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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Fatality in Victoria

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 3

Some children were playing on Saturday at Warricknabcal, Victoria, and a little boy shot his sister dead…

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New Haven Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 August 1899 · page 3

Newhaven injured suspensory ligament during the race for the Goodwood Cup. Doubtful whether he will race again…

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A Pilot Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 August 1899 · page 5

Pilot John Woodhead, of the Thursday Island service, was out in a boat with several others. The boat capsized, and the others got safely ashore, but Woodhead's body was found…

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Railway Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 3

A railway collision has occurred near Paris. Ten persons were killed and ten injured…

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Railway Collision. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 3

Two express excursion trains collided near Paris yesterday, owing to a storm obscuring the signals. 17 persons were killed and 73 wounded, chiefly women and…

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Accident on an Electric Railway. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 3

A passenger car on the electric railway fell over Skelton Heights at Bridge Port, America, yesterday. Forty-six persons were killed…

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Fisherman Nearly Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 3

A fisherman named McHalo was capaized in the Tuggerah Lakes on Thursday night. He remained clinging to his boat for 15 hours, and was picked up in an exhausted condition…

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A Strange Case of Accidental Death

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 3

Aman went to bed excessively drank, and was found dead in the morning. The natural conclusion was, of couria, that he hod died from alcoholic poisoning, but the…

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Thrilling Accident at a Ballong Ascension. Remarkable Escape of a Woman Aeronaut

The Western Herald · Saturday 26 August 1899 · page 4

The Troy correspondent of the San Francisco Chronicle, writing on July 4 says:—"A balloon ascension here this afternoon ended in a thrilling…

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Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 3

At Mulbring, West Maitland, a boy named Thomas Leo was accidentally shot by his father. He died in a few minutes…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 3

Henry Wringer, twenty-two, bricklayer's labourer, fell from a building in Bridge-street this morning, a distance of fifty feet, and struck some timber flooring…

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Terrible Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 5

A terrible accident has occurred at the Chicago Iron Works. The girders belonging to an unfinished roof fell, killing fifteen and injuring twelve persons…

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Alpine Accident. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 September 1899 · page 5

Mr. Jones, Professor at the City of London School, and three guides, have been killed through the snapping of the rope while the party were ascending the…

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A Sad Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 September 1899 · page 2

An accident surrounded with somewhat painful circumstances, and with a fatal termination, happened to a youth name Charles Goodwin, of Cundumbel. It appears that the unfortunate young…

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Gun Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 3

While hare shooting near Molong, Charles Goodwin was accidentally shot by his brother and fatally injured…

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A Gun Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 2

Early in the week a local party of sportsmen, Messrs. E. H. Taylor. L. J. Cooper, and H. Barnes were out in Mr. McMillan's paddock, 15 miles distant, in search of…

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Accidents

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 September 1899 · page 2

Two patients were admitted to the local hospital on Friday, suffering from accidents, and were attended to by Dr. C. Rygate. Johnson Frew, who works at Cashman's hotel…

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Sensational Mining Accident. Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 September 1899 · page 2

A MINING fatality is reported from Waterholes, seven miles from Bairnside, an the Nicholson River. Two miners, named John Poach and Richard Tudgey, working in an alluvial claim,…

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A Mind Asleep for 53 Years. Curious Eeffct of an Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 4

Those who have made a study of the mysterious effect on the mind of accidents[?] rare cases will read with great interest the account seat by Dalziel's…

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Bicycle Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 3

Yesterday evening, Charles Stockwell, an engineer, whilst riding a bicycle collided with a bus in Park-street and was so seriously injured that his recovery is…

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