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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Riding Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 3

A lad named Kieth Robinson, aged seven years, met with a frightful accident near Yass yesterday. He was riding a horse when it collided with a buggy shaft which entered…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

A somewhat serious accident happened on Monday to Donald McKenzie. He had been to Murrnmbid[?]erie with a load of cordials for Mr. J. Hives. As he was…

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Motor-car Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 March 1906 · page 4

Violet Pinlop, aged eight, was run down by a motor-car in Melbourne last night and killed. [Germany is about to pass a law…

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Railway Collision. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

A serious railway collision occurred at Godsend, Ohio, U.S.A. The carriages took fire, and 10 persons were killed, and 15 injured…

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Tram Accidents. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 2

Mr. Harry Hanley, bookkeeper at the Rookwood Asylum, who was knockad down by a tram in George-street on Saturday night, died yesterday morning…

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Floods near White Cliffs. Four Inches in Twenty Minutes. Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

WHITE CLIFFS, Monday.—Mr. Tapp, the manager of Yahcannia, arrived to-day, lie states that the country for 40 miles is one unbroken sheet of…

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Tram Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

Thomas Kilby, an apprentice on board the barque Dowanhill, was run over by a tram in George Street, Sydney, yesterday and killed…

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Drowned in a Tank

The Wellington Times · Monday 19 March 1906 · page 2

The body of Elizabeth Ogdens, aged 71, has been found in an underground tank at Minmi…

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Child Drowned at Geurie

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 4

An infant child named Elsie Slade, aged 12 months 10 days, was drowned at Geurie last evening through falling into a tub of soapsuds. The fatality…

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Accident to Alderman Deveson

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 4

When returning from the Fairview races on Monday, Alderman Deveson met with a rather serious accident He was coming down an incline on…

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A Shocking Accident. Crushed Under a Waggon

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 March 1906 · page 4

A shocking accident, resulting in the death of a little girl named Florence Evelyn Batson, aged eight years, by being crushed under a waggon…

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Sad Fatality at Niger's Greek

The Wellington Times · Monday 26 March 1906 · page 2

Last Wednesday Mrs. M. Finucane stopped to food [?]r horse at Mr. George Wall's wel[?]near "Devil's Elbow," on the road between Belara…

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Fatal Accident. Death of Mr. W. H. Garnsey

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 2

A TERRIBLE casualty took place at Bunglegumbie on Sunday morning last, by which a highly respected resident of the district-- Mr. Wilfred Harold Garnsey-- a member of one of…

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Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 28 March 1906 · page 2

A painful sensation was caused in Dubbo on Sunday morning, when it became known that Mr. W. H. Garnsey, son of the late R. C. Garnsey, of Bunglegumbie, had met…

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A Lightning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 5

A heavy thunder storm occurred on the Clarence River yesterday, when a man named Falbigg was struck dead…

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A Lightning Fatality, Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

A heavy,thunderstorm occurred on the Clarence River on Wednesday, when a man named Folbigg was struck dead…

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Miss See Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

At Maclean, on Wednesday night, Miss Viotoria Maud See, eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel See, and niece of Sir John See, while crossing a watercourse on a log when…

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Miner's Accident Fund

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 5

The miner's accident relief fund report has been presented to the Minister [?] showed the invested fund to total £137,000…

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The Late Accident. {To the Editor of the " Dubbo Liberal.")

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

On perusing the paragraph about the fatal accident to Mr. W. H. Garnsey, I was surprised to sea it stated that the mare was an outlaw, and I wish to emphatically deny…

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Drowning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 April 1906 · page 2

Frederick Harris, aged 19, supposed to have fallen overboard from a motor launch at Manly, has been found [?] The drifting launch was…

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