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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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The Zigzag Railway Accident. Three Officials Charged with Manslaughter. Verdict of Not Guilty

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 4

At the Parramatta Quarter Sessions on Wednesday before Judge Docker, Junes Bourke, william. Henry Fowler, and Fowler, and John Corr, were charged with that they did, on…

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Balloon Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 January 1909 · page 7

The craze for air navigation has caused all sorts of curious accidents this season in America and Europe, Recently in a Fren[?]r city a big balloon fell on the edge…

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A Perilous Moment. Collision at Sea Narrowly Averted. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 5

When the steamer Malaita was approaching Port Jackson this morning, at an early tour, she narrowly escaped being run down by a brilliantly lighted…

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A Railway Smash. Collision at Warncliffe. Seven Trucks Damaged. Traffic Blocked 7 HOURS. Orange

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Saturday 23 January 1909 · page 2

At about 11 o'clock this morning, the goods train from Wellington, that usually arrives at Orange at 12 o'clock, was pulling up at Warncliffe, 23 miles…

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Train Fatality at Stanmore. Sydney

Leader · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

Fredk. W. Clarke, aged about 40, laborer, a single man, while collecting coals along the railway line at Stanmore yesterday afternoon, was…

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Porter's Retreat. the Late Burning Fatality

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

It is of my [?] duty to report the death of Mrs. David Cosgrove, the victim the best of the burning accident. Although the best of medical advice procurable was…

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The Hartley Vale Fatality in Quest Further Adjourned

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

The Coroner's inquest into the death of Henry Stephen Simpson as the result of injuries received in the explosion at Hartley Vale on Friday, 8th January, was…

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Johannesburg Mine Flooded 160 Miners Drowned. London

Leader · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 4

Knight’s dam burst at Johannesburg, and flooded the Withwatersrand mine. Ten whites and 150 native miners were drowned…

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A White Star Line. In Collision. All Hands Saved

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

The White Star liner "Republic," 15,000 tons, collided with an unknown vessel off Nantucket. The "Republic" was starting on an…

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The Irish Trouble. More Evictions. Police Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

While the police were repairing the walls of an Irish farm, from which the tenants had been evicted, they were fired upon from behind a…

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Russians Run Amok. Two People Killed, Twenty Two Injured. Russians Commit Suicide a London Sensation London

National Advocate · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

Two Russian workmen held up a motor-car and seized a bag of sovereigus. They ran amok through Tottenham…

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Railway Accident at Harden, Passengers Badly Shaken. [?]

National Advocate · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 2

A train ran off the line at 4 o'clock this afternoon, seven miles from Harden. The engine, three trucks, and a suburban carriage ran off and tore np the line for…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 25 January 1909 · page 3

Robert Woodrow, a farmer, was killed at Toowoomba owing to his buggy colliding with the stump of a tree…

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Fatality at Byng

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

The Orange police received, on Saturday, a report from Byng, near Orange, to the effect that Charles Martin, who had a contract for conveying rabbits…

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Surf Dangers. Young Woman Drowned. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

Lurline Cotter, aged 20, while bathing at Little Coogee, early this morning was carried out by the undertow and drowned in full sight of a number of…

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Shooting the Breakers. a Surf Batting Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

Miss Lurline Cotter, aged 20, while bathing at Little Coogee early t[?] morning, was carried out by the undertow and drowned, in full sight of…

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Drowned in the Breakers Young Woman's Death. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

Lorline Cotter, 20 years of age, who resided at Chesterfield Parade, Waverley, was drowned in the breakers at Little Coogee this morning while bathing…

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Collision at Sea Six Lives Lost Use of Ethergrams a Cool Captain. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 3

The steamer Florida with 800 Italian immigrants completing their voyage crashed into the 'Republic's' side abreast the engine room…

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A Serious Accident

Leader · Tuesday 26 January 1909 · page 2

A rather serious accident befel Master Roy Lockhart, the five-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Lockhart, of Macnamara Lane, yesterday afternoon. It…

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Cable News. That Collision at Sea.the Courageous Captain. All Hands Saved. London

Leader · Wednesday 27 January 1909 · page 2

Captain Sealby, of the ill-fated White Star Liner “Republic” remained on board the ship till the last moment, along with a small number of…

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