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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

918 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 46

A Cycling Fatality

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

A cycling accident resulted on Wednesday in the untimely death of Master Richard O'Brien, aged 12, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Denis O'Brien, of…

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Robbed While Injured. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

After having been treated at the Sydney Hospital for injuries received through being knocked down by a motor car, Edward Clarke discovered that…

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Serious Motor Bike Accident. Ald. W. R. Cole Very Badly Injured. Marvellous Escape From Instant Death

Molong Argus · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

A sensational and very serious motor bike accident occurred in Watson Street shortly after six o'clock on Tuesday afternoon, as a result of which…

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Soldier Badly Injured. Fall From a Train. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

When Private Stilton George Todd, of the Seventh Battalion, in camp at Liverpool, fell from a train last night he received injuries from which there are…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

Joseph Edward Richard Baxter (13), living at Cabramatta, was accidently shot at Warwick Farm yesterday, and died on his way to the doctors…

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Accident

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 8

Mr. J. Newman, who is employed at the Great Western Milling Company, met with a very nasty accident at the latter end of last week, which…

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Motor Cycle Accident. Sydney

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 7

A man named William Cole, who was riding a motor cycle at Molony, collided with the loading horses of a wheat team, and sustained a broken…

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Serious Sulky Accident Elderly Lady's Painful, Experience

Leader · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 9

Mrs. Peter Quirk, senior, of Store Creek, had a very distressing experience on Wednesday, the consequences of which, although serious, might…

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Sensational Motor Accident Occupants' Lucky Escape. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. T. Higgs, a president of Liverpool, took a party of residents of the some town on a trip to the Bulli mountains to-day. A tyre coming off…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 4

A fine lad, named Michael O'Brien, son of Mr. and Mrs. Denis O'Brien, of "Turonville," near Tarana, met with an accident, which resulted in his death, while learning…

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Injured Soldier. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

Private Bodd, who fell from a train near Auburn on Wednesday night is now in a critical condition, suffering injury to the spic. Both his legs…

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Coroner Caustic Guard's Unsatisfactory Evidence Urgent Train Causes Fatality Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 2

At a Parramatta inquest to-day, concerning the death of Sybil Woodman (10), who received fatal injure on January 14, through being over by a…

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Sensational Accident. Motor Cycle Collides with Wheat Team

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 7

Mr. W. R. Cole, of Molong, is now an inmate of the hospital, suffering from severe injuries sustained as a result of a collision…

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Double Drowning Fatality. Two Boys Victims

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 2

A very sad drowning fata[?] occurred at Dunedoo on Friday morning last, when Frank Imlay Aiken, aged 11 years, and Dudley Edward…

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An Infant Drowned. Sydney

Leader · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 2

The infant child of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Farrand was drowned at Forbes in a tub set for catching rain water yesterday…

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Blown Off Cart. Farmer Injured. Forbes

The Bathurst Times · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. H. J. Jones, of Tomanbil, met with an extraordinary accident on his farm. He was on top of a load of straw when a "willy-willy" New…

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Drowned in a Tub. Child's Tragic Death. Fordes

The Bathurst Times · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 1

The infant child of Mr. and [?] Frank Farrant was drowned in a [?] of water at its home yesterday [?] child crawled along a [?]…

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Big Flood. Disastrous Dam Burst. Fifty Persons Drowned. San Diego (Cal.)

The Bathurst Times · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 1

At least fifty persons were drowned when the lower dam of the South Californian Water Coy. burst. Over eleven billion gallons of water were…

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Fate of the Appam. Mystery of Mid Ocean. 342 People Probably Drowned. West African Liner Posted Missing. London

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

The most serious fears arc held concerning the Appam, homeward bound. Eighty per cent has been paid to re-insure her. She is now 6 days…

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Sensational Accident. Boy's Miraculous Escape. Gilgandra

National Advocate · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 2

Michael Byrnes, 11, living a few miles out of Gilgandra, had a miraculous escape from death yesterday. He was winding up water from a well 50…

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