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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1923

667 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 34

Kandos. an Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 3

Mr. W. Hindley, an employee of the Cement Co., met with a very sever accident this (Wednesday) morning. Along with some other employees he was…

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Accident at the Factory

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 9 February 1923 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Wilson, leading hand in the forge, shop at the factory, was admitted to the hospital on Monday suffering from a crushed right hand. The accident…

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Constable Attacked Severely Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 2

Constable Noble, of the Annandale Police, was severely injured on Thursday night, when arresting a man. Noble spoke to a man outside an…

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Hero Drowned Attempting to Rescue Two Girls Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 10 February 1923 · page 2

While assisting two girls, who had got into difficulties in the Macquarie River, near Warren, Alfred Swain, 21, was drowned. He went to the help…

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Burning Fatality at Forges

Leader · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

A terrible burning accident [?] at [?] on Wednesday last, as a [?] of which [?] Maud [?] away an early hour…

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Injured by Windlass

Leader · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

Mr. Jacob Derrett, manager of the Lucknow Alluvial Mine, Lucknow met with a [?] accident on Thursday morning. While four men were…

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Fatality Near Gemalla. Train Kills Laborer

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

Early yesterday morning, according to advice received by the railway district superintendent's office, a laborer named Richard Jaques (47), was found dead on…

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Sad Fatality Mr. Herbert Simpson Killed. Six Children Left As Orphans

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 16

About three months ago we reported the death of Mrs. Simpson, wife of Mr. Harbert Simpson, who was a linesman connected with the…

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Killed by Train Fatality Near Gemalla Ex-digger and Military Medalist Killed

National Advocate · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 2

About 6.30 a.m., yesterday' Ganger Coulson, found the dead body of a man named Richard Jaques on the railway line near Gemalia. It is…

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Pea-rifle Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 1

Mr. Hilty Morgan, late Kandos, and now of Bingle Tree Flat, Sofala, accidentally shot himself in the arm with a 22 calibre pea-rifle…

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Serious Gun Accident

Leader · Monday 12 February 1923 · page 4

Master Neville Officer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Augustan. Officer, of March, met with a painful [?] on Thursday. He inserted a charge of…

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Tarana. Further Details of Railway Fatality

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 3

Mrs. Byrnes, wife of Mr. Byrnes, store-man on the Oberon construction works, passed away during the latter part of last week, after undergoing a serious…

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Youth and Maid Drowned. Brisbane

Leader · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 2

The police to-day recovered the bodies of Henry Young (17), and Maud Healem (18) who were missing from an overturned canoe, which they…

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Kandos. an Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 3

Mr. Anderson, assistant chemist at the cement works, had a narrow escape from serious injuries on Saturday morning. It appears that the cable of the aerial…

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Serious Accident at Blast Furnaces

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 2

A serious accident occurred at the blast furnaces on Monday afternoon. A man named Francis Reuben Orchard, Read Avenue, was pulling a Government hopper…

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A Peculiar Accident. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 14 February 1923 · page 2

A hammer was dropped from the fourth storey floor of a Barrack-[?] building to-day, and fell on William Pratt, a labourer, of Balmain. It…

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Motor Accident at Walgett Mr. F. M. Norman Severely Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 2

Mr. V. AI. Norman, of Walgett, who is well known locally, having been in charge of the local branch of the Bank of New South Wales…

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Died Saving Others Shire Clerk Drowned Cooma

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 15 February 1923 · page 27

While bathing in the Thredbe River, near the Creel, yesterday, two women got into difficulties. David Joseph O'Rourke, clerk of…

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The Gemalla Fatality

National Advocate · Friday 16 February 1923 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon, the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. J. Eviston), conducted an inquiry at the Bathurst Court House into the circumstances…

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A Peculiar Accident Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 17 February 1923 · page 2

Early this morning Henry Berham, a laborer, was severely injured as the result of an accident which occurred under peculiar circumstances. He…

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