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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Sad Fatal Accident. Two Youths Killed by Lightning

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 14

An unusually sad fatal accident happened at Ulan on Sunday last. Two youths, Albert Archer (18) and Robert Bailey (20), who lived with and were the…

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A Painful Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 January 1908 · page 15

Mr. Spinks, the general foreman butcher in the employ of Mr. J. C. Gunnell, whilst sawing a joint of beef on Tuesday, inadvertently allowed his…

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The Accident to Mr. W. C Sheppard

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

Mr. O. S. Smith (late of Lithgow district school, but now at Parramatta) was one of the teachers who accompanied Mr. W. C. Sheppard, of Rydal, on the holiday…

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Ironworks Sick and Accident Society

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 3

It seems a pity that the Ironworks Sick and Accident Society has been disbanded. An institution of the kind is capable of great usefulness, and its existence, while…

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A Nasty Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

Frederick Brauagan (9) son of Mr Patrick Branagan, of Piper-street, met with a painful accident last evening. He was playing barefooted in the Royal paddock with some…

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Ulan. Heavy Storms...Sad Fatality...Cricket

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 19

The excessive heat has at last taken a change. On Saturday, 25th instant, heavy clouds hung over the country north of Ulan, and in the evening a…

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Railway Collision at Bulli. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 2

A serious collision between two engines happened on the South Bull Colliery line, which was followed by the death of Driver Osborne through…

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Mining Fatality. Smothered Under Tailings. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 2

A miner named John Harris was smothered in a [?]me pit connected with the new mill of the Central Mine at Broken Hill last night…

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A Railway Collision Two Engines Damaged. Driver Dies From Heart Failure Wollongong

National Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 2

A serious collision between two engines happened this evening on the South Bull Colliery line, which was followed by the death of Driver Osborne from heart…

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A Steamer Wrecked Off the West Australian Coast Chief Engineer Drowned Freemantle W.A.),Wednesday

National Advocate · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 3

The steamer Windsor, 2892 tons, with Captain Walters in charge, which left Freemantle at five o'clock on Saturday evening for Hongkong, with a cargo at 2400 tons…

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Dark Corner. Sickness and Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 3

The weather since Saturday's downpour has been delightful. The rain came just in time, as all herbage was parched, and the water was fast giving out…

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Accident

Leader · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 2

Master Jack Merrin, son of Mr J. G. Merrin of Lord’s Place, had a narrow escape from Serious injury last evening. He was playing with a…

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Fatality at Barren Jack. YASS

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

A man named Patrick McNamara was mining some rock at Barren Jack yesterday, when 10 tons of stone fell on him. Both of his arms were practically cut off above the…

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Invalidity and Accident Pensions

National Advocate · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 4

The Clerk of Petty Sessions has received the application forms under the Invalidity and Accident Pensions Act, 1907. Any person, from the age of 16 upwards,…

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A Bicycle Accident

Leader · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 3

Mr. V. Bernascoul met with rather a nasty accident by falling off a bicycle yesterday. He was riding down a hill when someone in a cart was…

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Drowning Fatality at Cox's River Finding of the Body. an Old District Resident the Victim

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 2

Word came in to the Lithgow police on Saturday that a man named John Conlon, living on Macarthur's farm, at Off Flats, three males from Hampton, had…

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Two Men Drowned SYDNEY

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 2

Two residents of Cimperdown, Arthur Aldous, 25, and Ernest Wilson, 21, were drowned to-day, the first named while fishing off the rocks at Watson's Bay, and the…

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The Windsor Wreck. Captain and Chief Officers Drowned. Capers of Cowardly Chows. West Australia

Leader · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 2

The steamer Windsor, which was wrecked on the Pelsart Island, has disappeared from view. In addition to the Chief Engineer,…

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Painful Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1908 · page 2

Mr. Lee, who was on a visit to his brother-in law, Mr. S. W. Webb, last week, had he misfortune to be thrown from a sulky, whereby he…

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An Injured Ankle

National Advocate · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

Whilst walking in the Bathurst railway yards yesterday, Mr William Lorimer, head goods porter, slipped on a stone and fell heavily to the ground. As a result, he…

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