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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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DROWNED. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1901 · page 4

Mr. Charles Junor, journalist, fell from a Milson's Point ferry steamer on Saturday and was drowned…

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The Latest Telegrams. Fatality at Bundemar. Trangie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 July 1901 · page 3

John Samuels, aged 10 years, accidentally shot himself yesterday at Bundemar. The coroner has been informed…

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Accidentally Shot

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

YESTERDAY morning Mm. Samuels, of the Castlereagh Hotel, received a wire from Trangi[?], stating that Jack Samuels, her nephew, and second youngest son of Mr. H. Samuels, of…

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Railway Accident. London, July [?]

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 2

Fourteen persons were killed and [?] jured in a railway collision at Missouri…

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Romantic Accidents That Led to Peerages

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 7

THERE are few pages in fiction more remarkable or fascinating than the stories of the origins of some of our peerages, many of which trace their descent from…

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Sensational Burning Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 16 July 1901 · page 3

A sad end painful accident happened to a lad at Hill End on Monday last It appears that some lads were playing, and some of…

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A Shooting Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 4

A tragic occurrence was reported to the Orange police as having occurred nine miles from town in the vicinity of Canoblas, by…

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A Double Fatality. Sydney, August 6

The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 August 1901 · page 2

A father and son named Bartholomew, aged 50 and 20 respectively were killed by an explosion at Adelaide…

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Fatality at Willoughby

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 August 1901 · page 2

A little boy named Stanley James Forsyth, 8 years of age, met his death in a peculiar manner on Saturday at the residence of his parents, Laurel-street, Willoughby…

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Accident to Mr. F. Smith

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 August 1901 · page 4

Mr. Fred Smith, brother of Mr. R. Smith, of Stewart and Smith, Mudgee, and Mr. F. C. B. Smith, Wellington, met with a nasty accident on Tuesday while coming along the…

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Boy Injured. Gilgandra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 6

Joseph Carr, a lad 14 years of age, fell into a pit at the brick yards last night, breaking his thigh…

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Terrible Accident at Quirindi. Sydney, August 9

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred at Quirindi last night. About 150 people were congregated on the balcony of the Imperial Hotel during the presentation of prizes won at…

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Accident at Quirindi

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 5

A terrible accident took place at Quirindi last night, when the balcony of the Imperial Hotel collapsed. The presentation of prizes in connection will the local polo carnival was…

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The Latest Telegrams. Terrible Accident at Quirindi Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 5

A terrible accident occurred last night at Quirindi. The balcony of the Imperial Hotel collapsed with 150 polo people on it…

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Sulky Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 August 1901 · page 2

A collision occurred between two sulkies, driven by Mr. J. Henwood, of the Royal Hotel, and Mrs. R. F. Hughes, on the road below the waterworks yesterday afternoon,…

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List of the Injured

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 2

The following is a list of the injured, so far as can be ascertained :— Messrs; T. J. Finlay, broken leg. R; A Allen, two legs broken. Hugh…

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Drowned. London, August 12

The Western Herald · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 2

Four Pacific Islanders have been drowned at Jarvis Island, by the capsizing of a pear shelling boat…

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A Peculiar Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 3

A camp fire used by two Assyrian hawkers near Gundagai the night before last, ignited a tree which burnt through, and falling on the tent, pinned the unfortunate men to the ground,…

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The Quirindi Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 3

All the participants in the Quirindi balcony disaster are doing well. About 75, were injured altogether…

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Accident at a Funeral. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 August 1901 · page 4

Whilst returning from a funeral at Manly on Saturday, three horses attached to a drag bolted and overturned. The occupants were thrown…

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