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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Steamers in Collision. a Pilot Boat Capsized. Auckland

Leader · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 3

The mail steamer Sierra, when leaving Auckland to-day for Syndey, came into collision with, and capsized, the pilot steamer Kuaka. Three men…

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Accidental Poisoning

Leader · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 2

At Gilgandra on Monday a man named George Colli[?]on mixed some sheep dip with honey in mistake for sulphur, and gave his eldest boy a…

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Accident in an Underground Railway. London

Leader · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 3

An accident occurred at Paris in an underground railway between Combat and Bellevoale stations. A number of people were injured…

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The Recent Accident

Leader · Wednesday 20 January 1904 · page 4

Drs Wilson and Howse were again in attendance on Senior Constable Fletcher on Tuesday. His many friends will be glad to know that he…

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A Gilgandra Fatality

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 11

A telegram from Gilgandra says:-" A terrible misadventure occurred here lost night, when Mr. Collison, a well-known householder accidentally…

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Peculiar Accident While Training

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

On Monday morning early, while exercising his horse on Burraga racecourse, a young follow named Bert Wilcox met with an accident which…

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Accident to a Constable

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1904 · page 4

Senior-constable Fletcher, of Millthorpe (N.S.W) who was doing duty at Forest Reefs on Saturday afternoon, met with a serious accident. While…

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Crashed to Death. a Railway Fatality. Sidney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

A ganger, named Maxwell, was crushed to death at Parkes this morning, by a train shunting back upon him…

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Severe Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 13

MR. FRANK SANDS, brother to Mrs. E. H[?]gan, of the Courthouse Hotel, Molong, and brother to Mr. Harry Sands, of Cargo, met with a severe…

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A Nasty Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 3

Mr. Pierrie Stapleton, of Bathurst, who is known to many in this district, met with a rather nasty accident on Sunday while driving with a friend. A local report runs thus:--"They were crossing a…

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Accident to a Local Man

Leader · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 4

We regret to hear that Mr Joseph Ryan, of Boulder City, Western Australia, met with a serious accident on the 6th instant by being caught in…

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Railway Fatality at Parkes. Parkes

National Advocate · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

A ganger named Maxwell was killed at Parkes this morning during shunting operations…

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Serious Accident at Forest Reefs

The Blayney Advocate and Carcoar Herald · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

At Forest Reefs on Saturday afternoon, Senior-constable Fletcher, of Millthorpe, met with a serious accident. He had been on duty at Forest Reefs, and while getting…

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Fearful Accident at Parkes

Leader · Saturday 23 January 1904 · page 2

Particulars have been received of a fearful accident at Parkes, by which Ganger George Maxwell lost his life. It appears that at 9.30 yesterday…

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Accident at March

Leader · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 2

Mr William Boulton, of March, met with a serious accident on Monday last. He was thatching a stack on a ladder, when the top rung broke,…

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The Recent Accident

Leader · Monday 25 January 1904 · page 4

Senior Constable Fletcher had a bad night on Friday, but was a little better on Saturday morning. At night his condition was unchanged…

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Telegraphic News. Drowning Fatalities. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 3

Two bodies wore found in the water to-day. Neither of them has yet been identified. One was that of a man about 50 years of age, and was found…

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Drowned in a Tank. Broken Hill

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

Emily May Nicholl, aged 15 years, fell into a tank when drawing, water from the railway to the town yesterday. The body was recovered…

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Death at Oberon. the Result of an Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 3

The young man, Arthur Hennes, who was thrown from a horse on Sunday, the 10th, and trampled upon so seriously that several ribs were broken, the lungs and one kidney injured, died on Friday…

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Fatal Accident at Burraga. Crushed by a Truck

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 3

On Friday afternoon Morgan O'Connell, an employee in the Lloyd mine, while working on the tramway line, had his right leg badly crushed through being run over by a truck. It is only a few…

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