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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Serious-driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 4

Mr. P. Booth, of Dunkeld, together with his wife, sister (Mrs. Cutter, of Forbes), and two children, were driving along the road between Evans'…

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A Peculiar Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 26 November 1910 · page 4

A man named Blighton was admitted to an Orange private hospital suffering from a fractured skull and knee. Some boys who had been in quest of a bees'…

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Victoria's Railway Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 1

ANOTHER railway accident occurred in Victoria on Tuesday, A truck on a goods train left the rails between Prairie and Mitiams, The train travelled for three quarters of a…

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Accident at Peak Hill

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 3

George Hill, 23, a miner wm breaking rocks at the Proprietary mice, Peak Hill, when the ground gave away beneath him, burying him in 12ft. of loose earth. Rescue work proceeded…

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A Young Man's Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 30 November 1910 · page 2

A young man named Kerr, a resident of Merrywinebone, near Collarenebri, went to look for horses on Tuesday last. As he did not return,…

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Fatal Accident to a Child

The Wellington Times · Thursday 1 December 1910 · page 6

The infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. B. Goodlet of the Caves Road, died on Tuesday as the result of a simple accident. The little one, who was 16…

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Collision

The Western Herald · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 4

The barquentine Gratitude collided with a collier of Gravesond, and sank in two minutes. Eight of the crew were drowned…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 5

The steamer Gurmore, which ran down a ship's boat from H. M. S. E[?]counter last year when 15 men were drowned, yesterday collided with the Government launch La[?]y Hopetou[?], at…

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Painful Burning Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 3 December 1910 · page 4

A YOUNG man, named Charles Colbran, aged 28, was brought from Tottenham to the Dubbo District Hospital on Thursday, suffering from dreadful burning injuries. It appears,…

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Accident to Mr. Eric Lowe

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 December 1910 · page 2

Mr. Eric Lowe, of "Gillinghall," Spicer's Creek, met with a severe accodent yesterday morning. Mr. Lowe had dismounted from his horse to assist a…

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Latest Cables. Railway Collision in England. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 2

A collision has occurred on the London-North Western railway at Willesden Junction. Forty persons were injured, a number fatally. A…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 December 1910 · page 3

Seven persons were killed, owing to the cage at Pemberton Pit, Shropshire, breaking away…

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Drowning Fatality at Narromine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 4

A MESSAGE from our Narromine correspondent states that the body of an elderly man, named Murphy, was found floating in the river near the pumping station on Thursday afternoon…

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Ice Fatality

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 4

Owing to a collapse of ice 15 people were drowned in Prussia…

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Collision in North Sea

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 5

The steamer Blackburn collided with the steamship Rock in the North Sea on Wednesday. The Blackburn sank in a few minutes. A steamer picked up a beat with 18 of the crew…

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Tottenham Burning Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 10 December 1910 · page 3

IN connection with the burning accident which befell Mr. Charles Colbran at Tottenham early on Thursday morning last, a Tottenham correspondent writes in eulogistic terms of the…

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A Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 3

On the arrival of the Australian torpedo destroyers Yerra and Parramatta in Hobson's Bay, Melbourne, it was reported by wireless telegram that a distressing fatality happened…

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Fatality in Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 2

AT Rocky Point Road, near Cook's River Bridge, Arncliffe, Sydney, on Friday, there was a sensational smash between a taxi and a van, resulting in the death of one man, and…

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Accident to the Mail Train

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 2

EARLY this (Tuesday) morning an accident occurred to the western mail train this side of Orange, and, consequently, the arrival of mails at places west of the breakdown was hours…

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Accident to the Mail. Tender Derailed near Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 December 1910 · page 2

An accident occurred to the mail train at Orange early this (Tuesday) morning, by which the engine-tender was derailed, and a delay of a little over…

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