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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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A Tram Accident. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, April 21

The Western Herald · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

It transpires that a team at Bondi last night bolted backwards and struck the sand embankment. The impact was very severe. Two passengers sustained injuries…

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Murrurundi Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 3

There were over 30 casualties in the Murrurundi railway smash. David Molfar, of Quirindi, who had one of his legs broken, is the most seriously injured. It is feared that…

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Another Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 3

At Werris Creek, on Monday, two carriages containing a detachment of cadets from the Singleton encampment, got off the rails. Through some course the engine and some…

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Motor Car Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

In a motor car accident at Dapto yesterday, Mr. Frank Sbirlow fractured his skull, and Mr. Joseph Varden bad one of his Jega broken. Dr. Reay, also of Sydney,…

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Murrurundi Railway Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

It now transpires that there were over thirty casualties in the Morrnrundi railway smash. David Moffatt, of Qairiadi, who bad one of his legs broken, is the moat…

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Appalling Railway Disaster. Terrible Collision near Melbourne. Most Awful in Australian History. Dreadful Sacrifice of Human Life. Fifty-three Killed Over Seventy Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 6

The most appalling disaster in the history of Australian railways occurred late on Tuesday night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles…

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Awful Rail Accident. Near Melbourne. Terrible Scenes the Death Roll, 53

The Cobar Herald · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

One of the most appalling railway accidents in the history of Australia occurred at Braybrook, Victoria last night. Two heavily laden…

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The Braybrook Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

The general condition of the patients inured in the Braybrook disaster shows an all-round improvement. The Commissions are taking stops to relieve…

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Tram Accident in Sydney. Several Persons Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

A NUMBER of people who were about to return to their homes from Wonderland City, Sydney, on Tuesday night hod a sensational adventure, and several were more or lore injured. Shortly…

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Scene at a Show. Eleven Persons Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

AN accident of an alarming character occurred at the exhibition given by the Australian Buck jumpers in Prince Alfred Park, Sydney, on Tuesday night, when a large portion of the…

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Terrible Railway Catastrophe. Forty-Three Deaths. Two Hundred and Thirty Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

In our last issue we published a telegram reporting the terrible railway disaster, which occurred at Braybrook Junction, Victoria, on Easter Monday night, and we…

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The Victorian Railway Accident. The Death Roll

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

AT the Braybrook railway collision it has been Ascertained 43 persons worn killed outright, or died that night within a short period after wards. Ninety-four others were badly injured, 45…

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Sensational Proceedings at the Races. Accidents and dissatisfaction

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

At the A.J.C. Meeting on Wednesday, Rotorua and Propellor fell in the Hurdle race. Rotorua was killed, but Propellor was not Injured…

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Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

IN Bultge-street near the Convent, on Thursday afternoon a full-blooded Chinese lad named God Gun, employed by a local Chinese storekeeper, Wing Jang, was badly…

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Peculiar Accident in the City. Horses Electrocuted

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

A SENSATIONAL accident occurred on Wednesday afternoon at the corner of Liverpool and Castlereagh streets, Sydney. The huge arm of a derrick, forming part of a…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

A horse attached to a cart bulled at Redfern on Thursday afternoon, and collided with an electric tram. The horse was killed instantly. Two tram passengers were injured, but not…

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Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Willie Goo Gun, a lad of 14, employed as a driver by Wing, Jang and Co., met with a serious accident in Bultge-street, on Thursday afternoon. By some means…

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The Dubo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Saturday, April 25, 1908. Accident to Mrs. A. MACK

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

We regret to have to report a severe accident which happened to Mrs. A. Mack, of Beni, and her two daughters, on Thursday morning, by which the elder lady…

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Train Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Inspector Dew and his son, Leaie, were knocked down by a train at Penrith last night, while walking across the line. Both were badly injured…

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Another Railway Accident. Adelaide

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

While shunting at Murray Bridge (South Australia) to divide the portion of the Adelaide express, the engine attached to five empty cars slipped the points and…

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