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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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A Boxing Fatality. At the Sydney Gaiety Athletic Club

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 14 May 1910 · page 4

At the Gaiety Athletic Club on Tuesday evening, in the presence of 5000 spectators, Edward Sloan Clebourne, about 30, Secretary to the Rose Bay…

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The Boxing Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 3

The inquest on Edward Sloane Cleburne, who died as the result of injuries received during an amateur boxing tournament last Tuesday, was concluded yesterday. The…

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Collision at Sea

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 18 May 1910 · page 3

A torpedo boat destroyer collided with a pleasure boat on the Tyne. The latter sank, but the 20 passengers on board were all rescued…

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The Recent Bicycle Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 19 May 1910 · page 4

In connection with the recent accident at North Wellington, in which a youth named Leslie Bernasconi was injured by a collision with a man who…

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Serious Gas Explosion. Man Severely Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 21 May 1910 · page 2

While endeavoring to effect an improvement in lighting to an acetylene gas generator at Henty last Friday, an explosion resulted, one man being…

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A Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 23 May 1910 · page 2

A young man named Charles Ross was the victim of a serious accident yesterday. He is in the employ of Mr. H. Cross, tailor, and called in…

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Accidentally Shot Dead

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 3

The daughter of Mr. P. Logan, of Casino, was accidentally shot by her brother who went out shooting with a rifle on Sunday afternoon. On returning home he placed the weapon aside…

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Accidentally Shot Dead. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 25 May 1910 · page 2

The daughter of Mr. P. Logan, of Casinc, was accidentally shot by her brother who went out shooting with a ride oh Sunday afternson. On…

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Found Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

The body of William Ritchie, brother of the late R. A. Ritchie, M.L.A., was found drowned in Freshwater River, Parramatta Park. He suffered front an incurable malady…

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Collision in the English Channel. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 4

The French sub-marine Pluvlose came into collision with a steamer in the English Channel, and sank immediately, not being seen after the…

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Accident to a Boy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 May 1910 · page 5

The boy Clive Seatree, who fell off a train on Monday last, is still unconscious in the Sydney Hospital…

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The Channel Collision. Startling Assertion by a Diver

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 4

Owing to the strong currents divers in the latest descent failed to locate the French submarine Pluviose, which sank after collision with the British steamer…

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A Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 June 1910 · page 3

An engine ran over the points while they were closed at the Central Railway Station this morning, smashing the interlocking gear seriously, and disorganising the whole traffic while…

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Drowned in the Harbor

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 5

A man named George Young fell off a launch in the harbor last night and was drowned…

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A Strange Duel. Police Chief Injured

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 June 1910 · page 6

Captain Queipo, a cavalry officer, has just spent a month's imprisonment in a fortress owing to the role he played in connection with the manifestations…

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Fatality on the Railway Line. Man's Two Legs Amputated

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1910 · page 3

A sudden and fatal accident occurred on the. railway line, near the loco, shed, Cobar, on Saturday night, about 7.15. A man named…

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Found Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 2

The body of John Selby, aged 69. widower, at one time a prominent medico, and lately an inmate of Rookwood Asylum, was found floating in…

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A Taxi-cab's Collision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 June 1910 · page 2

As a result of a taxi-cab's collision last night, in which a lady sustained a fractured skull, John Boyle, aged 32, the chaffeur, has been arrested. The…

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Accident to Mr. Mack

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 4

MR. F. MACK had a miraculous escape from a serious accident on Thursday morning. He was driving along Dandaloo-street, Narromine, with a baggy and pair, when an approaching motor…

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Motor Car Accident. Perth

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1910 · page 4

A party of five young men hired a motor car and asked the driver to take them for a ride. As they were returning the steering gear of the car went…

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