a few hours and died at night…

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Shooting Fatality. CANOWINDRA

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

An accident occurred yesterday at Reedy Creek to a young man named John Glynn, 19 years of age, a son of Mr. Frank Glynn, and old mining identity of this district…

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Terrible Accident at Sydney. Five Men Killed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

Word comes from Sydney of one of those terrible accidents which are unfertunately inseparable from modern occupation. A good many…

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Accident to Colonel Price. LONDON

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 2

It is reporter that Colonel Price recently fell into a sluit and bro[?]e a rib, but in now recovered…

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A Mining Accident. Cobar

National Advocate · Tuesday 20 March 1900 · page 3

A man named O'Connor had a hand badly lacerated by the machinery at the Chesney mine. He is under the care of Dr. Robinson, who had to put in 11…

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Shootin[?] Fatality

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 2

An accident occurred at Reedy Creek, near Canowindra, on Sunday, to a young man named John Glynn, 19 years of age, a son of Mr. Frank Glynn, an old mining…

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British Consols. London, Tuesday. British Consols are afc 101[?]. an Accident. Fishing Off Circular Quay. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 21 March 1900 · page 2

John Francis Bray, 33, wharf laborer, residing in Kent-street, in company with his wife to-night was fishing off Circular Quay. His line…

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