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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Fatal Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 22 October 1901 · page 2

The very many friends of Mr. Chris. Manusu late of Mundooran, will regret to hear that he met with a fatal accident near Mudgee last Wednesday afternoon…

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Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 October 1901 · page 4

A man named Werner, aged 73, met with a peculiar accident at Stuart Town on Friday last. He was getting through a wire fence, but fell in doing so, sustaining a…

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Sad Burning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 4

A married woman named Rollings, living with her family in a bark hut near Tallangatta, Victoria, was burned to death, us was her baby. Three other children were bravely rescued by a…

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Fatal Accident. At the Copper Mine. One Man Killed. Two Others Injured

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon at about three o'clock the news of a fatal accident at the Great Cobar Copper Mine spread through the town,…

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Accident to Torpedo Boat Destroyers

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 26 October 1901 · page 4

Twelve torpedo dirtroyers were caught in a fog at the mouth of the Tyne, and three were damaged by collision…

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Parramatta Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 October 1901 · page 2

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was before Mr. T. E, MneNevin, P. M.. District Coroner, at the court house on Saturday into the circumstances of the death of Mr. Joseph Henry Butler…

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Scraps of Fun. in Case of Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 1

Rule I: If you see a man fall down on conscious with the heat, count yourself a lucky fellow. Take opportunity by the forelock, and hang there…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 31 October 1901 · page 6

A fatal shooting accident occurred at Nathalia on Saturday last. A contractor named Stokes, and a man named John O'Hagon, 23, were working at the erection…

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Accident on the Tram Line. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 November 1901 · page 6

A boy named Arthur Langdon residing at Newtown, while returning from a Sunday-school picnic yesterday, was riding on the footboard of a steam tram…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney, November [?]

The Western Herald · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 2

A boy named Henry Hackett was [?] dentally shot by a companion whilst [?] ing near Burraga…

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Accidentally Shot

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 3

Henry Hackett, a boy, was accidentally shot by a companion at Burraga…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 November 1901 · page 4

A fatal boating accident occurred at Cairns yesterday, by which four men named Bradley, Lyons, Christison, and Leslie, all unmarried, were drowned…

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Burning Accident. Sydney, November 8

The Western Herald · Saturday 9 November 1901 · page 2

A young man named Phillips was riding near Woollongong this morning when his clothcs caught fire owing to having placed a lighted pipe in his pocket. His horse took…

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Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 November 1901 · page 2

Three men are said to have commenced a fight at Tattersall's Hotel on the night of the 8th instant, and while the barman, Edward Duffy, was attempting to quiet the…

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Sulky Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 November 1901 · page 2

Mr. Hawkes, of Wise and Co's., Bodangora, had a nasty accident on the Bodangora road, near Ward's on Friday last. While going leisurely along, without any apparent…

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Buggy Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 12 November 1901 · page 2

Mr. G. E. Wright our popular Road Superintendent met with a buggy accident last Wednesday afternoon which, fortunately did not turn out as serious as it might…

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Drowning Fatality at Plain Creek

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 November 1901 · page 2

A SAD drowning fatality took place last Saturday afternoon at the residence of Mr. W, W. Thorley of Plain Creek, Murrumbidgerie, in which his youngest…

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Drowning at Murrumbidgerie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 November 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon the police received information that a boy named Robert Thorley, 14 years of age, tho son of Mr. W. W. Thorley, farmer, of Long Gully, had been drowned in a…

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Drowned at Murrumbidgerie

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 November 1901 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon the police received information that a boy named Robert Thorley, 14 years of age, the son of Mr. W. W. Thorley, farmer of Long Gully,…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 15 November 1901 · page 2

We are sorry to learn of the painful accident which befel Miss Milligan, daughter of Mr. W. Milligan, of this town, who was thrown out of a sulky…

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