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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Latest Telegrams [These messages are 16 Hours Later than any information contained in the city, papers,) Serious Collision

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 29 August 1908 · page 4

A serious collision occurred this (Saturday) morning between the Adelaide steamer Colac (sugar laden) and the collier Parcora,…

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Painful Accident

Western Champion · Friday 4 September 1908 · page 14

Mr Robert Paterson, the well-known blacksmith of Forbes, met with a very painful accident on Sunday last. He was driving with his wife from Forbes…

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A Collision

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

A serious collision occured in Hobson's Bay between the U.S. Collier, Ajax, and the excersion boat Leura. The Leura was…

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The Accident. As It Might Be

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 3

An old man was walking along Regent street. He is dressed shabbily, and he is tired. He is nearly eighty, and he stoops as he shuffles through the…

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Shocking Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 5 September 1908 · page 4

A very serious accident occurred at Flinders Street Station, Melbourne, this Saturday morning. A son of Sir George Turner…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

At the Golden Horseshoe, W. A. two men; Jonh McRae (37) and Edward Snell (42) were found dea[?] The men were unloading trucks by…

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Election Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 12 September 1908 · page 4

A train dashed into a motorcar conveying voters to poll at Fremantle The motor driver was carried on the cowcatcher 100…

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Accident to Child

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 2

A sixteen months [?] of Mr H [?] of Wyalong met with [?] [?] painful accident [?]Friday last. The child, who [?]…

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Obituary. Fatal Accident to Mr. Frank N. Lloyd

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Wednesday 16 September 1908 · page 1

A SAD OCCURRENCE which has plunged a large family into mourning, and steeped a neighbourhood in gloom, took place at Little Caragabal on Saturday evening…

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Coroner's Courts. a Lost Tooth. Fatality of the Dentist's Chair

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 26 September 1908 · page 6

A strange fatal accident after a dental operation was described at an inquest yesterday (July 21) at Lambeth on the body of Mrs Mary Sarah Daking…

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Dream That Came True Foresees His Own Drowning

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 4

The story of a dream and its tragic realisation is causing a sensation among the fishing folk in the South Devon port of Brixham…

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Deadly Motor Rage Driver Hurled Out at Top Speed. Many Cars Overtaxed. One Killed: Four Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 4

From New York, on 9th October, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The automobile race for the…

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Stage Bridge Collapses Forty. Members of a Chorus Injured

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 3

On Sunday, January 8th, the New York correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:— Scenes of wild excitement were caused…

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Terrible Mining Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

A heavy charge of dynamite exploded prematurely at North Broken Hill, with the result that J Yarwood had his face terribly injured, aud…

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Latest Telegrams [These messages are 16 Hours Later than any information contained in the city papers.) SYDNEY, Saturday. Fatal Accident to a Clergyman

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

The Rev. Wiltshire, Anglican Clergyman at Euroa, Victoria, was killed yesterday by falling over a precipice at Strathbogie…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 4

On Wednesday a man named Puzzighar was the victim of a serious though peculiar accident. We understand that he was cleaning up the…

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B[?]d Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 1

Nothing but good can result iu giving to the public some hint as to the various incidents in which Mrs. Kate Mackie, of No. 2 Stanley-street…

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In Darkest London Fog Accidents and Incidents. Many Fatalities. East-end Gas Supply Fails. Vessels Wrecked and Delayed

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 10 October 1908 · page 6

"A city of dreadful night." Such was London on 22nd December; that London extends from Hampstead to Croydon, and Ilford to Acton Green…

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Accident

Lachlander and Condobolin and Western Districts Recorder · Wednesday 14 October 1908 · page 5

A very serious accident befel a man named Robert Shepherd on Tuesday morning last. He was driving a bullock team belonging to Dr Hope, of…

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Irish Lake Disaster Sailing Boat Capsizes. Picnic Party Drowned

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 3

A sad boating disaster occurred on Lough Neagh on Tuesday evening, 23rd August, when six members of a party of seven, who left to picnic on Coney…

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