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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Accident to Mr. E. W. Street

The Wellington Times · Thursday 24 November 1904 · page 5

The friends of Mr. E. W. Street, of the firm of Messrs. Bedford and Taylor, will hear with great regret that the popular footballer and good…

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Drowned Babies the Mother in Court

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 5

There was a painful scene in the Southwark Police Court on September 1st, when Maria Jane Martin again appeared on a charge of drowning her three…

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Drowning Fatality

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 2

A sad death from drowning occurred on Tuesday evening lost in what in known as the Scrubby Valley Tank, on the Nyngan Road, six miles from…

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Drowned Babies the Mother in Court

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 26 November 1904 · page 4

There was a painful scene in the Southwark Police Court on September 1st, when Maria Jane Martin again appeared on a charge of drowning her three…

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Drowning Fatalities. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1904 · page 3

Four young men when bathing on the beach at Napier (N.Z.), got caught in the backwash. Mr. Hay, a young man, with great difficulty rescued three of them, but…

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Drowning Fatality. Another Bell River Victim

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 December 1904 · page 2

William Lawrence Byrne, aged 13 years and 11 mouths, non of Mrs. Byrne, caretaker of the Gobolion-street railway crossing, was drowned…

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Miners Drowned

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 December 1904 · page 2

Two young miners named William and Alfred Hicks were drowned at Avoca River, near St. Arnaud, Victoria, on Saturday…

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Fatal Accident at Stuart Town

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 December 1904 · page 2

Two very well-connected your men, whose relatives are in Scotland, have, daring the past six months, been trying their fortunes in gold…

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A Regrettable Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1904 · page 2

ON Saturday, Mr. Ormsby, employed as shunter on the railway at Honey S[?]kle Point near Newcastle, and a brother of Mr. P. S. Ormsby of the Dubbo railway staff,…

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Accident on the Railway. Night Officer Killed at Honeysuckle Point

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 December 1904 · page 3

A YOUNG man named J. Ormsby, relieving night officer, was cut to pieces at Honeysuckle Point railway station on Saturday night. It was his first night on duty, and it is supposed…

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Motor Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1904 · page 2

ON Monday afternoon, Mr. S. Ireland, groom in the employ of Dr. Burkitt, was riding the doctor's motor bicycle in New-town when he came into collision with a…

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Peculiar Accident to the Coonamble Train. Goods Abandoned in Order to Catch the Western Mail

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 4

WHILE the up mixed train, Coonamble to Dubbo, was on its journey on Thursday, it met with a peculiar accident near Gular. A bag of skins fell from the truck nearest the engine, [?]lighting…

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Accident on the Coonamble Line. a Truck Derailed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1904 · page 4

On Wednesday an empty truck on the Coonamble train left the rails and travelled 30 chains off the motals before the train was brought to a standstill, when it was…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. At Peak Hill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 December 1904 · page 2

AN eight-year [?]old child[?] belonging to Mr. Eugene Wunsch, was accidentally drowned in a tank at Peak Hill on Saturday last. According to accounts, the circumstances surrounding the…

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A Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1904 · page 2

LAST week a painful accident befel Mr. E. Glover, of the postal department. It appears that he was cutting the mail bags open shortly after their arrival at the post office,…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1904 · page 2

AT Mundooran, a few days ago, Mrs. Hurst, of Gilgandra, narrowly escaped a serious accident. She was travelling alone in a a sulky, and when she was within three…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1904 · page 2

A PAINFULL accident occurred to a little girl named Estelle Williams at the intersection of Church and Brisbane Streets on Monday morning. She was riding a bicycle…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 2

An eight—year—old child belonging to Mr. Eugene Wunseh, was accidentally drowaed in a tack at Peak Hill on Saturday last. According to accounts,…

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A Painful Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 24 December 1904 · page 5

Whilst John Wyman, a prospector at Howell, was pinching a detonator on a fuse with his teeth, the charge of gelignite exploded, dreadfully mutilating his face. His…

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Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 31 December 1904 · page 5

Two girls named Nellie Gardiner (18) and Fanny Kennedy (12) were drowned whilst bathing at Hillgrove on Wednesday…

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