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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Engineer Badly Injured. Thrown From a Sulky. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. James Murr, engineer, of the Drummoyne Municipality, met with a nasty accident to-day. He was thrown from his sulky through the…

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Accident

The Bathurst Times · Friday 17 January 1913 · page 2

Mr. A. Ingold, an employee of the Bathurst municipality, has informed the Council that owing to an accident which befell him he had been prevented from…

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Two Lads Drowned. Night Surf Bathing. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 1

Clyde Stevens and Ewart Parker, both 16 years of age, were drowned off St. Kilda beach last night. In company with Lawrence Wrigley…

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Over a Cliff. Serious Motor Accident. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 3

A motor car, containing two occupants, fell into a creek from Jingera Gap (Albury). James Colquhoun, a well-known Riverina wheat grower…

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Sir Normand Maclaurin Accident in the Street. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 1

An unfortunate accident occurred yesterday morning to Sir Normand Maclaurin, M.L.C., Chancellor of the University…

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Black Springs. Scalding Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 20 January 1913 · page 3

A serious accident befell Miss Edna Wilson, of Dartford, on Wednesday. In preparing dinner she was boiling potatoes in a golden syrup tin with a lever lid on…

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Double Drowning Fatality Two Brothers the Victims. Albury

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

A double drowning accident occurred at Goombargana this afternoon. Three brothers, James, Alfred, and Charles Cunningham, aged 18, 27, and…

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Brothers Drowned in a Tank. Non-swimmers Again. Albury

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

Three brothers named James, Alfred, find Charles Cunningham, aged 18, 27 and 22 respectively, sons of a well known farmer, and none of them…

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Sensational City Runaway. Driver Injured; Horses Destroyed. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 21 January 1913 · page 2

There was a sensational bolt in the city this afternoon. The b[?]akes controlling a three-horse dray loaded with cement became ineffective when…

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Cables. Motoring Fatality. London

Leader · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

A motor car, containing four army officers, at Lipzic, ran into a carriage, and all four officers were killed. The driver committed suicide…

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Peculiar Accident. Pea-rifle Again. West Maitland

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

A serious shooting accident occurred at Greta, the victim being a young Englishman, Owen Sharkey, 20 years of age, who had only been a few months…

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Pea Rifle Again a Peculiar Accident. West Maitland

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 4

A serious shooting accident occurred at Greta on Saturday evening, the victim being a young Englishman, Owen Sharkey, 20 years of age, who…

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Fatal Motor Car Accident. Three Officers Killed. Chauffeur's Reported Suicide. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 4

A motor car, containing four officers, collided with a carriage at Leipzig. Three of the officers were killed, and the fourth seriously injured…

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A Portland Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

A painful accident happened at the Cement Works on Saturday, when a man named Percy Lingham received injuries to both arms. He was engaged greasing…

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Telegrams. Railway Collision. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

Another railway smash occurred yesterday. Two engines collided at Eveleigh yards, through one engine fouling the points. The impact was…

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Gas Lamp Explodes Two Men's Eyes Injured. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

Alfred Doberer, am electrician, and John Botham, an engineer, were badly burnt about the eyes, by a gas lamp explosion at the City Council's power…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. the West Maitland Affair. West Maitland

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

The young man named William Edward Sharke, who was shot by a pearifle through a bullet being fired into the wall of a galvanised iron house by the…

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Cudgegong Municipal Council. Another Accident. Claim for Compensation. Water for West End. Retrenchment Foreshadowed

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 23

The regular fortnightly meeting of the Cudgegong Council was held on Tuesday, there being present: Aldermen E. Hughes (Mayor), G. Stewart…

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Fatal Pea-rifle Accident. an Immigrant the Victim. West Maitland

National Advocate · Thursday 23 January 1913 · page 2

Owen Sharkey, a young man, who arrived from England only a few days ago, died at the hospital to-day as the result of a [?] accident…

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London Motor Bus Fatality. Charge of Manslaughter. London

The Bathurst Times · Friday 24 January 1913 · page 4

Legood, the driver of the motor-bus by which a policeman was knocked down and killed while controlling the street traffic in Ludgate Circus, has been…

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