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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Fatal Accident to Ditham. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

Diyham, the winner of the V.[?].C Grand National Steeplechase, whilst schooling over the fences at Flemington yesterday, fell and shattered his leg. He had to be destroyed…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

A shocking accident occurrs at the Central Railway Station yesterday morning to a shunter named Bertiel Eilio aged 25, who was attempting to board a moving…

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Accident to Mr J. H. Owers

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

Mr. J. H. Overs was the victim of a very painfnl accident on Wednesday afternoon. It appears that he was driving a chaffcutter, when the right leg of his trousers at…

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Accident to Mr. Blekemore

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 30 May 1908 · page 4

Mr. Blekemore, of Whylandra Creek, was the victim of a serious accident on Thursday. He was engaged unharnessing a horse from a vehicle, when the animal…

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Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

ON Sunday last when returning from Rawsonville on his bicycle, Mr. George Palmer, the well-known building contractor of Darling street, was overtaken by the darkness, and…

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A Vehicle Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

Misses Ellen. Grace and Enid Delaney met with a slight mishap on Sunday afternoon. While they were driving along Darling-street, the horse stumbled and the…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Wednesday, June 3, 1908. a Street Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 June 1908 · page 2

Mrs. Gimbert, an elderly woman, rending at the old Telegraph Hotel boarding house, was knocked down in Talbragar-street on Monday evening by a cab. It appears that…

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Accident to "Sydney Dandy."

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 June 1908 · page 4

While the horses belonging to the Australian Buckjumpers, Ltd., were being trucked at the Wellington Station on Tuesday to be sent to…

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Accident to President Roosevelt. London

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

President Roosevelt's horse reared and fell backward after crossing Rocky Stream, Rooky Creek Park. The President slipped from the saddle, falling some ten feet into the water…

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Another Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

But Elliott, 25, shunter, who resided at Leichhardt, was run over by a train at the Central Railway Station, and had both legs cut off on Tuesday. He died this morning…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 4

An elderly woman named Mrs. Davis, a resident of Bultge-street, was the victim of a painful accident on Wednesday morning It appears that when passing the place…

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Serious Accident at Gunnedah

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 3

While engaged shunting waggons at Gunnedah Railway Station last night, writes the “Independent,” June 1, Mr. Thorpe, the stationmaster, met with a…

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Serious Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 9 June 1908 · page 2

A rather serious accident occurred in John St last Thursday, by which Mr. John Brooks, of Belar Creek, had his thigh broken. From what can be learnt…

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Accident at Homebush

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 3

Mr. Carioss, salesman for Joseph Leeds and Co., while conducting the sheep sales at Homebush this morning, met with a painful accident. He was passing across a fence, from one sheep…

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Accident to Coonamble Mail Train

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 3

THE Dubbo-Coonamble mail train which left Dubbo at half-past nine o'clock on Monday morning, met with an accident after it had proceeded a distance of about 300 yards from the…

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Fatality at Great Cobar Mine. James Cassidy Killed

The Cobar Herald · Friday 12 June 1908 · page 5

A sad fatalty occurred on the Great Cobar Mine on Wednesday evening, between 5 and 6'o clock. A man named James Cassidy, aged…

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An Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 15 June 1908 · page 2

A painful accident happened on Saturday to Mr. Bagot, assistant to the Rev. J. McDowell. He was carrying a rather heavy plank, when he let it…

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A Train Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

William McPhercon, a middle-aged man, attempted to board a moving train yesterday, when he missed his hold and fell between two cars. He received a shocking…

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Preventing Railway Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

Mr. James Kriss, a Gundagai blacksmith, has invented an apparatus which he claims will minimise the danger of railway accidents similar to the Braybrook disaster…

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Accident at a Dance

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 June 1908 · page 4

A young man named Arthur Rosowarne, employed at the Railway refreshment rooms, met with an accident at the ball in the Protestant hall last…

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