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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Accidents

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 2

Miss Brain, matron at the local hospital met with E. painful accident last Saturday afternoon which will incap[?] her from duty for some weeks. It…

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Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 October 1904 · page 4

A man named Huff, who was with a Katella wool team, met with a nasty accident on Friday last. It appears that one of the horses got its leg over…

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Pecular cause of a Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 2

Earlswood station, on the Brighton Railway, England, was the seen on Aug. 15th of a startling incident. A man who was perfectly nude rushed into a signal…

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Peculiar Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 2 November 1904 · page 3

A horse-box attached to the rear of a train left the rails near Werris Creek this morning and was drawn to the station in that position at the usual speed. Very little damage was…

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Irish Lake Disaster Sailing Boat Capsizers. Picnic Party Drowned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 5

A sad boating disaster occurred on Lough Neagh on Tuesday evening, 23rd August, when six members of a party of seven, who left to picnic on Coney…

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Irish Lake Disaster Sailing Boat Capsizes. Picnic Party Drowned

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 5 November 1904 · page 3

A sad boating disaster occurred on Lough Neagh on Tuesday evening, 23rd August, when six members of a party of seven, who left to picnic on Coney…

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Whaleboat Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 7 November 1904 · page 2

A whaleboat belonging to the warship Penguin capsized in a gale near Kawan Island, New Zealand, Lieutenant Edden and five seamen were…

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Burning Accident. Mrs. O. Rowley

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

MRS. ROWLEY (wife of Mr. O. Rowley, one of the senior warders at the local gaol) met, with a very severe accident on Sunday night at her residence, Brisbane-street. Just before 8 p.m…

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Three Jolly Motorists. a Chapter of Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 November 1904 · page 2

ON Saturday afternoon three well known Dubbo motor enthusiasts left town with much puffing and petroleum, Narromine being the objective. The start was pleasant…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1904 · page 3

Two cousins, sons of A. J. Skellet and A. D. Skellet, of Picton, were drowned yesterday whilst bathing in the Nep[?]an. The lads went down in the presence of several…

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Drowning Accident in the Nepean

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 16 November 1904 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon two cousins, sons of Messrs. A. J. Skellett and A. D. Skellett, of Picton, were drowned whilst bathing in the Nepean. The lads sank in the presence of…

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A Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 16 November 1904 · page 2

ON Monday Mr. W. Blekemore, of Shirley, Murrungundi, met with a painful accident, when he was thrown from his horse and sustained a fractured arm. Mr. Blek[?]more…

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Railway Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 17 November 1904 · page 4

An engine, with van attached, collided with the down Cooma mixed train at Tarago yesterday. Injuries of a severe character were sustained by three shearers and a…

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Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 2

A painful accident befell oar papular townsman, Mr. W. N. Musgrove, last Monday, when by some means after tracking a mare he got his [?]eel caught…

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Mr. W. B. Wilkinson. Severe Accident In Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 4

WE hear that in the early part of this week, Mr. W. B. Wilkinson, the well-known land agent, whose headquarters are in this town, met with a severe accident at his Sydney…

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Accident to Mr. W. B. Wilkinson. a Tack in his Eye

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 19 November 1904 · page 5

MR. W. B. Wilkinson, the well-known Dubbo land agent, met with a painful accident at his home at Mossman's Bay, Sydney, on Wednesday, when he had the misfortune…

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The Accident to Mr. W. B Wilkinson

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 2

(TO THE EDITOR OF THE DUBBO DISPATCH.) SIR,--In thanking you for your authentication re[?]my accident, will you kindly convoy to my hents through your valuable columns the fact,…

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Fatal Accident on a Gold Field

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 3

Mr. Gore, manager of a battery on Murchison gold-field, was starting the fly wheel of the battery, when his foot slipped through the spokes. He was whirled round at a terrific…

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Accident in a Mill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 3

A man named Thomas Keating was drawn into machinery at Toolern, Victoria, yesterday. His log and arm were severed, and parts of his body were fearfully torn. He died shortly…

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MR. W. B. Wilkinson's Accident. (To the Editor of the Dubbo Liberal.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 23 November 1904 · page 3

SIR,—In thanking you for your notification r[?] my accident, will you kindly convey to my clients through your valuable columns the fact that for the balance of this year…

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