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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Accidentally Shot

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 30 November 1907 · page 5

A young man named Charles Peckman was accidentally shot dead near Katoomba last evening…

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Drowned

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 December 1907 · page 2

Three men named Macallum, Harris and Patterson were drowned in the Swan River, W.A., yesterday through the boat becoming swamped…

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Serious Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 2

We regret to have to record a some what serious accident which happened td Hercules Laws, son of Mr. Joe Laws,. of Willow Vale, on Saturday afternoon last…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

A large cage containing Harry Cadd, aged 45, Charles Edmonds, aged 75, and two others, was descending the Brittania mine at Ballarat East yesterday, when…

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Sensational Accident. Mr. Abel Wilkins Shot. the Deadly Pea Rifle Again

The Wellington Times · Thursday 5 December 1907 · page 4

A profound sensation was created in Wellington this morning by the news that Mr. Abel Wilkins, one of the best-known and most respected…

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Fatal Accident Mr. A. Wilkins, Wellington, Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 4

MR. ABEL WILKINS, the well-known wheat buyer, etc., of Wellington, was on Thursday the victim of a fatal accident. He was returning from from a trip into the country, and was in…

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Accident at a Boxing Club. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 5

The floor of the Manchester Boxing Club collapsed on Wednesday night. Two hundred persons were precipitated to the floor beneath. Twenty were injured, some seriously…

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Fatal Rifle Accident. Death of Mr. Abel Willkins

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 7 December 1907 · page 4

A painful sensation was caused in Dubbo on Thursday when a message came from Wellington to the effect that Mr. Abel Wilkins, brother of Messrs. T.,W., and J…

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Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

AN elderly man named William Schumack, while harvesting on a farm at Goonoo a day or two ago, received a severe injury from a pitchfork which penetrated the side of his…

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Accident to Mr. W. Shumack

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

We have to extend our sincere sympathy with Mr. W. Shumack, of Goonoo, is a very painful accident which befel him on Sunday afternoon fast. It appeals that about…

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Fatal Accident. Killed on the Suntop Road

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 December 1907 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred on Monday afternoon, the victim being Mr. John Swan, aged 53, carpenter, Montefiores Street. It appears that Mr. Swan…

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Fatality at Wellington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 4

On Monday night, on tje Stntop road, Jobs Swan, 53, was killed instantly by the overturning of a cart which he was driving. Mrs. Swan and their little girl were also in…

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Latest Wires. Sensational Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 2

A sensational incident occurred in George-street West, Sydney, yesterday morning. Peter Leonard and John Rooney, employees of the Water and Sewerage…

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A Train Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 December 1907 · page 2

A passenger train from Homebush collided with the buffer-stops at the Central Station, Sydney, yesterday morning. A number of people who were standing up…

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Sad Scalding Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 6

A particularly sad accident occurred on Sunday last, the victim of which was Jesse, aged 2 years, the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred. W. Hubbard, of…

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Suntop Road Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 December 1907 · page 6

The adjourned inquest touching the death of John Swan, who met his death, by being thrown out of a vehicle on the 9th inst., was concluded before…

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Accident on the Western Line. Mail Train Delayed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 December 1907 · page 5

BETWEEN 7 and 8 p.m. on Thursday a light engine usually employed in running between Lithgow and Eskbank ran off the [?]ime between Tarana and Sod walls, damaging the main track…

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Collision at Cowra Railway Station. Eight Persons Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 December 1907 · page 2

JUST after midnight on Sunday, a collision occurred at Cowra railway station, by which several persons were injured, some very seriously. A mixed train was standing at the station…

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Railway Accident at Cowra. Several Passengers Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 December 1907 · page 2

A railway accident resulting in eight passengers being injured occurred a little before midnight on Sunday night at the Cowrn Railway Station platform…

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Railway Accident near Singleton. Numbers of Sheep Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 December 1907 · page 4

About 3 o'clock on Wednesday morning a cattle train from Newcastle, when nearing the Singleton station, became derailed. There were two engines on the train. On…

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