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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

1,201 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 61

Terrible Railway Accident. Eight People Killed. Many Others Injured

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 2

As the through train from Sydney to Hurstville was passing between Sydeuham and Tempe stations, shortly after six o'clock ou Friday evening, die engiue and two…

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The Railway Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 3

Arthur Beattie, one of the patients in the Marrickville Cottage Hospital, Was so far recovered as to be able to leave the institution to-day. The other…

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A Tram Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 3

A lamp trimmer named M. Clemmon, met with a nasty accident at the entrance to the tramway yards in Philip-street. He was riding on a…

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A Peculiar Accident. ORANGE

National Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 2

A young man named Philip Harris met with a peculiar accident. He was carrying a bag of powder to the Rosedale minors, when he slipped and fell…

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Mining Accident at Rosedale

Leader · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 9

Mr. Charles Addison, of Addison, Moulder and party, “Pride of the Hills” claim, met with a nasty accident on Monday, which will prevent him getting about…

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The Recent Accident

Leader · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 6

The friends of Mr. S. Capps will be glad to know that he is progressing favorably towards recovery…

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Fatality at Manly. a Boy Washed Off the Rocks. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 3

Yesterday at about 3 p.m. a sad fatality occurred at Manly, when a lad of 14 was washed off the rocks at what is known as Bluefish Point, near the…

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Accident to a Lad

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 2

A son of Mr. Charles Halpin met with an accident one day last week, which, however, was not so serious as it might have been. Boy-like he was…

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Accident at Dubbo. DUBBO

National Advocate · Monday 25 February 1901 · page 3

A young man named Harrington while driving sheep at Whylandra last Wednesday, was thrown from his horse and had his right arm fractured…

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Death by Drowning. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 3

Charles Dunkley, 27, printer, was drowned at the Southwater River last evening while bathing. The body has been recovered, and taken to the…

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Terrible Shipwreck. 150 Persons Drowned

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 3

The Pacific Mail S S. Company's steamer City of Rio de Janeiro, 6548 tons, from Hongkong and Yokohama, struck the lodge at the entrance to the Golden Gate, San Francisco, in a fog…

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A Sydney Accident. SYDNEY, Monday

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 3

A waggen, loaded with sheepskins, collided with a tram at Circular Quay to-day, owing to the horses becoming unmanageable. The driver, Peter…

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Serious Shooting Accident at Springwood

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 February 1901 · page 2

SPRINGWOOD, Friday.--Mr. James Baxter, junr., Single's Bulge, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. He was with Mr. Charles Wilson out wallaby shooting, and was carrying a…

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The Railway Accident. the Inquest on Herbert Darnley. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 2

The City Coroner to-day resumed the inquest on the body of Herbert Henry Darnley, who, with others, was killed on the 15th inst., in the railway…

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Accident at Orange. ORANGE

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

As Mrs. Richard Sherry, of Springside, was driving into town yesterday, with her two children and her sister (Mrs McLean) the horse stumbled,…

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Fatal Result of an Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

The carter named Colquhoun. who was injured in the collision between a tram and a trolly yesterday, died in the Sydney Hospital this afternoon…

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Painful Accident

Leader · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 5

As Mrs, Richard Sherry, of Springaide was driving into-town on Monday, accompanied by her two daughters and her sister )Mrs. McLean), (he horse stumbled about…

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[?]Eearful Accident. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 February 1901 · page 3

By a fire in a colliery in Wyoming, America, fifty miners have been burnt to death…

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Riding Fatality. Gulgong

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon a young man named Robert Ryan, residing at Dexter Springs was riding when his horse shied, throwing him, and fracturing his skull. He died…

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A Fatal Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 13

News has been received of a fatal accident near Ulan, by which Robert Ryan, aged 22, a resident of Dexter Springs, lost his life. Ryan was riding…

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