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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Railway Collision at Adelaide ADELAIDE

National Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

A goods train on its way to Adelaide misses the points nod ran on to a siding, where another train going the other way was sidetracked. A collision occurred…

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Fatal Cycling Accident MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

Leslie Charles Bain (18), farmer of Diamond Creek, was riding a bicycle at Northcote today, when be collided with the shaft of a vehicle and sustained fatal…

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Serious Driving Accident. Sunny Corner

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 3

Mr. Waters, catechist to the Rev. Vaughan Rose, of this parish, met with a serious accident last night while driving to Sunny Corner to hold Divine service. The…

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A Bicycle Accident. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 25 January 1907 · page 5

Peter Smith was brought into Bathurst by mail train to-night suffering from serious injuries caused by a bicycle accident near Trunkey. Smith was returning on a…

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Fatality in Bathurst at the Railway Yards Young Fellow Run Over and Terribly Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

A terrible fatality occurred at the Bathurst railway yards at an early hour this morning, a young fellow named Milne Smith, employed as a cleaner in…

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Demolishing a Wall. Man Killed. Two Injured. Sydney

Leader · Saturday 26 January 1907 · page 2

Three men, Monday, senior, George Monday, 21; residing with parents at Newtown and George Roach, engaged in demolishing a wall of some old…

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The Railway Fatality a Magisterial Inquiry Finding of Accidental Death

National Advocate · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry was held it the Courthouse on Saturday by Mr G S White, Deputy Coroner, concerning the death of David Milne Smith, which occurred at an…

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Leaderettes Accident at Bathurst

Leader · Monday 28 January 1907 · page 2

Early on Saturday [?] as th excursion train was leaving Bathurst a cleaner named David Milne Smith, (a nephew of Mr. J. M…

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Blast Furnace Sick & Accident Association. Social Gathering

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 1

The first fortnightly social gathering of the Eskbank Blast Furnace Sick and Accident Association took place in the Commercial Hotel on Monday evening, the…

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Accident on the Zigzag

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 29 January 1907 · page 2

Some time last week--about Wednesday--there was a mishap on Hie Zigzag. It appears; from the meagre particulars that can be gathered, that a train, with two…

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Storm at Hongkong a Hundred People Drowned. London

Leader · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 2

A terrific rain storm occurred at Hong Kong, lasting ten minutes. 50 native crafts were swamped and 100 persons drowned…

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A Broken Thigh Accident to Mr Garvin Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 30 January 1907 · page 3

The Inspector General of Police, Mr Thomas Garvin. fell from a tram near Queen Victoria's statue this morning, and broke his right thigh…

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Another Railway Accident Youth Run Over at Kelso Two Legs Amputated

National Advocate · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 2

A railway accident occurred at Kelso early yesterday morning, a youth named Roy Freeman (17) being run over by a train, sustaining terrible…

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Accident at Mumbil

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 31 January 1907 · page 13

Writes a correspondent:—A somewhat simple, yet serious, accident happened at Mumbil one day last week to Mr. Ben Sloane, of Stuart Town, and…

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Railway Fatality. an Engine-cleaner Killed. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

A railway accident occurred at the Bathurst station early this morning, by which David Milne Smith, 19, an engine-cleaner, lost his life. From the evidence given at…

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The Trunkey Accident Smith Succumbs to His Injuries

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

The young man, Peter Smith (22), who was admitted to the Bathurst Hospital on January 23, suffering from serious injuries as the result of a…

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Shooting Accident at Orange

National Advocate · Friday 1 February 1907 · page 2

Our Orange correspondent last night wired as follows : Yesterday afternoon a party of shooters from Orange encroached on Mr Daniel Duggan's property, a short…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 2 February 1907 · page 4

ON Saturday morning last, Mr. Harry Davis, of West Molong, was the victim of a pea rifle accident; but, fortunately, it was not attended with much serious results. It appears the…

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Kelso Railway Accident

National Advocate · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 2

Roy Freeman, the youth who was run over by goods train at Kelso early on Wednesday morning, with the result that he had to have the lower portion of both legs…

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Buggy Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 4 February 1907 · page 2

On Friday afternoon last whilst Misses Laura and Blanche Lowe, of Wilbecree, were driving in the West End their horse shied opposite the soap…

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