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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Motor Car Collision. Katoomba

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 4

A motor car accident occurred on Saturday afternoon between Black heath and Mount Victorian. A 20-h.p. car the property of the Katoomba…

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Big Collision Liner-transport Sunk. Loss Of the Geelong. Accident in the Mediterranean. London

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

The Australian transport Geelong sunk in the Mediterranean through collision with an Admiralty store ship…

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Strange Shooting Fatality. Rabbit Explodes Rifle. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 1

William Charles Fenton, 34, employed as a boiler- maker at Eveleigh, died in Bathrust hospital, to- day as the result of a pea- rifle accident. He was spending a holiday with…

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Railway Fatality. Cabinet Minister's Brothers Killed. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Robert Estell (61), a railway employee, living at Hurstville, and brother of Mr. Estell, Minister for Labor and Industry, was knocked…

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Y.M.C.A. Organisers Drowned London

National Advocate · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 2

Four Y.M.C.A. organisers were on board the Persia, bound for Egypt. One was drowned. All the mails were lost…

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Snake Causes Accident

Leader · Wednesday 5 January 1916 · page 1

As a couple of district residents were driving into town in a sulky on Friday afternoon (says the Lithgow 'Mercury") they met with a peculiar…

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Ceelong Collision. London

National Advocate · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

The Geelong collided with the steamer Bonvilston…

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Troopship Sunk. the Geelong in Collision

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 13

The Australian troopship Geelong has been sunk in the Mediterranean by collision with an Admiralty ship. There was no loss of life…

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Narrow Escape. Motor Car Accident. Uralla

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

On Saturday night a party of young people were out for a spin in Mr. Arthur Carter's car, with Walter Vickers at the wheel. When nearing n railway…

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Arm Cut Off. Accident to Mr. Burrowa

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. W. L. Burrows, of Craigilea, Craboon, had the misfortune to have part of this left arm cut off with a [?] cutter on Tuesday…

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The War. Persia Sunk. More Murder on High Seas Most of Passengers and Crew Drowned. London

Molong Argus · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 1

The Peninsula Co.'s steamer Persia, bound for Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the passengers and crew were drowned. There were…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

Catherine Carr, of Clyde, who was last week injured through being knocked down by a motor car died in the Parramatta hospital this…

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Pea Rifle Accident. Capertee

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 5

Whilst Geoffrey Ashe (nephew of Mr. Cyril Ashe, of The Meadows) was out shooting with a pea-rille, the base of the shell blew off the bullet, and, rebounding, entered the lad's…

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Accident at Leura

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

A fireman on the morning passenger train. while leaning out of his engine when the train was at Leura this morning was struck by a passing goods train and badly injured…

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Fatal Accident at the Ironworks Shunter Fred Ellery Killed

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 4

A fatal and very sad accident occurred at 12 o'clock to-day in the ironworks yard. The victim, Mr. Frederick Ellery, a shunter in the employ of the Railway Commissioners,…

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Sad Fatality

Democrat · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 11

A sad fatality occurred yesterday forenoon to a young man named Fred Ellery, a shunter employed on the railway. He was engaged with his occupation at the Ironworks…

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Local Another Accident

Democrat · Saturday 8 January 1916 · page 11

Another accident, we are informed, happened on the railway yesterday morning. A fireman who was looking out of his train, when a carriage door of a passing train…

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Fatality at Lithgow

Leader · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

A fatal and very sad accident occurred at 12 o'clock, on Thursday in the ironworks yard. The victim, Mr Frederick Ellery, a shunter in the…

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Serious Railway Collision Sydney

Leader · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 2

Two goods trains collided at Clyde on Saturday morning. One train was shunting, and through some oversight the engine had not been coupled, so…

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Shunter Killed Lithgow Fatality Lithgow

National Advocate · Monday 10 January 1916 · page 4

A fatal accident happed at a little past midnight yesterday in the shunting yards at Eskbank ironworks. A young man named Frederick…

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