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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

691 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 7 of 35

Old Man Injured Early Morning Incident Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

At about one o'clock this morning, a fire broke out in the residence of Mr. Jeffkins in Young-street Annandale. The flames were extinguished…

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Airship Disaster Further Details Cause of Accident What the Survivors Say Vancouver

National Advocate · Friday 24 February 1922 · page 2

Eye witnesses to the disaster of the U.S.A. dirigible saw the Roma begin to fail and tiny figures of the crew rushing frantically about the airship…

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Solicitor Drowned Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 2

The body or a man who is believed to be that of Thomas Bernard Fegarty a Melbourne Solicitor was found on the beach at St. Kilda by the local police…

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Thrown Over Fence Sulky Accident Near Neville

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 25 February 1922 · page 2

When driving her three children to the Neville school last Friday morning. On the Trunkey to Neville Road. Mrs. Oliver Cartwright met with a…

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Injured by Live Wire

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. R. H. Perkins, wood and coal merchant of Blackheath, and treasurer of the Blackheath Diggers' League, was nearly electrocuted on Tuesday. He had taken a load…

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Katoomba's Little Jokes. Motor Car Accident Averted

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 February 1922 · page 2

Mr. Dooley addressed two public meetings on Saturday, one at Wallernwang in the afternoon and the other in the Katoomba Town Hall at night. He was rather…

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Row Escape From Drowning

Leader · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 1

Young fellow, named Spellcer [?], aged about 19 years, had a [?] escape from drowning on the [?]. He is in the employ of Mr…

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Believed to Be Drowned Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 3

It is feared that death by drowning has overtaken ex-Inspector of Police, Mr. David Joseph Nies, of Moss Vale who went out duck shooting in the…

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Bathurst's New Record. Three Accidents in Three Hours. Bathurst

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 1 March 1922 · page 1

Three sulky accidents in three hours have constituted a new record for the district. Richard Webb, a Tarana auctioneer, was driving into Bathurst when his horse took…

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Run Down by Train Fatality at Locksley Two Men Killed—literally Cut to Pieces

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 2

The paper train from Sydney to Bathurst to-day swept down on two members of a stationary train at Locksley and killed both. The victims were:— HERBERT LANCE EVANS, 34, popular Bathurst footba'l…

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Cordial Bottle Bursts Accident to Mr. J. Devoy

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 2

Mr. John Devoy met with a severe accident at his cordial factory an Wednesday last. Whilst bottling cordials a bottle burst…

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Council's Liability for Contractor's Accidents

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 2 March 1922 · page 8

An unusual question was raised at the Municipal Council meeting on Monday night in regard to the liability of the council in the case…

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Shocking Railway Fatality Two Men Killed at Locksley

Leader · Friday 3 March 1922 · page 5

A shooking railway fatality occured yesterday afternoon at Locksley, when two men—a ganger and a fettler—were killed through being run over by what…

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Locksley Fatality Inquest Opened Caucht Between Two Fires Contradictory Evidence

The Bathurst Times · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 2

The inquest in connection with the railway fatality at Locksley on Thursday last, when Herbert Lancelot Evans and William Fogarty were run…

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Cut to Pieces. Railway Fatality. Two Men Run Down. Bathurst

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 12

A shocking fatality happened at Locksley at noon, when the paper train running from Sydney to Bathurst ran over a ganger and a…

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Mother of Eleven Thrown From Sulky and Killed Fatality Near Eglinton Mrs. C. Lamont's Tragig End

National Advocate · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 2

A particularly sad fatality occurred at Woodside on Saturday afternoon when Mrs. Colin Lamont of "Hillside" was thrown from a sulky and…

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Accident to Mr. G. F. Giles

Leader · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 1

Mr. G. F. Glolen, of Springside, met with an unpleasant accident on the way to the Orange station on Thursday. The axie of his cart broke and…

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Accident to Mayor

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 March 1922 · page 8

Whilst busy erecting machinery at the Mudgee "Guardian," Ald. C. Knight, Mayor of Mudgee, met with a painful accident on Friday…

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Accidental Locksley Fatality Inquest Coroner Expresses Sympathy

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

The inquest into the death of Herbert Lancelot Evans (34), a ganger, and William Fogarty (45), a laborer, who were run down and killed by the…

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Railway Fatality Evidence at the Inquest Unfortunate Men Confused a Conflict in Details Verdict of Accidental Death

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1922 · page 2

The inquest in connection with the tragic death of Ganger Herbert Lancelot Evans and Laborer William Joseph Fogerty, the victims of the…

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