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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Accident in Talbracar Street

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 2

ON Saturday morning two cabs, containing pwesngert, and driven by John Maassrt and William Molntosh respectively, collided in Tulbragar-street. The shaft ot Uaasart'a…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 3

WMIBG tiro girls named Dennis were riding one heras at Tcnoorooma on Sunday, they were dash'd agninat a tree, one being killed and tha other terribly injmed…

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"Push" Outrage. Brutal Assault in George-street, Sydney. a Man Severely Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 6

As briefly mentioned in our wires last Monday, an assault of a particularly brutal character occurred in George-street, near the Town Hall,…

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Horse Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 5

A girl named Lilian Church, aged 16, fell from her horse at Wagga yesterday. Her foot caught in the stirrup and she was dragged a long distance. When rescued she was almost…

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Peculiar Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 May 1904 · page 3

An employee at the Portland Cement Works, Lithgow. accidentally got his trousers caught in. a revolving shaft yesterday. He was thrown a considerable distance, and fell through an…

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Fatality at Sea

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 3

During the voyage of the Walden Abbey, which arrived from Philadelphia this morning, two sailors were lost overboard during a terrific gale off the Cape of Good Hope…

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Sad Accident to a Child. Death from Burns

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 2

ABOUT noon on Saturday a tittle girl named Annie Henries, the three-year-old daughter of a farmer rosiding at Rooky Creek (some six miles from Gilgandra) met with a terrible accident,…

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Accidents of the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 3

A railway employee named Blair was cut to pieces at Eveleigh this morning. Another fatal accident occurred this morning. A fattler named Geo. Player was knocked down…

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Accidents on the Railway. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1904 · page 3

There was a sensational coincidence in connection with railway accidents this morning on the main line near Eveleigh, when one man had a narrow escape from…

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Awful Fatality. Child Burnt to Death. Another Badly Burnt. a Pitiful Case

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 June 1904 · page 4

Whon the clang of the fire bell was heard on Monday night the majority of the people of Wellington who heard it probably put down the cause to the…

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A Liner in Collision Troopship Crashed Into. Soldiers' Superb Discipline

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 3 June 1904 · page 3

The American liner New York, which arrived at Southampton on 20th March, had two startling adventures during the day…

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Accident to Mr. V. R. Dulhunty. Shot by his own Gun

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 June 1904 · page 3

MR. VENNER R. DULHUNTY, Secretory of the P.P. Board, Dubbo, met with a very painful accident yesterday while enjoying the holiday with some friends at…

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Local Intelligence. Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 June 1904 · page 2

A HORSE CLIPPER named Clements met with a nasty accident a few days ago at the Talbragar bridge. He was riding a bicycle pretty fast towards the bridge and did not…

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Shootinc Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 June 1904 · page 3

A REGRETABLE shooting accident marred the holiday yesterday, when Mr. V. Dulhunty, eldest sou of our esteemed stock inspector, Mr. R. G. Dulhunty,…

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Accident to a Naval Tug

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 8 June 1904 · page 3

The naval tag Thistle sank off Queenstown immediately after landing 500 artisans…

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Accident on the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 June 1904 · page 3

A young woman named Oakes attempted to cross the Railway line at Mittagong last night. She dived under a truck attached to the train. The latter…

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The Latest Telegrams. Accident at Gilgandra. Gilgandra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1904 · page 3

A man named William Pearce, while engaged clearing land a few miles from Gilgandra, accidentally felled a tree on himself this evening. He is very much injured about…

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Man Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 3

The body of a man was found floating in Farm Cave this morning. Some documents were found in the pockets of the clothing, with the name "M. Cohen" thereon…

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Terrible [?] Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 14 June 1904 · page 2

Last night week [?] third of Mr. James Carr, of [?] was the Victim of , terrible [?] at his father’s residence, and the [?]…

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Fog Collision an Exciting Scene

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 17 June 1904 · page 3

During a dense fog (writes the London "Daily Telegraph," of March 22nd) the Clan steamer Clan Grant, while off Holyhead, was run into by the…

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