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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Peculiar Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 3

Whilst returning from a funeral at Laidley, Mr. T. McKew had his brains dashed out through his horse shying and throwing him heavily…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 3

A railway guard named Frank Burke was crushed to death between two cars at Albury this morning…

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Electric Wire Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 3

Great excitement prevailed in Pittstreet this morning owing to the breaking of the overhead electric wire, which fell across a horse drawing a van. The…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 May 1903 · page 4

Whilst returning from a funeral at Laidley, Mr. T. McKew had his brains dashed out through his horse shying…

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Found Drowned

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 3

The body of a young woman, which had been noticed floating in the harbour off South Head, has been recovered. The remains, which were shockingly mutilated,…

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Found Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1903 · page 4

The body of a woman was noticed on Satarday floating outside the South Head. It was recovered yesterday. It is shockingly mutilated. The woman is…

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Collision in the Harbor

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1903 · page 4

The steam collier Currajong and the ferry boat Victoria collided off Milson's point this morning. The latter was considerably damaged, but there was no injury to life…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 3

A man who has not yet been identified fell from the platform on to the line at Redfern railway station, last night and broke his neck…

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Gun Accident at Coonamble. A Boy Shot by his Companion

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

A LAD named Hubert Dillon, 16 was out shooting on Sunday at Coonamble with a companion. The latter was standing a few pards behind Dillon when the rifle exploded,…

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Drowned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

Alexander McIntosh, far many years shipping agent for the North Coast Company, was drowned at Grafton yesterday. He left a letter…

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Accident to A. Factory Girl

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 2

Whilst a girl, named Alice Jones was working a giving machine in a Melbourne box making factory, her hair was caught in a revolving spindle,…

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Accident at Narromine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 July 1903 · page 2

JOHN TANSWELL, 11 years of age, and a resident of Narromine, was admitted to the Dubbo Hospital during the week, suffering from a wound on the left knee. He was…

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Fatality at to Hingley

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred on Friday after, noon to William Tattersall in the Myalls G.M. Company's ground at McPhail. With his father and Henry Treverrow he Was…

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Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 July 1903 · page 2

A LITTLE boy named Roy Edwards, aged four and a half years, son of Mr. G. Edwards, of "Newtown," and formerly of Macquarie street, Dubbo, was very severely hurt on Saturday…

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Fatal Sulky Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 July 1903 · page 4

A sulky, containing Mrs. John Hayes and her daughter, of Cowra, was overturned and the former was killed…

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Railway Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 3

A railway collision occurred last night at Molong between a goods train and a truck. The engine and track were smashed to pieces. Sheep vans were damaged, and wreckage was…

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Railway Collision at Molong

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 3

MOLONG, Tuesday.—The first serious accident which has happened at the local railway station occurred shortly after half-past 9 last evening. A goods train drawing a…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Collision in the Harbor. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 3

A collision took place this morning between the ferry steamers Wallaroo and Narrabeen. Both vessels were badly damaged. The passengers escaped, with one exception --that of a man…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 2

WILLIS SKITH, agaed about air years, and son of Mr. George Smith, of, Brisbane Btreet, Dubbo, met, with a painful accident last Saturday about Boon, It appears the…

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A Gruesome Railway Accident

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 25 July 1903 · page 1

In a book of railway anecdotes, hearing date about twenty years ago there is an account of what is described as a most remarkable…

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