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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Reported Shooting Accident. Molong

National Advocate · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

It was rumored at the Molong races to-day that a shooting accident had occurred at Cardington Hall, near Molong. The victim is said to be Mrs…

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Miners' Accident Fund. the Claim for Increases. a Newcastle Opinion

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 4

An agitation has been going on in the Newcastle district for some considerable time with a view to obtaining an increase in the allowances to beneficiaries under the…

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Lucky Accidents

Leader · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 2

Nearly all the beet and most useful inventions were [?] upon by accident. These peculiar results have happened when their inventors or discoverers have been engaged…

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Shooting Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 6

RESIDENTS of Molong received quite shock on Thursday afternoon when word was received in town that Mrs H S Carr of Cardington Hall had been the victim of a…

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A Lucky Accident

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 4

"What great events from little causes spring." We wonder how many of our readers know that one of the principle causes of the prosperity of the Staffordshire…

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Two Sad Fatalities. Child Drowned at Appletree Flat

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 April 1904 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon the police received word that a child named Gardiner had been drowned in the river at Appletree Flat…

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Mr. William Box Fatally Injured. Thrown From His Cart

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 11 April 1904 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Mr. William Box, a very old resident of Budgee, was driving into Mudgee in an empty dray…

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The Team Collision. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

The inquest on William Snelling the bookmaker who was killed in the tram collision at Kensington on Wednesday last was continued to-day. After…

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A Shooting Accident. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 3

The Ameer of Afghanistan has been the victim of a shooting accident. He was engaged in snipe shooting when the gun he was using burst, hurting…

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Fatal Accident. to a Popular Solicitor. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

Mr. W. Lindsay Thompson, solicitor, of 98 Pitt-street, an extremely popular and well known genial gentleman, accidentally shot himself at his office…

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Accident to the Rev. Mr. Metcalfe

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 2

The Rev. J. E. Metcalfe had a narrow escape from serious injury on Sunday morning. He was proceeding in his buggy to an appointment at Portland, and when in…

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Burraga. a Mine Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 April 1904 · page 3

A miner named Ambrose Batcheldor, employed in the Lloyed mine, met with a serious accident of Friday night by a fall of earth. The slip was not of an extensive…

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To-day's Cables. Disaster to the Russian Flagship. Admiral Makaroff Drowned. LONDON

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 12

Russian sharpshooters have killed a number of Japs on an island in the river Yalu. A boat, containing a large number of Japanese cavalry, was sunk…

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The Shooting by a Solicitor Accident, or Suicide Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 14 April 1904 · page 3

The inquest on the body af Mr. W L Thompson, the solicitor, who was found shot in his office in Pitt-street, was continued to-day…

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The War. a Russian Battleship Sinks. Accidentally Strikes a Torpedo. Admiral Makaroff Drowned. London, Wednesday Afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 3

News of the lose of a Russian battleship has just come to hand. It appears that the Petropavlovsk, a battleship of 10,960 tons, was manocuvring off Port…

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The War. Another Russian Disaster. a Battle S Hip Blown Up. Admiral Makaroff Drowned. London

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 4

Russian reports state that a detachment of sharpshooters surprised and killed 10 Japanese scouts on the Yalu on the night of April 8; A Russian boat opposite…

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Painful Accident

Leader · Friday 15 April 1904 · page 4

A painful accident occurred to Mr Herbert Gehac, who is in the employ of Messrs L Heston and Co., at a boat 12 o’clock this morning. He was…

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Tramway Collision at Handwick. a Verdick of Manslaughter. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 2

The inquest on the body of a bookmaker, who was killed in the tram collision which occurred a fortnight ago on the Randwick line, was…

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Accident to the Misses Hamer

Leader · Tuesday 19 April 1904 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon an accident occurred to Misses M. and A. Hamer. There were driving along the Bathurst road, and when opposite the tannery a…

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Suicide or Accident. an Open Verdict. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 20 April 1904 · page 2

At the inquest on the late Lindsay Thompson, which was concluded to-day, further evidence was given principally referring to tho deceased's…

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