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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

222 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 5 of 12

Melancholy Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 5

Whilst returning from the funeral of his sister at Tumburumba John McGlynn was thrown from his horse and killed…

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Serious Racing Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 5

A man was knocked down and killed, and three jockeys were injured at the Waroambool races yesterday…

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Accident on the Gilgandra Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 2

A RATHER serious accident happened to the train which left Dubbo for Gilgandra last Friday morning. When at a point near Mr. Utley's farm, the train came into collision with…

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Mining Fatality at Hargraves

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 May 1902 · page 6

From Hargraves comes news of a fatal accident, by which Mr. James Laing lost his life. It appears that on last Friday week the deceased was paddocking near the…

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Accident to A. PILGRIMAGE. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1902 · page 4

A train carrying Belgian pilgrims to Lourdes in France was derailed near Amiens. Nine persons were killed and 11 injured…

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Railway Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 May 1902 · page 4

The Adelaide to Melbourne express met with an accident last night. Two engines and three carriages left the rails. One person was injured…

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Natualist. Rescued From Drowning by a Seal

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 May 1902 · page 5

SOME time ago there were two seals in the Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam which were so fond of their keeper that they would…

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A Serious Tram Collision in Sydney. Twenty Persons Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 2

AN electric tram collision occurred at the corner of Codrington-street and Newtown-road at seven o'clock on Saturday-night. Twenty persons were injured, but hapily the majority…

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Boating Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 May 1902 · page 4

A fatal boating accident occurred on Sunday, A party of nine, four being women, left Balmain in a boat for a row on Fern Bay. Daring a heavy shower…

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The Miners' Accident Re-lief Act. Provision for Small Mines

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 4

The provisions of the Miners' Accident Relief Act are applicable to all mines employing fifteen or more persons, and in such cases contributions…

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Accidental Shooting

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 3

Mrs. Gilfillan, wife of a resident of Tarcow[?]e (South Australia), was accidentally shot in the head by her husband. The victim now lies in a critical condition…

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Trivial Accidents Which Kill Heroes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 7

PERHAPS one is never more strongly impressed with a sense of the capriciousness of fate and the vanity of human endeavour than when we have read of men who…

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Strange Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1902 · page 4

Mr. Boynton, residing near Penrith, having killed a pig yesterday, was assisting to drag it to the scalding tub when he fell and broke his neck…

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Terrible Fatality in Brisbane

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 31 May 1902 · page 5

Lient Colonel Hutchinson,of the land defence force,was out to piece on the railway line at Brisbane. The body was dragged 100 yards…

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Fatal Rifle Accident at Geurie

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 June 1902 · page 4

Very great regret was expressed when it became known yesterday morning that a lad named William Edward Bennett, aged 15 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur…

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Fatal Gun Accident at Geurie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 6

A YOUNG lad named William Edward Bennett, about 15 years of age, was the victim of a gun accident of a peculiarly distressing nature on Tuesday last at Geurie, and which resulted…

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Fatal Accident at Geurie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

On Wednesday morning a lad named William Edward Bennett, residing with his father at Genrie, died from a gunshot wound recevied on the previous day, The…

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Drowned

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 2

C. Casswell, of Sydney, a passenger by the mail steamer India from London to Sydney, was lost overboard near Adelaide…

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Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 June 1902 · page 2

On Tuesday evening a young man named Patrick Brennan, son of Mr. P. Brennan, of Maitland Bar, was brought to Mudgee from Burrendong, in a critical condition. He was…

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A Football Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 June 1902 · page 3

During a football match at Warrigal, Victoria, Thomas Higgins, captain of one of the teams, received a kick in the stomach which proved fatal…

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