Fatal Accident to Mr. Norman Ferguson
On Friday evening last an accident, which unfortunately had a fatal termination, befel Mr. Norman Ferguson, who was managing his uncle's farm…
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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents
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On Friday evening last an accident, which unfortunately had a fatal termination, befel Mr. Norman Ferguson, who was managing his uncle's farm…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A collision occurred on Tuesday between the battleships Albermarle and Commonwealth. The latter was seriously damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The battleship Commonwealth was seriously damaged by a collision with the battleship Alb[?]marlo near Lisbon. She has 100 tons of water in her hold…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of the saddest and most tragic events which have happened in our district for some years occurred a few days ago, when young Norman Ferguson met his death as the result…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While an electric lamp-cleaner named James Clow was cleaning one of the lamp near the Central Railway Station yesterday, he received a shock which caused him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A miner named Eugene Foster was brought down from Orange Plains by the late train on Wednesday night suffering from severe scalp wounds. He was admitted…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A man named John Williams was shot through the heart by a bullet fired from a rifle by a companion named Klang at Somerton, Victoria…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A miner named Joseph Lardner, single, about forty five years of age, was burnt to death early this morning at Bodangora through his hut…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. Fred Keers, brother of Mr. J.R. Keers, the well known professor of music, had a narrow escape from death by drowning at the Bumps on Wednesday last. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ON Wednesday last a young man named William Richardson was the victim of a peculiar incident which terminated fatally. It is believed that the whole affair was the result of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquest was held before the District Coroner on Thursday afternoon at Tattersall's Hotel, Bodangora, upon the remains of Joseph Lardner…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A horse attached to a buggy containing several people, while returning from the show, backed over a precipice near Berry yesterday. Two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Forty persons were drowned by the wreck of the Austrian-Lloyd steamer Imperatrix off the coast of Crete…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The elder son of the Rev. J. W. Chapman accidentally shot himself at Merriwa yesterday. He died soon afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Monday evening, at about six o'clock Mr. Alick Fairweather, sen, met with an accident which has seriously maimed him, and which was within an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. James Leeds, of the firm of Leeds and Co., the well-known Orange auctioneers, while passing through a pen at the Corporation Saleyards on Thursday, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →One of our leading townsmen, Mr. M. J. Moore, met with a very serious accident last Saturday night. Whilst fixing his gasometer it exploded, causing him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WHILST MR. A. Fairweather, senr,, tallor, was cleaning gun at Wellington, on Monday evening, it exploded, blowing off two fingers and a thumb of the left hand, some of the pollets…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whilst Mr. A. Fairweather, senior, tailor of Wellington, was cleaning a gun on Monday evening it exploded, blowing off two fingers and a thumb of the left hand, some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Archibald Anderson, 19, was drowned while swimming in the Yarra River owing to his artificial teeth becoming jammed in his gullet and…
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