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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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Balloon Accident. Auckland

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 November 1899 · page 5

Captain Lorrame, an aeronaut, ascended in a balloon to a great height at Christchurch yesterday. The balloon collapsed and fell into the sea; Lorraine is supposed…

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Burning Accident at Berrigan

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 November 1899 · page 2

A SERIOUS burning accident happened hero on Tuesday, the victim being Mrs. Arundel, proprietress of the Federal Hotel, whose husband, it will be remembered, drew Trenton in the St…

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 November 1899 · page 3

On Saturday, Mr. Leslie East, son of the Rev. K. East, of Randwiek, while riding in a tram was struck by the shaft of a vehicle and fatally injured…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 November 1899 · page 5

Robert Johnston (17), who, whilst riding a bicycle last Thursday on the Ryde Road sustained internal injuries, died yesterday…

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Found Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 3

The body of William Grace who has been missing for some days, was found floating in the harbour on Saturday…

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Fatality on the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 2

ON Saturday morning, about 2 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred at the Minora Siding about 11 miles from Dubbo, by which the well-known train guard, Mr. R. J. Cosgrove lost…

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Accidentally Shot

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 November 1899 · page 3

A boy named H. Liddell was accidentally shut by a companion at Broadwood, Victoria, yesterday…

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Children Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 November 1899 · page 5

Two children named Wallace were drowned in the Brisbane River this afternoon…

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Serious Shooting Accident. Dante Shot

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 November 1899 · page 2

ON Sunday last, Dante, the great illusionist, accompanied by his wife, Madame Edmunda, his brother Frank, Mr. Jones, pianist of tho company, Mr. Reeves, Dante's stage manager,…

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A Drowning Fatalit[?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 29 November 1899 · page 2

On Monday morning lant a young named Jamea M. Clerk was drown North Bourke. He was a stranger's district and not muth is known abou…

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Accident at Bodangora

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 2

We received a wire at midday to-day from our Bodangora correspondent: "Two moa blown up, badly hurt, bored into mishole." We have since heard the names are John Kelly and James…

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A Capital by Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 November 1899 · page 3

Nature never intended Berlin for anything but a provincial town. It has been made into the capital of a great Empire deliberately of malice aforethought. It has, in fact, been…

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Shocking Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident occurred at the Excelsior Lime Works, near Capertc[?], on Thursday afternoon (says the "Post") whereby Mr. Geo Dryden, less[?] and manager of the works, was…

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The Accident to Dante. a Fatal Termination

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 December 1899 · page 4

ON Monday, as mentioned in our last issue a special train had been engaged and Dr. McCormack, the well-known Sydney surg[?]n sent for. The train loft Redforn at five…

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A Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 2

Intelligence was received in town yesterday of the regrettable death of the wife of Mr. George Leggatt, of Eldorado, near Louth. It appears that on Thursday, Mrs…

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Drowned at Louth

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 2 December 1899 · page 5

News has been received in town to the effect that Mrs Leggatt, wife of Mr George Leggatt, of Eldorado station, Louth, was accidentally drowned…

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Drowned at Tilpa

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

A communication was received in town on Thursday, statine that a man named William Pearce was accidentally drowned at Compadore on Saturday last, The deceased…

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Further Fatality Among Travelling Sheep

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 2

ANOTHER terrible fatality among travelling sheep is reported from Du[?]Julimal. On Wednesday a drover in charge of 9000 travelling sheep, the property of Meares and…

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Accident on the George-street Tram. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 December 1899 · page 5

The first day's official running of the Georgestret electric tram was marked by a shocking accident. A little girl about six years of age, while…

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Metropolitan Echoes. the Tram Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 13 December 1899 · page 2

Friday, the day on which the Georgestreet electric trams managed to get to work, witnessed the city given over to all sorts of wild rumours as to the holocaust…

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