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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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The Colliery Accident. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 29 May 1901 · page 3

The manager of the mine at Caerphilly considers there is no hope for any of the men entombed, since the coal dust mast have fired, consequently the flames…

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Accident to Mr. F. J. Rodda

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 4

Mr. F. J. Roddn, of Messrs. T. H. York and Co., met with a severe accident at the end of last week whilst driving homeward at night two miles the oilier side of…

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The Mining Accident at Broken Hill

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 May 1901 · page 7

The men of the relief party, who had spared no sacrifice to push on the work of rescue, had the satisfaction of getting all the timber in shortly after mid-day on…

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A Remarkable Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 5

Ex-General Schooman, while lightning a cigar in his own house at Pretoria, accidentally dropped the lighted match into in half-charged 4.7 shell, a relic of the Ladysmith siege. The…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. a Bank Manager Cut to Pieces

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

A shocking railway fatality occurred at Meadow Bank Station, near Ryde, last Tuesday night, when Mr. John C. Crackanthorp, Manager of the Ryde branch of the New…

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Accident at Greta. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 6

A man named James Harman was struck by a piece of timber, and killed instantly, whilst working at a sawmill near Greta, yesterday…

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Frightful Burning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 June 1901 · page 2

A child named Gertrude M. Fisher, aged seven years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Fisher, Maryvale, was admitted to the hospital yesterday morning suffering…

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Supposed Drowning Case

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 4

The following telegram appears in Tuesday's Sydney papers, but so far as we can ascertain the report has not been confirmed:—A young man, James. Dunn, is…

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A Curious Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 7

Went Maitland, Thursday.—On Tuesday, a middle-aged wan named Jas. Herman was billed at Capp's sawmills, Anvil Creek, in a rather, curious manner. Herman was…

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A Strange Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 6 June 1901 · page 7

An alarming accident happened recently at a concert in the Rue Caumartin, Paris. The hall was full of people, when suddenly a cry of terror rang through the building…

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Drowning of Mr Jas. Dunn

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 5

THE mysterious disappearance of Mr. Jas. Dunn, of Murrumbidgerie, (son of Mr.C. G. Dunn, one of the best known residents of that township) has been cleared up by…

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Accident at Epsom Races. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 6

A shocking accident happened to a char-a-banc at Epsom to-day, one person was killed and twenty were injured. A char-a-banc is a long…

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Drowned at Brill Brail Falls

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 June 1901 · page 2

Any mystery surrounding the disappearance of James Dunn (son of Mr. C. G. Dunn), of Murrumbidgerie, was dispersed by the finding of his body in the Macquarie some…

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A Disastrous Collision. London, June 10

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 2

By a collision in New York two trains were shattered and fired; nine railway employees were killed. The shock was felt 33 miles away…

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The Fatal Result of a Peculiar Gun Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 4

Newcastle, Tuesday.—A lad named Alexander Dunn, 16 years of age, died at his parents' resilience, Belmont, Lake Macquarie, this afternoon, from…

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Accidental Death

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 2

A feeling of deep grief overspread the town on Tuesday morning when it became known that Mr. J. M. [?] Station, near Carroll, hed been found dead…

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Accident on the Railway. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 4

A man named John Matten, residing at Gordon, was found on the railway line yesterday with his head completely severed from his body, and his left arm…

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Maryvale Burning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 13 June 1901 · page 6

SIR,—In your issue of the 3rd instant a slight error occurs—unintentionally on your part—concerning the frightful death of our dear child, Gertrude Mabel. We were quite…

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Boating Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 4

A boating accident took place at Cape Patterson (Victoria) by which three lives were lost…

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Boating Fatality. Sydney, June 14

The Western Herald · Saturday 15 June 1901 · page 2

In a boating fatality at Cape Patten (Vic.) three lives werelost…

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