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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Pearifle Accident

National Advocate · Thursday 14 January 1926 · page 2

Master Cyrus Stevens, aged about 16, son of Mr. W. H. Stevens, storekeeper, at Rockley, while out shooting rabbits was accidentally shot with…

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Father Reacues Child From Drowning

Leader · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 3

Mr. J. D. Low, a resident of Forbes went down to his farm to do some work, accompanied by two of his own children and two others. He allowed…

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Injured by Motor Car

Leader · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 8

Mr. C. N. Wheeler, stock and station agent, of Narro[?] was again remanded at the Narromine Court this week, until February 5, on a charge…

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Remarkable Escape Struck by Falling Roof Railway Employee Injured

National Advocate · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 2

During the height of Wednesday's windstorm Mr. Robert Findlay a well-known railway employee, had a remarkable escape from death in…

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Accidents at Lithgow

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

Yesterday J. Ettard, an employee' at the ironworks, sustained serious injuries to his foot owing to a billet of stool falling oh it. He was removed to hospital by the…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 15 January 1926 · page 4

What might easily have proved a fatal accident occurred here on Wednesday afternoon. Several boys were out shooting rabbits with a pea-rifle, when the weapon was…

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Builder Injured

National Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 6

Yesterday morning Harry Smikh (28) a builder employed on the work or improvement and additions to All Saints Cathedral, fell a…

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Trains Break Down Accidents in the West

National Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1926 · page 2

The breaking of the exle of a U truck of a goods train running be tween Polona and Milthorpe, yesterday morning caused much delay to…

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Jockey Injured Accident at Bathurst Course

National Advocate · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 2

While exercising Gazah at the Bathurst racecourse on Saturday : morning, Frank McLean, a Jockey formerly of Sydney, aged 18…

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Struck Down Level Crossing Fatality Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 2

B. O'Brien a railway employee, was struck down at a level crossing, between St. Peters and Sydenham. His Skull and both…

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Killed in Lorry Accident. Mudgee

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 2

Mrs. Brady, wife of the proprietor of the Yamble Hotel, was going to Gulgong in a motor lorry with the intention of viewing the "Great White Train," when near…

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Accident to Bathurst Jockey. Bathurst

Leader · Monday 18 January 1926 · page 6

Frank McLean, 18, a Jockey, formerly of Sydney, was seriously injured as the result of a fall from a horse at the racecourse yesterday. His skull…

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Motor Fatality Victim's Frightful Injuries. Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1926 · page 2

Henry Scott was knocked down by a motor car at St. Kilda last night. His skull, both legs, and jaw were fractured, and he also received severe…

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Maroubra Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 2

The view that the smash at Mcroubra Speedway on December 30, which resulted in the death of Albert Vaughan and Leo Salmon was…

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Shocking Fatality. Dragged by the Stirrups

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 4

A shocking riding fatality occurred on monday evening on the main road between Crown Ridge and Ben Bullen, when James Crawford,…

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Motor Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 21 January 1926 · page 29

Mrs. Warren, wife of Dr. Warren, a Macquarie-street specialist, met with a painful accident at the latter end of last week. She was…

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Haddon Car Collision

Leader · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 1

A remarkable escape from [?] is reported from [?]. Mr. L. [?] of the [?] public Works Office, was being drive on…

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Serious Motor Car Collision. Sydney

Leader · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 6

Two cars collided at the comer of Cowper and Church Streets, Rand wick, this afternoon when nine people were hurt. The cars were badly damaged…

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Redhead Colliery Explosion One Killed, Several Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 4

An explosion occurred in the Redhead colliery, near Newcastle, shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon. One miner (William Riley) was killed and eleven other…

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Coal Mine Explosion. Twenty Miners Injured. NEWCASTLE

Leader · Friday 22 January 1926 · page 6

About twenty men were injured in an explosion at Redhead Mine, near Belmont Lake Macquarie at 1 p.m. today. Four ambulances, which were…

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