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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Recent Railway Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 February 1907 · page 2

An inquiry was held, at the Bathurst railway station yesterday into the circumstances surrounding the recent accident it which Mr Joseph Edwards lost the lowers…

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Serious Buggy Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 13

John Palliser, a groom employed by Mi. C. D. Meares, was driving down Stony Pinch on his way to Mudgee from the Mountains, when he…

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Accident

Leader · Thursday 7 February 1907 · page 4

On Wednesday morning Mr. F. W. Hatfield, of Messrs Edwin James and Co., went into the stable, when a pony gave him a severe kick near the left…

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A Drowning Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 10

ON Thursday afternoon a sad accident happened at the Boree Creek crossing, between Cudal and Manildra, when a highly-esteemed resident of the latter…

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Kelso Accident Fund £17 14s 6d to Date

National Advocate · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 2

No less a sum than £17 14s 6d has been, subscribed to date in connection with the Kelso Accident Fund. The list is as follows :—…

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Shooting Accident at Burraga

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 February 1907 · page 3

While a number of young men were out shooting rabbits, a young man named George Risby accidentally shot himself in the lower part of the chest. He was…

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Molong Mems. Drowning Fatality

Leader · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

As Mrs [?] A. D. Mill[?] Agent, was driving into town this morning with [?] boggy and pair when near the Court House Hotel…

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Severe Storms. a Manildra Resident Drowned

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 10

THE weather during the week has been of an exceedingly oppressive nature, and both on Monday and Tuesday nights thunderstorms threatened, but they eventually…

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A Jockey Injured. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 5

A jockey named James Cook (14), who resides at North Botany, was exercising a pony near his home this afternoon, when the animal became…

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Accident to King Leopold His Carriage Hits a Tram London, Thursday afternoon

National Advocate · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

A startling accident occurred to King Leopold of Belgium, His carriage collided with a tram in Brussels, and his Majesty received a severe shock by…

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Accident to King Leopold. London

Leader · Saturday 9 February 1907 · page 2

While out driving at Brussells in a carriage King Leopold collided with a tramcar. The King sustained a severe shock and was thrown to the…

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Sensation at Bondi a Youth Drowned, Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 2

Swo persons were carried out by the undertow at Bondi this morning, but were shortly afterwards rescued. It was subsequently reported that a…

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Chapter of Accidents SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 2

A 12-year-old child named Ivor Cooney, whoso parents reside at Coolabah, fell over a cliff at Miller's Point, and was killed. The child was an…

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Boy Drowned. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

A lad named Reginald Bourne was drowned while surf bathing at Bondi yesterday. The body was. recovered this afternoon…

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Fatality Near Oberon. Old Resident Killed. Oberon

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

Edward Hughes, an old resident of junction of Duckmaloi and Fish River Creek, over 80 years of age, was killed to-day. He was returning from Oberon in a spring…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 12 February 1907 · page 2

James Grundy, seventeen years of age, was out shooting rabbits on Saturday at the foot of Brown's Gap with a companion. Grundy was walking in front, when…

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Browning Fatality

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 13

This morning Mrs. Stebben received a wire from her son-in-law, Mr George Brown, despatched from Lismore, where he resides, stating that the…

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The Sea's Dangers Vessel Sunk at Midnight Hundreds Drowned London

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 3

The steamer Larchmont, bound for Providence New York, collided with a collier named the Harry Knowleton off Quonochontang, at midnight on…

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A Danamite Explosion. at Prospect Reservoir-two Men Seriously Injured Sydney

Leader · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 2

Two men, James Manning 42. and Edward O’Connor, 27, were engaged at dynamiting work at Prospect today, when a charge went off before…

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Kelso Accident Fund

National Advocate · Thursday 14 February 1907 · page 2

The subscription list on behalf of Roy Freeman, the victim of the late Kelso railway accident, will close on Saturday next, after which the names of the remaining…

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