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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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Fatality Shocking Gun Accident Bathurst Doy Killed. Tragedy Near Mount Pleasant

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 2

A shocking accident happened near Mount Pleasant about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when Reginald Bolton, aged 16 years, son of Mr. and…

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Drowned in a Tank Mother and Two Children. Milkman's Shocking Discovery. Adelaide

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 1

The bodies of Mrs. William Lonsdale and her two small children were found in a tin-lined box used as a water tank, at Payneton, the whole three having…

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Shot Dead Bathurst Boys Awful Death Companions Miraculous Escape. Shooting Fatality at Mount Stewart

National Advocate · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 2

As a result of a gun accident, Master Reginald E. V. Bolton, 16½ years of age and second son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bolton of Peel-street, was…

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The Shooting Fatality the Inquest. Verdict of Accidental Death

National Advocate · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 2

The story of the shocking shooting fatality at Stewart's Mount on Anniversary Day, when Reginald Bolton the 16½ year old son of Mr…

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Marine Collision. Steamer and Schooner. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 1

Early yesterday afternoon a collision occurred off South Reef, between steamer Victoria, which was making a trial trip, and the American schooner…

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Shot Dead Shocking Fatality Bathurst Boy's Fate. Accident at Mount Pleasant. Evidence at the Inquiry, Verdict Of Accidental Death

The Bathurst Times · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 4

The District Coroner ([?]) conducted an inquiry at the Bathurst Court House on Saturday morning in the shocking death of Reginald…

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Java Earthquakes. 60 KILLED; 200 Injured. Great Destruction

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 1

A serious earthquake occurred on the Island of Bale, Java. Fifty natives were killed, and 200 injured…

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Fatal Accident

Leader · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 4

Word came to hand on Thursday might of the death of Eric Haddon, son or Mrs. W. H. Haddon, erstwhile proprietress of the Commercial…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Leader · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 2

Walter William Parker, nine, was accidentally shot by his father at Little Plain, near Inverell. The boy called his father to shot crown; his…

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Unusual Rifle Accident. Ex-lithgow Boy's Death at Mount Pleasant

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 29 January 1917 · page 3

A shooting tragedy occurred at Mt. Pleasant on Friday afternoon, the victim being Reginald Bolton, aged 17 years, son, of Mr. R. Bolton, furniture warehouseman of…

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Boy Drowned Brother and Father in Difficulties. Schoolteacher to the Rescue. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 3

A rather dramatic incident occurred on tho Hawkesburry River at Windsor yesterday. George Hunt and his two sons were…

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Motor Bolts Driver Dashes Into Hoarding. a Sensational Accident. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 30 January 1917 · page 2

The driver of a motor waggon in North Sydney had a sensational experience to-day. He was descending one of the…

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Drowned in the Macquarie

Leader · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 4

The body of a man named Frank Meier, 54 years of age, was round floating in the Macquarie River at Dubbo on Thursday morning. The…

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Accident to Archdeacon Mcgrath

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 January 1917 · page 3

Archdeacon McGrath met with an accident while in his way to Burraga on Saturday. When a few miles out of Rockley the horse he was driving was frightened at a motor…

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Portland Sensation. Man Badly Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 16

Early on Tuesday morning James M'Kenna reported to the police at Portland that he had killed William Wakcham for…

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A Bathurst Tragedy. Extraordinary Gun Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 February 1917 · page 8

Reginald Bolton (161/2), son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Bolton, of Bathurst, met his death as the result of a gun accident which occurred at…

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Recent Portland Fatality. the Inquest

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 3

Mr. A. Boyd on, Tuesday held an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of William Shipley, who was killed at the Boldon coal mine on the 23rd instant. The…

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Jockey Injured. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 4

At the Ascot races this afternoon, B. Faddy had his leg badly crushed between his mount and the course fence…

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Remarkable Fatality Impaled by a Crowbar

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 4

A remarkable accident occurred at Canowindra railway station on Tuesday last. A temporary porter, named Colbert, jumped from a truck on…

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Priests' Disappearance Believed to Be Drowned. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 3 February 1917 · page 2

There is not much doubt now that the Rev. Father Chicles Donnelly, assistant priest at Temora, who disappeared shortly after he entered the…

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