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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Drowning Fatality

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

Word reached Bathurst yesterday that a grandson of Mrs. King, of Russell-street, was drowned at Woodstock that day. Deceased was 18 years of age…

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Boxer Injured MELBOURNE

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 4

Frank Thorn beat Billy Elliott, of Sydney, in the feather-weight boxing contest. The first round was evenly contested, but the fight ended…

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Twenty-four Drowned. Loss of the Tathra

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

A cable received on Monday morning by the Navigation Department confirmed tho news of the foundering of the steamer Tathra in the New Hebrides Group, with…

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Motor Fatality. Driver Committed for Manslaughter, Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

At the inquest to-day concerning the death of James Hitchcock, 46, who was killed in a motor collision on the Darlington-road on January 11, the…

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Twenty-seven Drowned. Skaters on Unsafe Ice. Berlin

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 2

The sudden collapse of a large area of ice in the River Eno to-day was responsible for the loss of many lives. Hundreds of people were skating…

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Mob, Police, and Soldiers. Street Fighting at Lawrence. Many People Injured. Lawrence (Mass.)

National Advocate · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 3

A mob of textile workers, numbering 3000, attempted to rush the mills during the strike. They smashed the doors and windows…

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Mining Accident. Broken Hill

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 3

Sidney Rolfe was killed on the South mine on the surface yesterday. He was engaged on the tailings dumps, when about 40 tons fell, and buried…

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Blackheath. a Nasty Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 1

Messrs, Beeby Acting-Premier, and Dooley arrived here per motor on Saturday morning, and were met by members of the Progress Association. Those present…

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Fatal Driving Accident. Thrown From a Cart. Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 17 January 1912 · page 3

A fatal driving accident occurred near Springwood yesterday. A resident of Kaloomba named O'Brien (40), while employed in carting operations, was in the act of…

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Melbourne Drowning Fatality the Clothes Identified. Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 3

The mystery surrounding the drowning, on Sunday morning in the Saltwater River, of a man, now presumed to be John M'Donald, a laborer, of 78…

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Telegrams. Collision with an Engine. Horse Killed—boy Injured. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 2

George Davis, a youth, employed as a tip carter, while driving across a railway line this morning the horse shied at a passing train, and collided…

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Beneath a Tram. Horses Killed; Driver Injured. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 2

George Davis, a youthful carter, was driving across the railway line at Barornia, on the northern line, when the horses, took fright at an approaching…

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Sensational Smash Train and Cart. Youth Severely Injured. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 5

A sensational smash occurred on the Northern Railway line, near Hornsby, this morning, a morning, a moving crashing into a tip-dray, and…

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Run Down by a Motor Car, Cyclist Upset and Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 19

This morning an accident occurred on the Cullenbone Road, a visitor to Mudgee being run down by a motor car. It appears that a…

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Beyond Conception Sir. Wm. Lyne and Government House. How Sydney Will Be Injured. the State's Short-sighted Policy. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 3

Discussing the attitude of the State Government in regard to Federal Government House, Sir Wm. Lyne offered sharp criticism upon what he…

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Horse Turns a Somersault Nearly a Serious Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 18 January 1912 · page 19

On Wednesday night last about 9 o'clock, Mrs. A. Underwood, together with another lady and four or five little children, were driving to…

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Collision at Eveleigh

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 4

A collision occurred as the Eveleigh shunting yards, Redfern, this morning, two engines meeting head on. One was thrown right off the line. Both were considerably…

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Sensational Collision a Man's Narrow Escape. Orange

National Advocate · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

A sensational collision occurred near a lamp-post in Summer-street to-day, a bolting saddle-horse without a rider violently crashing into a standing…

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Buggy Accident in East Orange

Leader · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

While a buggy, driven by a lady, and containing some children, was proceeding along Summer-street, East Orange, in the vicinity of Harry…

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Serious Accident to a Well-known Resident

Leader · Friday 19 January 1912 · page 2

About five o'clock yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred at the intersection of Summer-street and Lord's Place. A horse belonging to…

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