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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Railway Collision at Sydney Station. Engines Crash Into a Standing Train. Brave Firemen Injured. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 2

A smash occurred at the Central Railway Station yesterday morning, when two runaway engines coupled together crashed into a set of 15…

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Pea-rifle Fatality. Shot Through the Neck

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 2

A young man named Charles Duke, about thirty years of age, was found dead in his hut at Willow Springs yesterday afternoon (Friday). The discovery…

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Sydney Railway Smash Carriages Telescope. Fireman Injured. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 2

A smash occurred at the Central Railway Station early this morning, when two runaway engines coupled together crashed into a set of 10 standing em[?]…

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Mr. Soden's Accident

The Bathurst Times · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 2

Mr. Soden, of Athelone, was in town on Friday, and although his log is still very badly swollen he hopes to be all right again very soon. Mr. Soden had…

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Horse Cut to Pieces and Sulky Splintered. Railway Accident at Katoomba. Katoomba

The Bathurst Times · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 3

A sickening calamity occurred near the Railway Station yesterday evening. A horse with a sulky attached was standing in the yard,, when a goods…

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Accident at Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 23 January 1911 · page 2

An accident occurred at Katoomba on Thursday evening, whereby a horse, the property of R. G. Gailey, a local dealer, was cut to pieces, and the sulky to…

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Remarkable Fatality

Leader · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

Charles Duke, a laborer, aged 30, was found dead in the doorway of his hut at Willow Springs, near Oberon, on Friday evening. The police…

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Three Seamen Drowned. Brisbane, Tuesday

Leader · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

Three firemen on the steamer Waipara, Jas. Hill, Ernest Saddler, and Wm. Martin, were drowned yesterday afternoon. How the men got into…

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Remarkable Fatality. Gun Accidentally Explodes. Shot in the Neck. Oberon

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 4

Charles Duke, a labourer, aged 30, was found dead in the doorway of his hut at Willow Springs on Friday evening. The police examination of the…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Passengers Entrapped. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1911 · page 2

At Rhondda Valley, in Wales, a passenger train and a coal train collided. The carriages of the former were telescoped and the passengers entrapped…

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Terrible Railway Accident the Rhondda Valley Collision. Eleven Bodies Recovered. London, Monday afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 2

Further ghastly details concerning the collision between passenger and goods trains at Rhondda Valley are to hand…

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Accidents Near Sunny Corner Apiarist and Little Girl Seriously Injured. Sunny Corner

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 1

Mr. William Goodall, an apairist, residing at Upper Turon, was kicked on the shin by a horse, and the result was a severe fracture of the leg. The bone…

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Latest Cables. Daeadful Railway Smash a Welsh Disaster. Many Killed and Injured. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 3

A dreadful smash occurred on the railway at Kopkinstown near Po[?]typrid, Wales, yesterday. A coal train cashed into a passenger…

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Thrilling Hotel Fire One Man Loses His Life. Five Seriously Injured. Narrow Escape of Sleeping Guests. Vancouver

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 3

A thrilling fire occurred at Omaha, in Nebraska, last night, the Millard Hotel being completely destroyed. One man lost his life, and five others…

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Accident Near Coal-stage. Man Run Over by Engine

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 2

A man named Frank Bogg (58), fencer in the employ of the railway department, received shocking injuries as the result of run over by an engine near the coal…

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Sunny Corner. Two Serious Accidents

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 3

A little girl about five years old a daughter of Mr. Edward. Bennett of Dark Corner, met with a nasty accident at her parents' residence. She was playing…

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Terrible Railway Accident. London, Monday Afternoon

Leader · Wednesday 25 January 1911 · page 3

Further details concerning the collision between the passenger and goods train at Rhondda valley are to hand The bodies of 8 men and 3 children have…

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Cab Proprietor Killed. Collision with a Tram Car. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

An inquest concerning the death of William Wright (63), cab proprietor, who was killed in Pitt-street owing to a tram smashing into his cab and throwing him…

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Tram and Cab in Collision Tram Driver in Trouble. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

The inquest concerning the death of William Wright (63), a cab proprietor, who met his death through a collision with an electric train, was…

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A Serious Accident

Leader · Thursday 26 January 1911 · page 2

A serious accident befel Master Alick Stevenson, the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Stevenson, of Kite-street, about noon to-day. From the information…

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