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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Railway Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 3

A crowded excursion train crashed into the buffers and platform of the railway station at Glasgow yesterday. Thirteen passengers were killed and many injured…

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Drowned

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 August 1903 · page 2

A stranded dingy and the dead body of one of the crew of the fishing ketch Chess were found at Brown's River, Tasmania…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 5 August 1903 · page 2

WILLIAM VITNELL, in the employment of Mr. F. J. Phillips, met with a very painful aocident last Wednesday. It appears he was engaged chopping wood, and was…

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Fatal Accident. Killed on the Dubbo- Bourke Road

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 4

A CASUALTY happened on the Dubbo-Bourke road on Tuesday afternoon, as the result of a horse accident. The particulars, as gathered at the Coroner's inquiry held on Wednesday, show…

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Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 5

At Rockdale Station, Thomas Holland, railway guard, was killed this morning. He had just stepped off his train, when an engine came on the other line and dragged him under the…

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Fatal Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 August 1903 · page 2

A German and Norwegian vessel collided at the mouth of the river Elbe, and both foundered. Twenty-five lives were lost…

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Accident at "Oakhampton."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 20 August 1903 · page 4

Word was brought into town last night that a man named Thomas Allen, employed by Messrs. Pound Brothers, of "Oakhampton," near Wellingten, bad met his death…

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Sad Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 3

On Thursday afternoon last two or three children were playing in a paddock at Cockleshell Corner, near The Springs, when a plough fell on one of them—a little girl…

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Cablegrams. Collision. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 4

The Chinese cruiser Le Yen sunk as a result of a collision near Hong Kong. The captain and thirteen of the crew are missing…

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Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 August 1903 · page 2

Henry Finch, son of Mr. C. Finch, of Curra Creek, met with a very nasty accident on Thursday last. He was riding on a roller, while another boy was driving the…

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Fatality at a Boxing Contest

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 3

Tan men were brought up at the police court to-day on a charge of being concerned in the death of the pugilist. Best who died last night after a boxing contest at the Gaiety Club…

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Sad Accident. Killed While at Play

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 August 1903 · page 2

A VERY sad accident occurred at Cockleshell corner, near The Springs (some few miles south of the town), on Thursday afternoon, when a little girl of two years of age--Nellie Comorford…

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Accident to an Actor

The Wellington Times · Thursday 3 September 1903 · page 4

An unfortunate accident, which might have put an end to the play for the night, occurred between the second and third acts of "The French Spy," played last night by…

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Serious Shooting Accident

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

Great excitement was caused in town on Thursday evening last when it became known that Mr. E. B. Treatt, accountant at the Mr. Boppy Gold Mine…

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Injured at Football

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 3

William Dixon died at Young yesterday, from injuries received during a football match on Saturday…

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The Fitzmaurice Gill Company. Accident to Mr. C. Blake

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 September 1903 · page 2

AT Wellington last week a severe accident happened to Mr. Blake, of the Fizmaurice Gill Company, who recently appeared in this town in various plays staged by the company. On…

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A Sad Accident. Little Girl's Log Broken

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 5

ON Sunday afternoon last Margaret, Salter,aged nine years, daughter of Mr. R. Salter, of Plum-pudding Crook, met with a severe accident whilst driving to Sunday School at Es[?]hol…

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Sad Accident Ohiid's Leer Ainnutated

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 September 1903 · page 2

Maouhb Sai/thb, a child o(eight: years, and daughter of Mr. Robert Salter, of Plumpadding Creek, about 10 miles from Dubbo, met with a painful accident lost…

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Another Collision

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 September 1903 · page 4

Another collision occurred off Dawes Point between the steamer Beagle and the ferry boat Benalong. The latter was considerably damaged, but there was no injury to persons…

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Endeavourers in a Collision. a Lucky Escape

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 September 1903 · page 4

A terrible harbor fatality was narrowly averted last night. An excursion steamer, Lady Hampden, with 500 Christian Endeavourers on board, was run into by the…

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