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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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A Fatal Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 5

One hundred lives were lost through the explosion, after a collision, of the boilers of the Russian steamer, Lowey, in the Black Sea…

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Collision in Sydney Harbor. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 4

Shortly before midnight last night the Balmain Ferry Company's steamer Lady Northcote collided with the lighter. Growers' Friend, in Darling…

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A Disastrous Collision. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 4

An official statement at Odessa states that 600 perished in the collision between the Looker and Meckler on Saturday…

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Shooting Fatality at Yaas

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 2

A SHOOTING fatality occurred at the Walgrove station on Sunday afternoon, the victim being Norman Garner, the youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. James Garner. A party of boys had been…

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Awful Railway Disaster in Victoria. Ten Killed, Over 100 Injured

The Wellington Times · Thursday 21 July 1910 · page 3

A terrible railway accident happened at the big suburban station at Richmond three miles out of Melbourne on Monday morning…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Eight Persons Killed "And Many Injured. Sydney

The Cobar Herald · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 5

At 9 o'clock this morning the Windsor express dashed into a suburban train at Richmond station. A heavy fog prevailed at…

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Railway Disaster in Victoria. Ten Killed, and Many Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 3

THE belated papers which arrived on Wednesday, contained the particulars of a terrible railway accident which happened at the big suburban station at Richmond, three miles…

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Railway Disaster. Nine People Killed. Many Injured. at Richmond Near Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 6

A railway accident occurred at Richmond station, Melbourne, on Monday, morning almost equally disastrous in its effects to the catastrophe at…

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Colliery Accident on the South Coast. Sydney, Firday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 4

Sixteen miners were injured at the Metropolitan Colliery, Helensburgh, on Wednesday morning through a cage violently striking the bottom of the…

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Fatal Boating Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 3

Two men, named George Lewis and Harry Nott, were drowned while boating at Perth, W.A…

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Accidentally Shot

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 3

While a man was wallaby shooting at Walcha, be was shot through the head…

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Serious Accident at Narromine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 2

WHILST exercising his horse over the jumps at the Narromine show ground on Friday last, Mr. H. C. Mook, a resident of the district, met with a very serious accident. Not bring at all…

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Local and General. a Peculiar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 27 July 1910 · page 2

On the day after the Narromine Show Mr. Bert Monk was practising a horse at Jumping at his home, when the horse fell, throwing his rider, and…

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Railway Accident in Algeria

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 3

Twenty persons were killed and forty injured in a Railway Collision in Algeria…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 3

Two miners named Frank Monro and Wm Brough were killed by a fall of stone in a colliery at Huntley, New Zealand…

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Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 3

As the result of a washaway on the railway line at Kurridale (W. A), a timber train was derailed, and a locomotive precipitated over an embankment. The guard (John Starrat) was…

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Another Aeroplane Accident. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 3 August 1910 · page 2

Mrs. Francke, while flying an aeroplane near Sunderland, England, touched the top of a flagstaff. The machine turned turtle, hurling the…

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Curious Motoring Fatality

The Western Herald · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 6

While holding the rope by which horses were pulling his motor char[?] bane out of some mud, Mr David Kinder, aged seventy-three, of…

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A Terrible Scalding Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 4

ON Tuesday the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. Samuels, North Sydney, fell into a coper of boiling water and was practically half boiled, so that there was no hope of recovery…

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Accident to Well-known Commercials

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 13 August 1910 · page 4

While Mr. L. Mitchell (of Messrs. John Connell and Co., Sydney), and Mr. Donald Bobb (of Messrs. Holdsworth, Macpherson and Co.) were driving in…

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