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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

569 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 29

Dreadful Accident at Broken Hill. Broken Hill

Leader · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 3

Two miners, Tames Ferguson and Thos Pollock, were blown to pieces at South Mine this morning through boring into an old hole in which some…

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Accident

Leader · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

Mr Richard Fitzgerald, in the employ of Messrs B Plowman and Co, of Piesley-street, met with a nasty accident at the firm’s wood…

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Accident to Mr. Allen Mockett

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 20 May 1905 · page 1

On Saturday last Mr Allen Mockett, while engaged in adjusting portion of the machinery in McGee and Co's flour mills (Parkes)had the misfortune to have two fingers of his…

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Accident at Sea Sydney

Leader · Monday 22 May 1905 · page 2

The steamer “ Peterborough ” outward bound, ran down and sank the ketch “Jessie” at the Heads on Friday night. A boy, who was below,…

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An Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 2

On Saturday night a youth named Harry McEvoy met with an accident as a result of which he will bo incapacitated for some daye. It appears that he was riding behind…

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Bowenfels. a Nasty Accident. Telephone and Church Matters

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 7

Everybody here was looking for "his " scalp last' Saturday, morning. I mean him--the man whose fault At was that we did not got our "Mercury" on the right day…

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The Kaiser’s Health Accident to the Empress London

Leader · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 3

A leading German paper has published an article urging the great desirability of quiet for the Kaiser, which is causing uneasiness in…

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The Kaiserive’s Accident. London

Leader · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 2

The injuries sustained by the Kaiserive, as a result of her fall downstairs are more serious than at first thought…

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Perilous Incident. Governor of New Guinea Nearly Drowned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 25 May 1905 · page 21

His Honor Judge Murray, now Governor of New Guinea, and who was well known in Mudgee and throughout the west as Crown…

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The Harbour Collision. Sydney

Leader · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 2

The body of the boy, G. Bullen, who was drowned when the ketch, Jessie, was sunk in the collision in the harbour last Friday, was…

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Chief of Police at Siedlce Injured by a Bomb. London, Wednesday afternoon

National Advocate · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 3

The Chief of Police at Siedice while seated on the verandah of his Club was severely injured by a bomb. The thrower escaped…

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A Nasty Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 4

A very nasty accident happened to a young man named George Heggie at the ironworks on Tuesday morning. He was working in a boiler with other men…

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Accident

Leader · Friday 26 May 1905 · page 4

On Monday, while working at the alterations at the G W Mill, Mr C Schussler bad the misfortune to severely wrench his back. He was able…

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Collision Near Sydney Heads. Drowning of Young Bullen. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 3

The Coroner to-day held an inquest concerning the death of the boy George Bullen who was drowned as a result of the collision between the ketch Jessie…

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Accident

Leader · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 3

Whilst driving to the races yesterday Mr Andy Ryan, licensee of the colonial wine shop at Copper Hill, fell from the vehicle, sustaining some very…

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A Serious Accident

National Advocate · Monday 29 May 1905 · page 2

Shortly after midnight on Saturday, a young man named William Shanahan, residing with his mother at Rocket-street, South Bathurst, met with a serious accident…

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Portland Progress. Social and Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

A social, was held in the new hall on Friday night, in aid of Mr. Thomas Field, who Juts been laid up for some months with rheumatics. There was a very good…

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Fatal Accident at Eugowra

Molong Argus · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 12

IT is our painful duty to record a very sad burning fatality, which occured at Yarran Vale, near Eugowra, on Monday, whereby Mr. Patrick O'Mally lost…

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Mount David. Accident to a Boy

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 June 1905 · page 3

A sad accident happened here on Saturday night to a boy named Sidney McGaw, who lives with his grandmother, Mrs. McGaw, a very old resident of this district…

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Railway Accident at Melbourne. Melbourne

National Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 3

The passenger train which left Williamstown for Flinders at three o'clock yesterday afternoon collided with an express engine which was…

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