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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents
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ON 28th inst, Mrs. Mary Kennedy, aged 43, wife of a well-known resident of Geurie district, died in the Dubbo Hospital from the effect of burns sustained on the previous Saturday (21st)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Then William Palmer and his five children were crossing the railway line near Geelong, Victoria, yesterday afternoon in a buggy an exp[?] from Melbourne dashed into them…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two horses attached to a lorry containing a picnic party bolted at Burrumbeet, Victoria, Eleven girls fainted and fell out of the vehicle. Others were also hurled to the roadway, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,--I wish you to correct an error you made in regard to report of my wife's burning accident at Geur[?]e, appearing in your paper recently. She did not fall into the fire as there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MRS. CLARK, of Bathurst, a [?] was that district for the past 60 [?] on killed in Lane's soap factory yar was drive. Thursday by the silky in which tightening of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday morning an accident of a very serious nature occurred at the Mount Boppy Gold Mine. A man named Herbert Corbett was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cobar was shocked on Saturday morning to hear that an accident which must end fatally had occurred at the Great Cobar mine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another diver has been drowned while attempting to recover the gold from the wrecked steamer Elingamite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A profound and painful sensation was caused in Wellington by the nows which roached town on Tuesday morning of a serious accident which had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thomas Orr, fireman on the steamer Moravian, was found drowned near the [?] yesterday morning. When last seen alive he was [?] the inflnence of drink…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mrs Melton Prior, the wife of the wellknown war artist, met with a sad death on 7th November. When crossing Lewisham High road she was knocked down…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE Dubbo-Wellington district heard with regret on Wednesday that Mr. E. A. Smith, owner of Narragal estate, Mumbil, and Glenreck estate, Wellington, and father of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle, Monday, 3 p.m. A disastrous fire occured in Newcastle early this morning, breaking out in David Cohen and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victor Paul, a prominent city butcher, was run over by a tram at Kensington last night. His left arm and left leg were both severed from his body. He died within a few minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At Little River a few days ago Millie Schmidt, a young girl of 14 years of age, was successful in saving the life of Miss L. Richards, daughter of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In connection with the death of a young man named John William Pascoe, which occurred as the result of an accident at the Great Cobar copper mine, an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A correspondent to S.M. HERALD, reports that a sad bereavement has fallen to the lot of Mrs. Malone, of Bodangora. Over a year ago she lost two valuable horses, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sensational motor car accident oocurred a couple of miles from Moss Vale on Tuesday night. It appears that a party of four, consisting of Constables Nowlan and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking mining accident occurred at Bendigo yesterday. Owing to a fuse prematurely exploding the charge, James Enright sustained a fracture of the skull through which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A serious railway accident occurred at Stanwell Park on Saturday afternoon, through a carriage of a train carrying between 300 and 400…
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