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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Accidentally Shot. TRANGIE

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 4

A man named John McCarthy, formerly of the firm of Hall and McCarthy, printers, was accidentally shot this morning about 10 o'clock. It appears he borrowed a pea-rifle for the…

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Accident at the Racecourse. The Racehorse Draper Breaks hie Fetlock

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 4

WHILE working at the racecourse on Friday morning the well-known racehorse, Draper, broke his fetlock. He jumped off from the 6 furlongs post (ridden by W. Jones), it being intended to…

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Shooting Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 5

A young man, named John M'Carthy, accidentally shot himself with a pea rifle this morning, below the heart. Dr. Dowe is attending him, and the bullet has been…

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Accident on the Bourke Road. Thrown from a Sulky

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 2

A MIDDLE aged man named John Kennedy was admitted to the hospital on Monday under some[?] peculiar conditions. He had come into town in e sulky to make purchases for his…

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Driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 May 1905 · page 3

ON Monday Mr. Claude Wilkins noticed a horse with a sulky attached walking about the roadway oa Bourke Hill, and upon investigation discovered a man lying in…

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Shooting Accident

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 7

On Friday morning last quite a sensation was caused in the town when it became known that a young man named John McCarthy had accident…

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Burning Accident

The Castlereagh · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 4

On Friday last a sad burning accident [?] at Balladoran, when a daughter (3 years) of Mr. E. Holland was severely burnt by her clothes…

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Cycling Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 24 May 1905 · page 2

ON Sunday evening Herbert Whitney, employed at Mr. H. Fisoher's jewellery establishment in Macquarie-street, whilst dismounting from his machine opposite…

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Accident at the Rifle Range. Narrow Escape of a Marker

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 27 May 1905 · page 4

A PAINFUL accident occurred on Wednesday evening at the local Rifle Range. It appears that one of the markers, H. McPhail, was in charge of the discs, and in the act of…

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Accident in Friday Evening's Storm. A Valuable Horse Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 2

A POPULAR incident resulted from the severe storm of Friday evening last. Mrs. McVicar, of Whylandr[?], was driving home with hor friend Miss Groig at the time of the atmospheric…

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Accident to Mrs. McVicar

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1905 · page 2

On Friday last a very painful accident occurred to Mrs. McVicar of "Oxlea." It appears that the was driving home just as the thunderstorm broke when the horse,…

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Railway Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 5

A shunting engine dashed into a suburban passenger train travelling at the rate of twelve miles an hour near Spencer Street Railway Station. Melbourne. yesterday. Two carriages…

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Railway Collision. Melbourne, Friday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1905 · page 5

A collision occurred yesterday afternoon near Spencer street railway station. A shunting engine dashed into a suburban passenger train travelling at a speed of…

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Novel Accident Assurance. A Good Idea Struck

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 5

An association of the city and inter urban railway [?] to be known as the Railway. Adjusting Bureau, is now being forward. It is…

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Accident to Strong Man Gorden. The Horse Starts Off

The Castlereagh · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 5

At the concluding performance of Fitzgerald Bros. circus [?]Sydney, on Saturday night, Dr. [?] performances created [?] in…

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Accident to Mr. Harry Taylor

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1905 · page 2

Mr. H. A. Taylor, of the firm of Messrs. Bedford and Taylor, met with a nasty accident in the Club Hotel stable-yards yesterday. He was…

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Railway Accident a Shunter's Leg Gut Off

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 June 1905 · page 2

Mr. Donald Collins, a local railway employee and son of Mr. John Collins, of this town, met with a particularly sad and painful accident on Friday…

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Railway Accident at Wellington. Mr. D. Collins Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 3

MR. Donald Collins, a local railway employee and son of Mr. John Collins, of Wellington, met with a particularly sad and painful accident on Friday night last, while engaged in…

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A. Sad Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1905 · page 2

A very sad and painful accident occurred at Wellington on Friday night near the loco, shed in the railway yard, when a shunter named Donald Colling had the…

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Destroyer in Collision. Barge Sunk. Two Men Drowned

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Friday 16 June 1905 · page 4

The torpedo-beat destroyer Spiteful collided in the Solent, off Yarmouth, with the Rochester barge Preclosa, which sank immediately with two of…

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