Boy Drowned at Murrum-bidgerie
A lad about 16 years of age, named Peter Patrick Rooney, met his death by drowning in a dam on Mr. Fred. Morley's farm on Saturday last. It…
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Accidents, 1905
221 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 11 of 12
Drowning Fatality at Mudgee
A drowning fatality [?] abort a mile below Wilbretree Bridge near Mudgee on Tuesday, the victims being two lads, Lynn Dykes and John…
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A shocking fatality occurred at Cudal on Thursday last. It appears that a young man named Alfred Ward—aged 22 years, and a resident…
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ON Wednesday a fatal accident occurred at Stewart Brothers' bore plant, about 12 miles out from Coonamble. A derrick was being erected, preparatory to boring operations…
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Owing to a mob of sheep rushing, into a tank which contained a little water in Queensland, nearly 1000 were smothered…
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A man who fell on the railway line at Rydal and was dragged along some distance by a goods train escaped with a few slight injuries…
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A double drowning fatality occurred last Tuesday afternoon in the Cudgegong River, near Wilbetree, the victims and John Burns, aged 16 and 23 years…
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A shooting accident occurred last Sunday afternoon a few miles from town when a lad named Harry Fuller aged 13, was shot through, the thigh accidentally…
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A shocking fatality occurred on Monday at the C.S.A. Miss Cobar, when Mr. Albt. G. Barton, engineer of the mine, and a familiar figure in the…
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On Thursday afternoon Miss M. Donovan, daughter of Mr. T. Donovan of the Railway Areas Hotel, Orange, had the misfortune to awallow half…
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A LITTLE boy named Bertic Fayne, son of Mr. J. N. Payue of this town, met with a server accident on Sunday evening through being thrown hum a horse. He and his brother were…
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The town of Selby was thrown into excitement on Saturday night, 30th October, by a thrilling incident which occurred at a travelling circus…
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An extremely painful sensation was created in town on Friday morning, when it became known that Miss Cis. Bennett, sister-in-law of Mr. H. Fischer, the…
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THE town of Dubbo was startled and shocked on Friday (yesterday) morning to hear of the sudden death of Miss Adelaide Bennett, sister of Mrs. H. Fincher, of Bourke Street, South,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatality at Parkes. Two Brothers on the Railway Line
A S[?] lota[?]ty ne[?]ed at the Pa[?] local goods [?]d ya[?]d on Wednesday morning Shortly after 8 o'clock two brothers L[?] and Len Kerin sons of Mr. J. Karin of the railway…
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W. Scully, guard of the Wanilla train, was cut to pieces at West Tamworth yesterday morning by the mail train from Sydney. Deceased ha[?] apparently stepped…
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A Molong telegram states that on Tuesday a laundress named Byrnes, accompanied by four children, was driving a spring cart along the Wellington road, when the horse…
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While Mr. Mann, his wife and daughter, and Mrs. Posetti were being rowed across the Murray River near Rutherglen, Victoria, by a fisherman…
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Seven accident cases have within the past eleven days been admitted to and treated at the Hospital (where the present number of patients is 20), amongat…
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A sad drowning fatality occurred at the Collar Gold Mines tank on Wednesday last. It appears that a lad named William [?]sson, son of Mr…
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