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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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The English Mine Accident. Three Men Rescued

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

THREE men were reached on Tuesday from the Union Mine after having been entombed for 120 hours, during which time they were foodless. except for a single meal…

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Whaling Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 September 1902 · page 3

A whaling boat at Norfolk Island yesterday, while fast to a whale, was struck by a loose whale and smashed. The boat header was killed and another…

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Narrow Escape from Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

MR. A. D. BOOTH had a narrow escape from a serious accident on Thursday morning. As he was dismounting from his horse at Mr. J. A. Busby's office, his foot (through a defect in the…

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Accident to Inspector Moss

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 2

ON Saturday last a severe accident occurred to Sub-Inspector Moss, in charge of the Dubbo police district, who was in Coonamble in connection with the recent…

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Tram Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 September 1902 · page 4

An elderly lady named Mrs. John Langley jumped from a moving tram in Pitt-street last evening, and had the right leg severed. Her condition is…

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Mining Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 24 September 1902 · page 3

By the explosion of a charge of dynam[?] in the Queen Crossreets mine, Charters Towers, yesterday, Benjamin Davidson was killed and Hugh Melver badly injured…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 25 September 1902 · page 2

ALBURY, Saturday.—A terrible experience befel Peter Donnelly while travelling from Victoria in search of work. On Thursday night he and a mate camped in a hut some…

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Railway Accident. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 October 1902 · page 4

The express train from Lille to Paris was derailed owing to a pointsman's error. Twenty-fire were killed and 55 injured…

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Death of Zola. How the Fatality Occurred

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 3

FURTHER particulars relating to the tragic death of M Zola show that the great novelist and his wife returned to Paris from a visit to the country on Sunday…

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Colliery Accident. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 5

A terrible colliery accident has occurred in M[?]. A cage full 690ft., and eight men were dashed to pieces…

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Accident to Dr. Failes

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 7 October 1902 · page 2

Dr. Failes met with another accident last Sunday, and fortunately got off with [?] The Dr. was proceeding [?] his pony cart, and when…

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Fatal Accident in America

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 October 1902 · page 3

Owing to the collapsing of a tier of seats at Joseph, in Missouri, 1500 people were precipitated to the ground. Two hundred were injured, some fatally…

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Drowned

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 October 1902 · page 2

A boat capsized on the Upper Yarra yesterday, and a young couple named Ernest Lady and May Perriman were both drowned…

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Balloon Accident London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 October 1902 · page 3

The inventor of a steerable balloon, with a friend, made an ascent on Sunday at a suburb of Paris. When at the height of 400 feet the ropes sustaining…

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Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 3

A FATAL accident occurred at Murrunbidgerie on Wednesday, when Edward Osborne, a labourer about 50 years of age, working for Mr. R. W. Carroll,…

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Drowning Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 3

At Constantinople three hundred people were precipitated into the river, and seventy-five were drowned…

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Fatality at Murrumbidgerie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 4

AN inquest was held by the Coroner, Mr. R. G. Dulhunty, at Murrumbidgerie on Friday (as reported in our last issue), on the body of a man named Edward…

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Trolly Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 3

John Breen, carter, lately residing at Pyrmont, who was admitted to the hospital on Friday last, died early this morning. While driving a heavily laden…

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A Dubbo Man to the Rescue. A Drowning Man's Cigarettes

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 2

ON a recent Sunday Mr. J. M'Phee, chemist, and his cousin Mr. James Carroll, telegraph operator, Oxford-street brother of the well-known solicitor, Mr. J. J, Carroll, of Messrs…

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Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 October 1902 · page 2

A CHINAMAN named Ah Kong, residing at Old Dubbo, met with an accident while driving home on Monday last. It appears that while driving down Holmes' Hill with a loud of…

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