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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

228 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 2 of 12

Shocking Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 February 1901 · page 2

A young man named Adams, aged 20 years, whilst engaged tending a chaff-cutting machine at Mr. Peacock's farm, near Wellington, on Saturday, met with a very…

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DROWNED. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 3

A school boy named Arthur Canningham, aged 12, resided at St. Ives, was drowned yesterday whilst bathing with some companions i n a water hole at…

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A Gulgong Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 13 February 1901 · page 2

While a young girl named Sarah [?] on Saturday, the [?] The girl [?]tood up and hit the animal which kicked [?]…

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Fatal Railway Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, February 15

The Western Herald · Saturday 16 February 1901 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred at Tempo to-night. Fourteen passengers were killed and thirteen injured. No full particulars yet received…

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Fatality at Spicer's Creek

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

A fatal accident is reported from Spicer's Creek on Saturday, but the details which have so far reached us are meagre in the extreme. The victim is said to be a man…

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Tempe Railway Disaster. Seven Persons Killed Outright. Twenty-four Injured. [Bt Telegraph.] Saturday, 9 a.m

The Western Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

The complete accounts of the railway accident at Tempe, give three boys and four men killed outright, and twenty-four persons injured…

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Shocking Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

A young man named Adums, aged 20 years whilst engaged tending, a chaff-cutting machine at Mr ,Peacock’s farm, Wellington on Saturday, met. with…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 3
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

On Friday evening at 8-15 a telegram announced that an accident had occurred just previously at Tempe, 5 miles from Sydney on the Illawarra line, and that 14…

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Fatal Accident at Spicer's Creek

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 2

The fatal accident at Spicer's Creek, reported in our last issue, happened to a man whose name is Supposed to be William McQuinn, engaged in felling timber for Mr…

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The Injured

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 7

The total number of persons in-jured was 22. Some of the cases were serious. Eight years ago the engine driver was injured at…

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Railway Disaster. Nine Persons Killed. Many Injured

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 7

Just as the last issue of the Cobar Herald was being persued, a terrible railway accident occurred at Sydenham, on the Sydney to Hurstville line…

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Previous Railway Accidents

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 7

In the last 23 years there have been comparatively few accidents. On January 80, 1878, two goods trains collided at Penrith, killing 3…

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The Railway Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 5

Mr. Beattie, injured in the Sydenham railway disaster, has so far recovered as to be able to leave the hospital. All the other patients are doiug well…

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Accident at Rosedale

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 February 1901 · page 2

A lad named Phillip Harris, aged 16, engaged in mining operations at Rosedale, near Orange, was carrying a bag of powder to the mine on Friday last, when it ignited…

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Railway Accidents. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 March 1901 · page 3

In the past couple of days a series of railway accidents of a more or less serious kind have occurred at or near Penrith…

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Fatal Accident at Dubbo

The Wellington Times · Thursday 7 March 1901 · page 2

A drover named Alfred Sloane, son of Mr. John Sloane of Stuart Town, was found dead in Erekine-street, Dubbo, on Tuesday. There was a cut on the head, which was…

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Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 8 March 1901 · page 4

An accident occurred to a passenger on the Dubbo-Peak Hill coach on. Saturday, 6 miles from Dubbo. An, elderly man named James Stevens, by…

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Collision Off the Heads

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 4

A collision has taken place nine miles off the Heads between the steamer Dovedale and the schooner Silver Cloud. Tho latter, which was considerably damaged, has been towed into port…

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Collision in the Harbor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 March 1901 · page 4

The ferry steamer Guthrie collided with the Ketch Day Dawn yesterday, and the latter had to be beached…

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