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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Horse Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 24 March 1904 · page 2

Whilst riding a spirited horse yesterday afternoon. Mr. Tom Sloane, licensee of the Globe Hotel, met with a nasty accident. He was riding down…

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Frightful Accident. Ganger McClusky Cut to Pieces

Molong Argus · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 5

ON Monday morning last Ganger John McClusky, [?] on the railway length between Molong and Amaroo for the past eleven years, was cut to…

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Accident to a Child

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a little one-and-a-half year old son of Mr. B. Silk was playing with other children, in the vicinity of Tank-street bridge. Some of the…

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Shocking Fatality. GANGER McCLUSKY Out to Pieces

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 4

QUITE a sensation was caused in town on Monday morning when the news became known that Ganger John McClusky had been overtaken by the mail train and cut to pieces…

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Accidentally Shot Dead Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

A lad nomad Keith Woodward (13) whilst playing with other boys at Newtown to-day was accidentally shot with a revolver held by another lad…

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Fatal Revolver Accident Sydney

Leader · Saturday 26 March 1904 · page 2

Keith Woodward, 13, residing at Camperdown, at noon to-day in company with other in a house at Newtown, was about to proceed to a…

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An Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 28 March 1904 · page 2

On Saturday evening a lad, named William Maddy, was driving round the corner of of Keppel and Bentinck streats when be met with a nasty…

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Two Boys Drowned. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

Yesterday afternoon two schoolboys, named William and Sydney Nicholson, aged 12 and 14 respectively, residing with their parents at 44 Poarl-street,…

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More Bad Luck for Russia. a Destroyer Injured. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

While entering the barbor at Algiers yesterday the Russian torpedc-boat destroyer Burni struck a rock, and was extensively damaged…

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Accident at Burraca

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 3

On Saturday a carter named Dunn met with an accident while unloading wood at the Lloyd Company's mill. Through some cause or other not known the load…

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The Recent Drowning Fatality. Body Recovered. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 2

The police this morning recovered the body of Sydney Nicholson, who was drowned in a waterhole last Monday with his brother…

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Found Drowned Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 2

Two boys named Nicholson were reported missing yesterday and were Lelived to have been drowned. The body of the eldest boy was found in a…

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Supposed Double Drowning. One Body Recovered. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 March 1904 · page 2

The police were informed late last evening that two schoolboys named William and Sydney Nicholson, aged 12 and 14 respectively, residing with their…

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The Recent Drowning Fatality. Body Recovered. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 2

The police this morning recovered the body of Sydney Nicholson, who was drowned in a waterholo last Monday with his brother,…

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Gun Accident

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 31 March 1904 · page 2

On Monday last, Mrs. George Whales, of Lambing Hill, brought a lad named Robert Green into town, suffering from slight gun shot wounds…

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A Report From Noumea. Killed by a Mine Accident a Sad Case

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 April 1904 · page 5

On Tuesday afternoon the townspeople were shocked to learn that Mr. Poyitt had received a cable message from Noumea, New Caledonia, announcing briefly…

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Latest Cables a Racing Accident, LONDON, Friday Afternoon

National Advocate · Monday 4 April 1904 · page 2

A serious racing accident occurred yesterday at the Northampton meeting, A jockey named Hardly, who frequently rides Sceptre, had a mount on…

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Sad Drowning Case

National Advocate · Thursday 7 April 1904 · page 2

PORT MACQUARIE, Wednesday. A sad drowning fatality occurred at Hamilton sawmills about three miles from here, yesterday afternoon. A…

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The Tram Fatality. Inquest Opened To-day. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

An inquest was opened this afternoon on William Snelling, who was killed in a tram smash yesterday. Formal evidence of identification…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 9

GREAT excitement was caused in town yesterday when a report was circulated that Mrs. H. s. Carr, of Cardington, had been shot. It appears a boy was…

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