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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

1,201 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 61

Fatal Accident at Store Creek

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 2

The jury which held an inquiry at Wellington concerning the death of the man southall, a fettler engaged on the line near Store Creek, on the 25th instant. returned a…

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Painful Accidents. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

Arthur. Sparke, aged 13, was run over to-day by a trolly, and had his left foot severely crushed. Charles Smith, aged 15, while…

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Fatal Accident to a Priest. LITHGOW

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

A sad ana fatal accident befell the Rev. Father McGlone, pariah priest of Lithgow, to-day. The rev. gentleman had been riding between Lithgow and…

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Fatal Accident to a Priest. Lihgow

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

Through a riding accident near Bowenfels station this evening, the Rev. P. J. M'Glone, Roman Catholic, sustained terrible injuries to his head. The doctors regard his case as…

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Fatal Burning Accident. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

On the 17th January Mrs. Taylor, who was staying at the Caledonian Hotel, King-street, was retiring to bed, when she stooped to pick up her slippers, and the flame of a…

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The George-street Fatality. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 2

The Coroner, this morning, resumed the inquest concerning the death of Ernest Herman Thiele, who was fatally injured in George-street on the…

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A Drowning Fatality. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 3

An engineer named Rowley, while fishing at Bluenose Point on Saturday night, fell from tho cliffs, a distance of one hundred feet, and was drowned…

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The Cullenbone Fatality. the Death of Albert Davis. Heroic Attempts at Rescue. Great Difficulty in Recovering the Body. Action by the Mines Department. The Inquest Opens

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

Ill our last issue we published very brief particulars of a fatal accident at the Royal George mine, at Cullenbone, by which Albert Davis lost his life…

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Fatal Accident to a Priest

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 2

On Thursday evening the Rev. P. J. McGlone, of Lighgow, was thrown from his horse, and sustained terrible injuries to the head. The reverend…

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A Revolver Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 3

A lad named Frank Arele, aged 17, was playing with a revolver on Saturday night when it exploded, and the bullet entered his abdomen. The lad…

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A Burning Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 4 February 1901 · page 3

A woman named Lena Parsons, aged 38, was severly burnt on the body through a light igniting her bed curtains. The burns are of large extent,…

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Another. Fatality in Lithgow. a Little Girl Badly Burnt and Dies in the Hospital

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

"Troubles never come alone," and fatalities often occur in a series. On Saturday, just as Father McGlone's funeral was moving off, a little girl named Evelyn Rowe, daughter of Mr…

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Accident to a Naval Officer

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 2

Shortly before 9 o'clock on Sunday night, a naval officer, named Ronald G. Hart, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital suffering from a fractured leg, caused by a fall on the…

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Accident to Mr. Joseph Bulkeley, at Wagga

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 5 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. Joseph Bulkcley, the talented young man who, it will be remembered, won the travelling scholarship some years ago, and in consequence spent a term of three years in the American…

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Accidents at the Royal Funeral. Narrow Escape of King and Kaiser. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 6 February 1901 · page 2

A sensational ancident occurred at Windsor during the progress of the Royal funeral. A horse on the off-side of a gun carriage suddenly became restive, and the experienced…

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The George-street Fatality. Verdict of Manslaughter Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 7 February 1901 · page 3

The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Ernest Herman Thiele, in George-street, on January 29, was concluded this after…

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The Fatal Mining Accident. A discreditable State of Affairs

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1901 · page 3

On another page we report in full the evidence taken at the inquest on the body of Albert Davi, who was killed by foul air in the…

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Serious Accident to a Lithgow Man

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1901 · page 17

On Saturday last, Mr. J. H. Bulkeley, experimentalist at the Government farm, Wagga, was riding to assist at a bush fire, when he was…

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The Accident at the Royal George Mine. Inquest on the Victim. Faulty Appliances and Bad Management. Severely Condemned by the Jury

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1901 · page 7

The adjourned inguest on the body of Albert, Davis, who was killed by a fatal accident in the Royal George mine on Friday, was resumed at…

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Burning Accident near Gilgandra

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1901 · page 17

A telegram from Gilgandra on Monday last stated;—A burning accident occurred at Balladoran camp to-day, the victim being Mrs. McDermott…

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