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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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A Boating Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 February 1908 · page 2

A boating fatality took place at Hobart yesterday. A young man named Norman was capsized out of a boat and drowned. Efforts were at…

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In Collision. French Submarines. Men at Heir Posts

The Western Herald · Saturday 22 February 1908 · page 6

Some interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under water of two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Souffleur and…

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Accident. A Fractious Horse

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 2

DR. BUREITT was the victim of a vehicle accident on Monday. As he was driving along Wingewarra street the horse grew fidgety and it was noticed that the rain had…

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The Last Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Wellington Times · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 6

An inquest into the cause of death of Alfred Piper, who was killed by falling down a well at Gobolion Terrace near the junction of the Bell and Macquarie…

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A Train Accident. Eleven Persons Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

A serious accident occurred at midnight (Tuesday) to the north-western mail train, which was bound 'for Sydney. When about three miles from Blandford, which is five…

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Train Accident. Several Persons Badly Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

ABOUT midnight on Tuesday a serious accident occurred to the North-Western mail train, bound for Sydney about three miles from Bland ford (five miles from Murrurundi) a…

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Chemistry Explosion. Girl Students Injured

The Western Herald · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 3

An explosion which occurred at the secondary school at Clay Cross, near Chesterfield, yesterday (reports the "Daily Mail" of the 8th…

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Accident at Eumungerie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

A young man named Alfred Eldridge, employed at the Eumungerie timber mills, met with a painful accident early on Wednesday morning as he was feeding to the circular saw…

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A Serious Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

Alfred Aldridge, an employee at Mr. E. H. Utley'e sawmill at Eumungerie, met with a serious accident early on Wednesday morning. He was engaged tailing the…

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Street Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 6

Mr. Angus Miller, of Newtown, sustained a serious loss in the death of a horse by accident on Tuesday evening about six o'clock. It appears that he had driven into…

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Bourning Accident at Bodancora

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1908 · page 2

Agnes Hodgson, of Bodangora, met with a very painful accident at 12 o'clock on Saturday. The little girl was going to her mother, who was…

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Accidentally Shot

The Wellington Times · Monday 16 March 1908 · page 3

At Perth yesterday George Baker, aged 8 years, accidentally shot himself dead with a gun while out shooting…

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Tram-cart Collision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 2

A springcart collided with a tram in the city yesterday. The conductor of the latter was knocked off and slightly injured, but the passengers escaped…

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A Constable Drowned in a Flood

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 5

During the flood at Brisbane (Q.), Constable Murtagh, one of the finest swimmers in Queensland, while endeavouring to rescue a drowning man, was himself caught in the stream and…

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Mining Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 3

Two miners were killed yesterday by a fall of earth while working in a shaft at Norseman, West Australia…

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Collision at Sea

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 3

The Japanese steamer Mat[?] Maru collided with another Japanese vessel The captain and crew of the former numbering 43, together with 200 passengers, were drowned…

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Invalidity and Accidents Pensions Act. 1800 Pensions Applied For

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 6

IN the Assc[?]bly on 18th instant Mr. Es[?] (for Mr. Burgess) asked the Colonial Treasurer--(1) How many applications have been received asking for pensions under the…

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Accident at the Sale Yards

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 March 1908 · page 2

Mr. J. Thompson, junr., had a narrow escape from a serious accident at the sale yards on Saturday afternoon. He was standing in one of the…

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Fatality to an Infant. Death from Eating Matches

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

A LITTLE child, aged two years, named Alice May Harris, daughter of a resident of Coalbaggie, died in the hospital on Sunday. The unfortunate child, during the temporary absence…

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Fatality to Two Children

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 5

Two brothers named Cooper, aged two and three respectively, were drowned in the Swan river, near Freemantle (W.A.), yesterday…

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