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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Narromine Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

MR. OSLLAE, CORONER, held a coroner's inquiry at Narromine on Saturday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Hugh McManus, whose death by drowning in the…

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District News. From our own Correspondents). NARROMINE. Supposed Accidental Drowning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

The body of a man was found floating the Macquarie River close to the town on Thursday, 8th inst., which has been identified as that of a man man…

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Injured by a Horse

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

Mr. H. S. Lees, blacksmith of Brisbane-street, met with a painful accident on Thursday morning. He was shoeing a horse, and the flies being…

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A Bad Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 5

LAST August, while attending some stock being ex[?] at she Parkas Show (says the 'Parkes Times), Mr. Stephen J. Matthias, one of the halves farmers with Messrs…

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Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 17 December 1910 · page 4

While Mrs. J. T. [?]on was walking in her yard in Bourke-Btreet on Tuesday she had the mtsfortune fall over a clothes prop, with the result that one…

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Boxer Fatally Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 3

Kid Gardiner, the light weight boxer, died in a hospital at Philadelphia from injuries received in a bout with Johnny Kane. Gardiner's skull was fractured. Kane has been arrested…

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Drowned in a Foot of Water. Brisbane

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 2

An old man, August Brieze, who recently became an inmate of the Dunwich Benevolent Asylum, was missed from his ward on Friday night. He…

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Accident to Grahame White

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 21 December 1910 · page 3

Mr. Grahame White, at D[?]vor, was preparing to cross the Channel when his [?]plane blew over, and he fell 50 feet. White, who sustained concussion of the brain, is progressing…

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Fatal Driving Accident. Mrs. P. Swannell Killed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 December 1910 · page 5

All accident which resulted fatally happened to Mrs. Peter Swaunell, of Suntop, on Tuesday evening. Mr. Swanell had been in Wellington shopping…

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Accident to Chris Young's Company

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 24 December 1910 · page 4

MR. CHRIS YOUNG and his Gaiety Stars Company narrowly escaped a serious accident last week (says the "Champion"). While driving to Peak Hill, when about six miles out,…

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Master Mariner Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 4

The body of Captain Richard mcGrath, aged 62. one of the best known masters on the North Coast Company's vessels, was found floating in the…

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Latest Telegrams. Triple Fatality at Moree. Landslip in a Gravel Pit. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 31 December 1910 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred at a gravel pit near Boolooroo Bridge, Moree, yesterday. A number of men were working in the pit, when a huge…

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