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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Accident to Mrs J. Buckley

The Castlereagh · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 4

A rather [?] accident happened to M. J. Beckley, of "M Iwood," on [?] She was diving is a [?]oggy near the [?] of Mr D…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 3

On Friday last (says the MUDGEE GUARDIAN), a young man named Sydney McMauus, a resident of Two Mile Flat, was returning home from a rabbit shooting…

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Pecullar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 June 1906 · page 3

On Friday last a man from Tomingley was brought to town (says the PSAK HILL EXPR[?]), and had his injuries attended to by Dr. Corfe. He was carrying a table…

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Recent Harbor Collision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 June 1906 · page 4

The water police yesterday morning succeeded in recovering the body of William McAndrew, who was drowned as a result of the collision in the Harbor between the…

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A Railway Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 July 1906 · page 2

Charles Rose, a shunter at the Wellington station, met with an accident on Saturday evening which necessitated his removal to the hospital. When…

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An Unlucky Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 3 July 1906 · page 5

One of these simple accidents which sometimes occur, befell an Indian hawker one day last week. He was passing through a gate on the Uliman boundary,…

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Railway Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 3

The American boat train front Devenport to Waterloo, London, was wrecked near Salisbury on Saturday, owing to the engine jumping the rails. A milk train passing on the adjoining…

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A Railway Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 July 1906 · page 2

Charles Boss, a shunter at the Wellington station, met with an accident on Saturday evening which necessitated his removal to the hospital. When the mail arrived at…

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Burning Fatality

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 6

At 5.300 p.m. on Saturday, 30th ultimo, Mrs. James Thorn, of Bourke Road, Cobar, left her two children, 2 and 5 years old, beside the kitchen…

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Drowned Boy Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder

The Cobar Herald · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 7

A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her six-year-old son William, was told at a Hackney…

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Fatality at Wellington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred at Wellington on Monday morning near the railway gates at Monteflore-street, when an old age pensioner named Patrick Andrews,…

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Accident in a Mill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 July 1906 · page 3

The flooring collapsed in a Kauri timber sawmills, Globe Island, this morning. A number of hands employed on the floor and several machines were precipitated to the ground, a…

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The Railway Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 5

The enquiry into the circumstances by which Patrick Andrews, an old age pensioner, met his death by being run over by a train at Montefiores-street…

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Fatal Accident at Dundullimal. A Well-known Resident Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

A PECULIAR casualty occurred at Dundullimal, near Dubbo, on Thursday morning by which an old resident of the district, named Patrick Tobin met his death. He was engaged with…

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Accident to a Motor-bus Party

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 5

On Wednesday, a motor-bus, running between London and Brighton, overturned. Six passengers were killed and 20 injured…

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Peculiar Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 5

Last evening a lad named James Menzies, residing in Cumberland-street, was playing about a room in his parents' house when he went to a drawer where his father kept a…

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Accident at Redfern Station

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 5

A pointsman at Redfern Station named James Cook was caught fast in the points to-day. He was unable to extract his foot. An engine came along and cut his right leg off below the knee…

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A Revolver Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

A little boy, son of a fireman in the Metropolitan Brigade, while playing with a drawer in which his father kept a revolver, took the weapon out, and it went…

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Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

On Thursday word was brought to town that Patrick Tobin, an employee of Dundullimal, had been accidentally killed. An inquiry was held by Mr. G. H. Taylor,…

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Fatality at Broken Hill. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 July 1906 · page 2

Another fatality has occurred at Block 14 mine, Broken Hill. Whilst putting in a shot one man was blown to pieces and another, was injured…

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