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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Injured Russian Destroyer. London, Sunday Afternoon

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

The Khedive of Egypt has agreed to permit absolutely essential repairs being effected to the Russian torpedo boat destroyer at Alexandria…

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Slight Railway Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 2

A delay of several hours to goods traffic occurred on Saturday evening through the breaking of an axle of a truck on a goods train coining from Bathurst. The mishap…

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Fatal Accident at Portland

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 3

The Coroner, Mr. Beard, received word to-day by wire from Portland as follows:--"William Spalding was accidentally killed in the mill at the cement works…

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Accident to Mr. E McMenamin

National Advocate · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. E J McMenamin, the well known baker of Kelso, met with a nasty accident on Tuesday afternoon. He was out driving near Glanmire, when the cart struck…

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Fatal Lift Accident. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 2

A young man named J Fryer, who recently received a fractured jaw, the result of being struck with a lift at Alcock’s warehouse, York-street, died…

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The Portland Fatality

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 4

A fatal accident happened at the cement works this (Tuesday) afternoon, by which a fitter named William Spalding lost his life. The deceased entered a ball mill at…

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Recent Parkes Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 3

THE Railway Commissioners have donated the sum of £250 to the widow of the late Mr. George Maxwell, who was killed recently while engaged…

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Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 10

What might have been a very serious accident happened Messrs. Hodges and Miller, of Cumnock, last Friday. They were on their way to…

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Accident to a Bathurstian

National Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

By the last New Zealand mail Mr George Evans, of tho Railway Hotel, received word of a serious accident that be fell his son, Thomas Frederick, at the…

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Telegraphic News. Accident to Major Taylor. Melbourne

Leader · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 2

On the Melbourne Cricket Ground last night, in the two-mile race between Lawson and Major Taylor, the latter met with a severe accident…

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The Portland Fatality

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2

" A fatal accident happened at the coment works on Tuesday afternoon, by which a fitter named William Spalding lost his life. Tho deceased…

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A Shocking Accident. Albury

National Advocate · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at Walburdrie yesterday, W. Lucas, a Government maintenance man, and wife left home to attend a sale some 10…

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Accident to a Cricketer

National Advocate · Monday 22 February 1904 · page 2

One of the members of the team who were playing against the Englishmen on Saturday, Dr. Gerald Kenna, received a nasty wound on the left hand in attempting…

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Serioulsy Injured

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 2

A serious and painful accident was brought into Dr Thomas Wright’s surgery on Tuesday last A young man named John Fittler, of Church…

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Mining Fatality London

Leader · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 2

Seven miners were killed in a coal pit at Rotherham, through the breaking of a rope…

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Railway Collision. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

A railway collision occurred this morning at Gosford, between a goods and a stock train. Several of the waggons was damaged…

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Accident to Miners. LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 3

Seven miners have been killed in a coal pit at Rotherdam by the breaking of a rope…

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Serious Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 February 1904 · page 11

A serious buggy accident occurred on Tuesday morning, when Dr. Nickoll and Mrs. Nickoll were driving along the Gulgong road, between Caerleon…

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Hereditary Fatality

Molong Argus · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 7

THE death of a man named Samuel Turner, at Port Morris, not long since, may almost be described as a case of hereditary fatality. While on his way…

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Telegraphic News. Wooloomooloo Fatality Sydney

Leader · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 2

At the Criminal Court, Francis McFadden and William McFadden, both young men, were charged with the manslaughter of a young man…

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