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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Fatal Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3

The tog 'Advance' has gone to the bottom with all on board but one-- seven deaths all told. She had gone out from Newcastle to take in tow the four-masted steel barque…

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Fall Down a Lift. Verdict of Accidental Death

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

ON Monday, an inquest was hold at the Corner's Court, Sydney, into the circumstances attending the death of Theodore Anthony Clark, a director of the firm of…

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An Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

A [?]ster named Jack Robinson met with a nasty accident while breaking in a colt on the river flat on Wednesday. It appears that the vehicle collided with a stump, with…

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Pea Rifle Accident. an Extraordianry Escape

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 3

As Miss Aline Fort[?]cue, a member of a picnic party at Kentmorr, near Goulburn, on Sunday last, ws bending down toe examine a box of sweets she was struck in…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 4

A peculiar accident happened to Mr. J. J. Maloney, of Murrungundy, the other day. He was yarding some cattle when a wild cow rushed at him. He picked up a stick…

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Sad Fatality in Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

The steamer Dunmore [?] with a naval pinnace in the Sydney harbour this morning and cap-ized her. The pinnace contained 75 men and though every effort was made to…

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Fearful Calamity in Sydney Harbour. (By Telegraph.) Fifteen Bluejackets Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred in the Sydney Harbor this morning resulting in 15 blue jackets being their [?] at the [?] of a collision. [?]…

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Latest Wires. Fearful Disaster in Sydney Harbour. Fifteen Seamen Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

A dreadful disaster occurred in Sydney Harbor at 7.80 this morning. Fifteen blue jackets of the cruiser Encounter were drowned…

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Harbor Collision. Fifteen Men Drowned. Pitiful Struggles of the Drowning Men. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

A terrible calamity occurred in Sydney Harbor early this morning, when a long boat from the cr[?] Encounter, with a party of eighty…

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[?] Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie

The Cobar Herald · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

Nothing but good can result in giving to the public some hint as to the various incidents in which Mrs. Kate Mackie, of No. 2 Stanley-street…

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"Tobacco Heart." Is Health Injured by Slow Sm King[?]

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 6

Deaths from " tobacco heart"are stated by doctors to be increasing every year, and men are warned that it is not the quantity of tobacco they smoke, but the way they…

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An Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2

While driving along Warne street shortly after midnight on Thursday, Messrs G. Byrnes, junr, and Stoddart saw a man lying near the railway…

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Broken Hill [?]rouble. Serious Riot. Several Constables Injured. Leaders Arrested—bail Refused. Sydney, Sat. Night

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3

A serious riot occurred at Broken Hill. Tom Mann and 30 others were arrested…

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Street Collision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

A sensational occurred near the Central Railway station between a sulky and a tram car. The driver and his three-year-old daughter were hurled to the…

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Terrible Burning Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 3

Mrs. Cosgrove was the victim of a terrible burning accident at Porter's Retreat. She was carried to Burraga on a stretcher, a distance of 20 miles, over rough mountainous country;…

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A Sensational Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 2

Mr. T. Slack, of Dalston, sends us the following:— "A rather sensational occurrence happened on my arrival home. I left Dubbo…

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An Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 4

Mr. Rodham, an employee at the Wellington Co-operative Stores, met with an accident on Tuesday, which fortunately did not have the serious…

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The Brighton Railway Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 5

In connection with the boy Eddie Bridges, who met his death by having his head out off on the Brighton railway line yesterday. It is explained that several boys used to get on the…

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Fearful Railway Fatality. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

A goods train collided with a passenger train near Denver, Colorado, U.S.A. The drawing room car of the passenger train was telescoped, and 68 out of its 69…

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A Moree Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1909 · page 2

The seven-year-old son of Mr. J[?] Lillyman, a well-known resident of Mor[?], was thrown from a horse near his parents' residence on Sunday, and was killed…

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