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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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A Dreadful Accident. Adelaide, September 24

The Western Herald · Wednesday 25 September 1895 · page 3

At Giles' Fiat, South Australia, yesterday, George Sisson accidentally shot his eldest daughter, who died soon afterwards in great agony…

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Struck by Lightning. Three Ladies and a Gentleman Injured. Warrnambool

The Western Herald · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 4

Four persons were struck by lightning this afternoon while on their way to Sunday School at South Warrnambool, their names being Mrs. Faulkner…

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Fatal Accident. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 October 1895 · page 3

Wm. Mackay, the eldest son of the "Silver King," broke his neck whilst playing polo in France…

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Accidentally Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 October 1895 · page 4

ON Thursday morning, some men camped on me River Flat, nearly opposite Mr. G. Plummer's residence, at West Dubbo, saw the body of a man in the water, about twelve feet from the bank, on…

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Found Drowned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 2

A PHOTOGRAPHER named Barrow Child, who had been in the employ of Mr. Plummar, was found drowned in the Macquarie river about 6 o'clock…

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A Serious Accident

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 October 1895 · page 2

ON Thursday last, about four o'clock, when a boy aged 15 years, named Willoughby Thorne, son of Mr. W. Thorne carrier, was driving a team of horses, at…

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Collision in the H[?] Sydney

The Western Herald · Wednesday 30 October 1895 · page 2

The Marine Board's de[?] Indrani-Alama collision was [?] It was that the accident was [?] default of Burkile, the master [?]…

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Railway Accident. Sydney, November 29

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 November 1895 · page 2

Frederick Runge, aged 69, was killed by a train at the Clyde crossing yesterday evening…

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The Late Drowning Case

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1895 · page 2

THE following letter appears in the last issue of the SUNDAY TIMES:— Sir,—In reference to the drowning of my brother, Burrow Child, in the…

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The Drowning Fatality at Colac

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1895 · page 2

Up to last evening no trace of the bodies of the unfortunate men—John Price and James Clifford—who were drowned on Monday had been discovered. A party under Constab[?]…

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Drowned. Sydney, Nov[?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1895 · page 2

Martin Keating, a miner, wa[?] two inches of water in a w[?] Tumberumba having, it is supp[?] while in a fit…

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A Painful Accident. Forty-eight Hours Privation and Exposure

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 November 1895 · page 4

A tale of suffering from exposure and privation is told by a man named William Lake, who was admitted to the Wagga Hospital shortly after…

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Mine Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 November 1895 · page 3

A blasting accidcnt occurred at block 11, Broken Hill mine, last night. Charles Herreen was killed instantly, and William Daly is dying…

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Drowning Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1895 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon a girl named Mary Bolton, 16 years of age, was drowned in the Macquarie river, at a point known as the Bumps, in Howard's…

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A Mining Accident. Sydney, November 19

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 November 1895 · page 2

The jury at the inquest on the miner Herries, who was killed in a blasting accident, at block 11 mine, found the ganger O'Korke guilty of negligence and…

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Fatal Blasting Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 November 1895 · page 2

A TERRIBLE blaSting accident, by which two lives were lost, occurred at Binney's open cut, Block 11 Proprietary mine, Broken Hill, at 7 o'clock…

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A Serious Accident. a Railway Employee Has His Leg Cut Off

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 November 1895 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last, the most monotonous dullness of Bourke was aroused into something like excitement when it be-become known that a serious accident had…

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A Terrible Accident. Sydney, November 22

The Western Herald · Saturday 23 November 1895 · page 2

Wm. Graham, a young married man, was run over by a Waverley tram early this morning and killed. The body was frightfully mutilated…

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Terrible Drowning Fatality. Sydney, November 29

The Western Herald · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 2

About six weeks ago Albert Day," le[?] Trefoil Island, near Tasmania, accon[?] by his wife, eldest son, and infant da[?] left in a boat for the mainland. Th[?]…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Hobart

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 November 1895 · page 3

About six weeks ago Albert Kay, a lessee on Trefoil Island, with his wife and a son aged 16, and a daughter aged 7, left in a boat for the North…

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