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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Accident to Rev. J. W. Harrison

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 August 1902 · page 2

We regret to hear of an accident of which the Rev. J. Ward Harrison was the victim yesterday. He was journeying from Suntop to Curra Creek when his vehicle ran into a…

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Ships in Collision. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 August 1902 · page 3

The barque Highfield, from Cardiff, collided with a Steamer anchored in Table Bay. Tbe barque sank. The captain, 2nd officer, and 21 of her crew…

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Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 5

Statistics show that in fifty-four cases out of a hundred the left leg is stronger than the right. Further evidence of this fact is supplied…

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Terrible Railway Collision

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 2

For a distance of four miles north of Gloversville the Mountain Lake Railway, an electric road, connects Gloversville with a popular place of resort or picnic ground…

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Terrible Drowning Case

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 3

On Friday last the tide overtook and drowned five little girls who were paddling at Filey Beach, Yorkshire, despite the frantic efforts of the mothers to rescue them. The older girls…

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Fifty Troopers Drowned. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 4

Daring the military man[?]uvres near St. Petersburg, a Russian squadron of cavalry were ordered to plunge into the river. The order was obeyed, and fifty…

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A Mob of Sheep Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 3

At Charlesville (Queensland) last week a mob of sheep, being taken to a waterhole, rushed the water, and 500 were drowned…

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Drowned in Wheat

The Wellington Times · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 7

The culminating tragedy of Mr. Frank Norris' story, "The Octopus," is the death of S. Behrman, the Bourneville banker, literally drowned in his own ill-gotten…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 3

John Belshaw, a messenger employed in the Locomotive Department, residing at Surry Hills, was mangled by an engine at Redfern station this morning. Deceased…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Fatality at Redfern Station. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 5

A truck repairer named John Belshaw was mangled to death at Redfern station this morning. His head was crushed in. The deceased leaves a wife and five children…

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Steam Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 3

Owing to the bursting of a steam pipe on the collier Duckenfield at Hexham yesterday, two youths were killed and three men injured…

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Accident to an Express Train

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 3

On Sunday a tornado struck and hurled down a steep embankment the Chicago express, killing throe persons and fatally injuring 20 others…

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Railway Accident. Loudon

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 4

A train at Charing Cross station, Glasgow, on Saturday telescoped into another standing. at the platform. Twenty-five persons were severely…

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Where Accidents Happen

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 4

According to the experience of the accident insurance companies, about the safest place for a man to be is in a train or aboard an ocean…

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Accident to President Roosevelt. Narrow Escape from Death. Two of His Attendants Killed. LONDON

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 5

President Roosevelt, with other gentlemen in a four-horse landau, went for a drive yesterday from Pittsfield to Lenox. After they had gone for two miles the driver of the landau…

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A Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 3

A very serious accident occurred on Saturday night, about 9 o'clock, on the road to Montefiores. It appears that old Mr. D. White, of Montefiores, was driving home…

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New Zealand Steamer in Collision. 17,000 Carcases of Lamb Destroyed

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 3

The collision between the New Zealand Shipping Company’s steamer Rangatira and the ship Ardgowan was a rather sensational affair according to…

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Deer Stalking Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 3

While deer-stalking on the Adirondack Mountains, United States, Judge Storrs accidentally shot dead Mr. Charles Smylie, a millionaire liquor manufacturer,…

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Tram Car Accident. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 September 1902 · page 3

A tram dashed down a hill at Glasgow and collided with another car; the two in turn crashed into a third. All were derailed. One lady was killed, and 30…

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Fatality near Orange. Mr. M. Stackpool Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 5

MR. M. STACKPOOL, an old employee of the firm of Dalton Bros., met with a fatal accident on Thursday afternoon on the Lucknow road. He and another lorryman were making their…

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