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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Fatal Accident

The Bligh Watchman and Coonabarabran Gazette · Tuesday 9 March 1909 · page 2

On Saturday last, Mr. Edward Conn, husband of Mrs Conn, of Timor, [?] with an accident which resulted fatally. At the time of the accident the deceased was…

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The Narromine Fatality. The Body Recovered

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 2

THE body of the late Mr. J. G. Knox, who came to an untimely end in the well accident at Narromine on Monday, February 22[?]d, was recovered on Saturday afternoon…

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The Well Fatality. the Body Recovered. (From Our Own Correspondent.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 March 1909 · page 2

On Friday morning three miners arrived by the mail and inspected the old well, in which J. G. Knor was entombed, and decided that they could get the body up, and…

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Peculiar Accident at Oil-gandra

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 March 1909 · page 4

A sleeper-cutter named William Bishop, working abont 15 miles out of Gilgandra, in the vicinity of Balladoran, met with an accident on Wednesday afternoon which…

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Nyngan Bathing Fatality. Dived in Shallow Water

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1909 · page 3

The death occurred on Wednesday morning, of Claude Barrett, a well-known local resident. The circumstances surrounding the…

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Collision at Sea

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 3

A sailing ship collided with a steamer in the North Sea. The captain of the sailing ship, with his wife and child and seven of the crew, are missing…

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Train Collision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 2

During shunting operations in the Central railway yards, Sydney, a set of pickup cars collided with several cars belonging to the Melbourne express. The cars were…

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Pea-rifle Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 2

A young man named Harry Fitch, jun., died in Grenfell Hospital from the effects of a bullet wound. He was driving in a sulky with a pea-rifle between his kneee,…

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Fatality at Cabino. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 2

William O'Neil, an elderly man, was killed at Casino through a horse and dray falling over the river bank on him…

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Drowned in a Swamp. Sydney, Tueday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 2

An unknown middle-aged man was found dead in a swamp at North Botany on Monday morning. It is believed he lost his way and waded through about an acre…

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A Sad Fatality. an Old Man Bpbnt

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 2

A sad burning accident, which resulted fatally, occurred at Myall-street on Sunday night the victim being Mr. Charles Holland, who had attained the great sge of 91 years…

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Collision in North Sea. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 2

The sailing vessel Morgretha, of Hamburg, sunk in the North Sea after colliding with the Norwegian steamer Mascot. The captain and his wife and child, and seven…

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Accident to a Boy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 17 March 1909 · page 3

ON Monday afternoon a boy named Wheeler, on of Mr. Alf. Wheeler, milkman, sustained a broken leg, the result of an accident. He was outside the public school when his father's milk…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

Shunter William John Wilson, aged 45, residing at Camperdown, was killed at Darling Harbor yesterday morning. He was engaged coupling some tracks, when by…

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The Burning Fatality. the Inquest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 1

An [?]aque[?]t concerning the death of Charles Ho land was held by the coroner (Mr. W. B[?]rcon Smith, P.M.) on Tuesday afternoon last…

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Motor-car Mysterv. Accident on a Welsh Cliff

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

Mystery surrounds the story of a motor-car accident in North Wales on Saturday night (said the "Daily Mail" on Wednesday, January 6), when Miss…

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Large Hat Question, Some Accidents

The Western Herald · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

The London Correspondent of the "Manchester Guardian" draws attention to a feature of the festive season. He says the distinctive…

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Serious Coach Accident' A Mudgee Girl's Bravery

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 3

COACH accidents in the vicinity of Mudgee are of rare occurrence even though some of the roads furnish facilities, notably the Mudgee Hill End road, which for some distance…

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Fatal Boating Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 4

While fishing in a creek near Condobolin, yesterday, a man named Nicholls and his little son, aged 5, got into a boat to set a net. The boat capsized. The father became…

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Bad Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1909 · page 6

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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