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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

918 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 46

Boy Seriously Injured

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

A lad named Hicks, aged 12 years, sustained ranter serious injuries as a result of falling from a willow tree at White Rock yesterday afternoon…

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Fatal Surf Bathing an Orchadist Drowned. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 3

White bathing in the surf yesterday, a Wanheral Gosford, Arthur Lockwood, one of 'the best known, orchardiss of the district, was carried out to…

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Fall of Earth. a Laborer Injured. Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 5

Joseph Pratt, of Moore Park, was working in a trench at a building at Darlinghurst this morning, when a quantity of earth gave way, jambed…

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Buried in a Trench. Man Severely Injured. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 4

Joseph Pratt (26), living at Surrey Hills, was buried by the collapse of portion of a trench being dug in the city this afternoon…

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Peculiar Motor Smash Steering Gear Jams. Accident on the Mountains. Blackheath

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 3

The steering gear of a motor car travelling between Blackheath and Medlow yesterday became jammed and the car swerved and ran up a steep…

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Fatal Fall Accident Near Kelso. Overturned Van Causes Death

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

As the result of an accident which occurred on the Sydney road, in the vicinity of Ingersole's slaughter-house, near Kelso, yesterday…

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Fatality at Kelso

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 6

As the result of an accident which occurred on the Sydney road, in the vicinity of Ingersole's slaughtering house, near Kelso, on Monday…

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Surfing Fatality. Gosford

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

At Yamberal Beach Arthur Lockwood lost his life while surf bathing. He was swept out by the current. Deceased was one of the…

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A Railway Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

Mr. H. Richardson Clark, the Coroner at Hornsby, Bound that Harry Bruce, 27, died from the effects of injuries received in a railway trair…

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Drowned in a Dam. Parkes

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

William Roy Ross, aged 17, was drowned in a dam near the Deep Lead. Ross went in bathing with a younger brother, and apparently took…

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Out to Pieces. Shocking Railway Accident. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 4

Advices received from the South Coast to-day stating that Antonnio Piccedi, an Italian, met with a shocking death last evening. He was walking…

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Woodcutter Struck with Lightning. a Peculiar Accident. Molong

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 3

Frederick Bissell, a young man, was chopping timber during a thunderstorm when the uplifted axe was struck by lightning. Bissell's arms were twisted…

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Railway Accident at 'Wang

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 26 January 1916 · page 2

An accident happened at the railway station during the early hours of this (Tuesday) morning. As a result a man named Douglas. McGuiness had his arm badly crushed…

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Woman and Boy Drowned

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 10

A double drowning fatality occurred at Kararak Flat, near Wingham, whereby Mrs. Duncan and her brother, George Hudson, lost their lives…

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Cycling Fatality Sad Occurrence at Tarana. Tarana

National Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 3

A cycling accident resulted in the untimely death of Master Michael O'Brien, aged 12, son of. Mr, and Mrs. Denis O'Brien, of Turonville. The…

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Killed on the Road the Raglan Hill Fatality

National Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 3

The death on the [?] Hill road of George Frances Stokes, an elderly [?] man, formed the subject of a magisterial inquiry at Bathurst…

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Affray in Papua Collision Between Police and Natives. Eight Natives Shot. Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

Details have been received by the External Affairs Department of an affray in Papua between natives and the police and patrol officers. Eight…

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Accidental Death

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. C. Jennings yesterday morning conducted a coronial inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Walter J. Stoke, whose dead…

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Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 27 January 1916 · page 20

Whilst out riding on Tuesday afternoon last Roy Marks son of Mr. and Mrs. J. Marks of Mudgee met with an accident which might have…

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Motor Cycle Smash Rider Badly Injured. Collision with a Team. Molong

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Through an accident which occurred yesterday just outside the town, William Coles is now in the hospital suffering from a broken jaw and nose, a…

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