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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

8 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Shot at Sackville. a Man Badly Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 27 April 1912 · page 10

The Hawkesbury District is gaining an inenviable notoriety. Early in the year two lewd cases that were repellant to the sensibilities of all decent people were…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 15 June 1912 · page 4

Mr H. A. Clements' son, Carl, met with an accident at Windsor railway station on Monday. He was unloading goods and was attempting to apply the breaks…

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Sad Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 31 August 1912 · page 10

"We received a 'phone message from our Comleroy correspondent at the moment of going to press, conveying the sad intelligence of a fatal accident to Newman Hennessy, 14 years of age…

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Shocking Accident Girl Cut up by Train

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 21 September 1912 · page 1

A shocking accident happened at Parrammatta railway station about 6 20 p.m. on Wednesday of last week. Elsie Ford, 19 years of age, daughter of Mr. John Ford, a…

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The Motor Fatality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 4

The Coroner's inquiry into the cause of the death of George Nixon was concluded on Thursday morning. Constable Webber gave evidence…

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Motor Car Somersaults. Driver Killed. Another Man Seriously Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 6

A terrible accident happened to a party of motorists bound from Sydney to Hawkesbury races on Saturday afternoon. They were bowling along the narrow part…

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Railway Accidents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 12 October 1912 · page 4

A miraculous escape from death wag experienced late on Saturday night by Mrs Catherine Small, of Richmond-street, Blacktown, who, with her child in ureas, was…

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Accidents and Reflections to the Editor

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 10

Accidents will happen in the best regu lated families; they do not very often happen in your editorial sanctum, bub when they do, then it, is a case of suspected…

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