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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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

Bad Burning Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 January 1914 · page 2

A very painful burning accident happened about 8 o'clock on Thursday night of last week to Miss. Minnie Smith, aged 16 years, eldest daughter of Mrs. H. Buckton, of…

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A Fatal Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 3

An accident, which unhappily had a fatal ending happened at Kurrajong on Sunday. Miss Queenie Etherdon, aged 21 years, with her sister, about 9 years, came from Botany…

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An Accidental Discovery. Interesting to Orchardists

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 April 1914 · page 11

Mr. H. T. Smith, formerly of Wheeney Farm, Upper Colo, sends us the annexed clipping from a Honolulu paper:—The experts of the United States…

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Fatal Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 8 May 1914 · page 10

A shocking accident happened at Summer Hill railway station early on Tuesday morning, as the result of which Frederick Hilton Drayton (Fred.) lost his life. He is a…

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Accident to School Teachers

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 2

On 5th. inst. Mr. A. D. C. Fairley, teacher at Higher McDonald, and Mr. M. W. Walkom, teacher at St. Albans, essayed to drive from St. Albans to Windsor and proceed to…

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Motor Accident. Reckless Driving

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 7

On Thursday of last week an accident happened in Windsor to a motor car load of visiting Freemasons, who were travelling from Sydney to have a picnic near Richmond…

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Shocking Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 8

Nurse Calme Mutton, a young nurse attached to a Home at North Sydney, was shockingly injured while returning to her home at Seven Hills, where her father and…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 12

A serious accident happened to Mr. J. McMahon, of Tennyson, on Monday evening at about 6 o'clock. He was returning from Richmond with a van load of cases for a…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 12

A very sad shooting accident which resulted fatally, happened at Kurrajong on Friday last the victim being a youth named Edward Conway, aged 17 years and 9 months…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 9

On Sunday afternoon Constable Webber took Master Sid Sandoz for a run to Baulkham Hills in the side car of his motor-cycle, and when near the end of their forward…

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The New-street Accident. (To the Editor.)

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 10

Sir,—Having read the account of my baby's accident in your last week's issue I feel justified in defending myself, being the mother of the baby, by giving a full account of…

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Serious Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 4

We are sorry to hear of the very serious accident that befel Mr. Frank Guest, son of Mr. C. S. Guest, in Sydney, on Tuesday evening. It appears that he had been stay…

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Drowned at Cattai

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 4

A sad drowning accident occurred in Cattai Creek on Saturday last. After finishing their day's work Mr. Campbell Marshall, son of Rev. James Marshall, who has a farm…

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