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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Fatal Accident. London, September 13

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1897 · page 2

Forty persons were killed by an accident the Champion Reef Gold Mine, Madras…

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Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 5

William Bray, aged 8, residing at the Globe, was on his way to school this morning when he was crushed beyond recognition by a passing tram…

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A Train Fatality. Sydney, September 17

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 September 1897 · page 3

A terrible tram fatality occurred near the University early this morning. A lad named Bray was crossing the line when the Glebe Point train dashed over him cutting…

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Brothers Drowned. Sydney, September 24

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

Two brothers named Pritzuer, aged nine and seven respectively, have been drowned in a dam at Point Bass, South Austrlia…

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A Fatal Collision. London, September 23

The Western Herald · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 2

By a collission at Finme, on the coast of Hungary, the steamer lka sank and 36 Passengers were drowned…

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Accidents. [?]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 3

A very common accident is that of burning and [?]lding; and it is often a very serious occurrence to boot, for the excessive pain whioh a burn canees is accompanied by…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1897 · page 5

A lad named Thomas Perkins was run over by a lorry at Pettrsham last night and killed. His father is at present in Dubbo. At the inquest a…

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Fatal Mining Accident. London, September 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 3

Forty miners have been killed in a sulphur mine in Sieily by a fall & earth…

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A Railway Accident. London, September 27

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 3

A train was crossing a bridge at Maddur, near Bangalore, India, when the bridge collapsed, and five carriages fell into the river. One hundred and fifty passengers…

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A Fatal Accident. Sydney, September 23

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 September 1897 · page 3

While Constable Booth was inspecting the workings of the long tunuel at the Reward Claim at Charters Towers, a fall of earth occurred. rasulting in his neck being broken…

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Coach Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 October 1897 · page 3

Owing to the botting of the horses attached to the Goulbum-Crookwell mail coach, Francis Cartwright, a passenger, sustained injuries which…

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The Accident to Mr. Binning

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 October 1897 · page 2

THE following fuller particulars of the accident to Mr. Binning, briefly mentioned in our last, are from the "Wellington Times" : -- On Wednesday morning a very serious accident,…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Wednesday 3 November 1897 · page 2

Bourke was the scene of a terrible boating accident on Sunday last, by which a young girl named Mary Hinds, aged 19, [?] her life. On the morning in question…

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The Boating Fatality. the Body Recovered. the Inquiry

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon last the body of the victim of Sunday's boating [?] was discovered by the black tracker, [?] down the stream, just below the wharf. It…

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Gun Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 10 November 1897 · page 4

At s[?] 7 o'clock one day last week at W[?] station. [?] miles form Guun[?]ah, a number of shearers were assembled in a sh[?] and weere…

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The Latest Telegrams. Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 November 1897 · page 2

Two boys, named respectively Brown and Bruce, while bathing near the Clyde engineering works to-day, were drowned…

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Drowned in the Darling. at Picnic Point

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 December 1897 · page 3

A [?]AD drowning fatality occurred at Picnic Point last night at half-past six o'clock. From the meagre details to hand, we learn that a number of children were playing on…

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Burning Fatality at Dandaloo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 December 1897 · page 4

ON Monday morning at daybreak a tent was discovered on fire, occupied by a woman named Gibson and five small children, one only a little over a fortnight old, the husband being at work…

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The Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 December 1897 · page 2

In the absence of the Coroner, Mr. R. M. Hughes, J.P. held a magisterial inquiry at Picnic Point on Wednesday concerning the death of William O'Leary, a child of 6,…

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A Life of Misery. Terrible Suffering of a Young Lady. Five Years of Torture. Injured Her Back by Falling Down a Flight of Stairs. Gould's Tiny Tonic Liver Pills Score Yet Another Victory

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 December 1897 · page 3

MISS HOLT, who resides at 9 Perkin-street, Newcastle, about five years ago had the misfortune of falling down a long flight of stairs, thereby injuring her back. This injury caused her to suffer from…

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