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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Collision at Flushing. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 5

The German steamer Chemnitz collided with the steamer Tay at Flushing. The latter sank, and thirteen persons were drowned…

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Tram Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 23 March 1901 · page 3

IN the No. 2 Jury Court, Sydney, on Tuesday before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of four, the action was concluded in which William Henty Gritton sued the Railway…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 2

A SHOOTING accident occurred at Terrebolla, Little River, on Sunday afternoon, by which a boy named Michael Madden, 12 years of age, son of Mr. John Madden, lost his life. It…

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Avalanche Fatality. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 3

Avalanches of a destructive character have fallen upon the villages of Simplon and Senz, in Canton Vallais, Switzerland. Several persons were fatally…

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Fatality At. Little River. the Inquest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 March 1901 · page 3

The inquest touching the death of Michael Madden, who (as reported in Monday's LIBERAL) died on Sunday afternoon, from the effects of a gunshot wound received…

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Fatal Accident at Little River

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 March 1901 · page 2

The many friends in this district of Mr. and Mrs. John Madden, of Little River, will hear with much regret of the death of their son Michael, owing to a fatal accident on…

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Drowned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 29 March 1901 · page 5

A description of the body washed ashore near Gabo Island, corresponds with the description of the Captain of the Federal…

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Fatal Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 3 April 1901 · page 2

On Thursday, the Coroner received a wire stating that on the previous evening John Train [?] at Coolah by the capsizing of a [?]…

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Drowned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 5 April 1901 · page 5

A man named Scott, caretaker of the Golf Club, Bondi, was washed off the rooks at Ben Buckley yesterday morning, whilst fishing, in the…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 3

WHILE out with a party duck shooting in the Mudgee district yesterday, a man named F. C. Campbell was shot dead…

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Accident on the Zig Zag

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 April 1901 · page 2

LITHGOW, Saturday.--An accident, involving some £200 damage, occurred on Thursday evening to a goods trail from Penrith, and it is simply wonderful how the ongoing escaped being…

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Another Accident at the Zig-zag Marv[?]llous Escapes. Lithgow

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

Another very serious accident has happened to a goods train. It appears that a mixed train from Penrith to Eskbank was proceeding over the Top…

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Accidents Near Gundagai

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 April 1901 · page 4

AN accident happened on the Prince Alfred Bridge on Tuesday morning. A young man named Quirk was crossing in a sulky, and a bullock waggon was going in the same…

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Fearful Shooting Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

The people of Mudgee received a severe shock last week by the accidental shooting of a popular resident, Mr Fred Campbell who has been a leading comic singer at…

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Accident at a Race Meeting. Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 4

Hodgkins, regarded as the premier jockey of South Australia, was killed on Saturday, and four other jockeys were injured, at the Cup meeting on…

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An Extraordinary Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 7

At Lithgow last Sunday morning, about 4 o'clock, a man roused Dr. Kirkland from his slumbers to attend to a wound which he had received on…

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Collision Averted

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 5

The warship Hood fouled a French mail steamer off Malta, but the smart evolution of the ironclad averted a serious disaster…

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A Curious Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 3

A curious accident, resulting in the death of two valuable horses, occurred on Tuesday afternoon. A waggon drawn by ten horses, the property of a…

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Painful Accident to Mrs. W. Anderson

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 May 1901 · page 5

We regret to report that Mrs. W. Anderson, of the Imperial Hotel, was yesterday the victim of a very painful accident, which it seems almost miraculous was not even…

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Sydenham Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 May 1901 · page 3

The Jury ascribed the derailment of the train at Sydenham to the high rate of speed and the defective characteristics of the engine. They added a rider urging the removal of the engines…

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