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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents
15 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers
ON Sunday morning a rumour was current in Dubbo that Mr. John Dunn, storekeeper, of Macquarie-street, had met with a serious accident while travelling on the mail train, which left Redfern on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident occurred near the Windsor station last night, resulting in the death of lire passengers and the injury of between 30 and 40 others. The excitement in Melbourne is very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Thursday last, a serious accident occurred to a Miss McKeon, a dressmaker, residing in Brisbane street, opposite the gas works. According to her statement, she was ironing some clothes in such…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN inquest into the death of Richard Thomas, ganger on the railway, who was run over by a train on Friday night, was held at Ponte, on Monday, by Mr. W. S. Caswell, P.M., District Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LAST night (says Saturday's Times) a dreadful accident occurred at the Bathurst railway station to Mr. Joseph Blackburn, Locomotive-shed Inspector. It seems that about ten o'clock several carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred at [?]eat's Ferry, on the Hawkesbury line, to an excursion train with 300 passengers, which left Redfern yesterday afternoon. While going down an incline,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →IN the legislative Assembly on Wednesday, Sir Henry Parkes and :--It is my duty not to lose a single moment in informing the House of the terrible accident which has occurred on our railways. I…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE coronial inquiry was brought to a conclusion at about 2 o'clock on Thursday afternoon, when the foreman of the jury announced the decision at which the jury had arrived. Initiated on Thursday, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway disaster occurred to-day. Owing to the burning of the bridge over the River R[?]inois a train eastward bound for Niagara was hurled into the river. The exact loss of life is not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Kanaka whilst engaged in diving at the Circular Quay and slinging a case of sardines which had fallen overboard was seized with cramps and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]ton is suffering from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Alfred Hooke a Government draughtsman who fell yesterday from the upper storey of the railway offices has since died…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Twenty-one passengers were drowned by the wreck of the steamer Scholten. They were chiefly Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. Morrison, of the Telegraph Hotel, was thrown from a buggy on Saturday and frightfully injured about the head and spine. Her life is despaired of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Windsor railway accident cost the Victorian Government £120,000…
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