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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Fatal Accident Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 2

George Burrows, licensee of the Vale Hotel, Hartley, was run over by a dray loaded with furniture His body was crushed to a pulp…

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A Chaff Cutter Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 7

On Saturday morning a young man named Adams, in the employ of Mr. Peacock, Wellington, met with a serious accident. He was engaged…

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The Fatal Accident at the Royal George

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1901 · page 13

We are informed that steps are being taken practically to express the public appreciation of the gallant. effort made by Devigne, Willmott,…

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Boer Brutality. a Deliberate Collision Arranged. London

National Advocate · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

The Boers captured two trains near Belfast, and robbed the passengers. They then started the trains running one against the other, but only…

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Fatality Near Hartley Vale. a Well-known Publican the Victim

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 3

Mr. George Burrows, the lessee of the Vale hotel, Hartley Vale, met with an accident on Tuesday--about 11 a.m.--which resulted fatally. The deceased was driving tandem to Hartley…

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Shocking Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 2

A YOUNG man named Adams, aged 20 years, whilst engaged tending a chaffcutting machine at Mr. Peacock's farm, near Wellington, on Saturday,…

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Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 7

ON Wednesday of last week, while returning home from School at Boomey, the second son of Mr. W. T. job met with a painfully severe accident. It seems that he was…

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Accident to an Election Agent

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 6

Mr. Lindsay, agent for Mr. Sandford, one of the candidates for the representation of Parramatta in the Federal House of Representatives, met with a painful accident, yesterday morning. He was in a…

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Accident to Rev. Mr. Dowe

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 5

BLACKHEATH, Tuesday.--The Rev. P. Dowe met with a nasty accident oil Sunday afternoon. Mr. Dowe was about to proceed to Medlow on horseback as usual, for service there, and he…

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Terrible Accident on the Railway. Near Tempe Station. Eight Persons Killed. Twenty Injured. SYDNEY, Friday Night

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

A terrible accident is reported to have occurred on the railway line near Tempe Station this evening, by which 14 persons were killed and 80 injured; but no…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Near Tempe Station. Eight People Killed. Many Others Injured. Defective Repairs. Sydney, Friday night

National Advocate · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

As the through train from Sydney to Hurstville was passing between Sydenham and Tempe stations, shortly after six o'clock this evening, the…

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An Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 3

Last week Mr. William Cassell was adzeing batters, and by some means the adzeslipped and made a severe cut in the instep of one foot The sufferer journeyed to…

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Later Particulars. a Horrible Scene. Cause of the Accident Inexplicable List of Dead and Wounded. SYDNEY, Saturday morning

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

Further particulars of the railway disaster shows that the train left Redfern station at 5.55 p.m. filled with passengers, and that the engine left the track when going full…

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British Prestige Injured. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 3

The delay at Pekin in exacting punishment for the Chu-chou massacres is seriously injuring British prestige there and in the provinces…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Ten Persons Killed and Injured. Burial of the Victims

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

One of these awfully sudden disasters which sometimes plunge a community into dismay and mourning occurred on Friday evening on the…

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The Latest News. Burial of the Victims. Condition of the Injured. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

yesterday thousands of persons visited the scene of the recent railway disaster. The driver of the train is in a…

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The Railway Accident the Driver's Statement. the Inquest, Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

How the accident happened no one appears to know, and the mystery will probably never be solved. Suddenly the engine which was running at a…

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A Couple of Accidents. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 3

Robert Gardner, an old man, fell from an electric tram in the city on Saturday night, and sustained a fractured leg…

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A Colliery Accident. LONDON

National Advocate · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 3

By a fire in a colliery at Cumberland, Vancouver, 60 miners have been imprisoned in the workings, and little hope of their rescue is entertained…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Sydney. Nine Killed; Twenty-three Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 3

A passenger train which left Sydney for Hurstville at 5.55 on Friday evening ran off the line about 200 yards. beyond-Sydenham shortly lifter 6 o'clock, The engine was overturned, and…

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