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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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The Accident to Sir Geo. Roid. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

Sir Geo. Reid, who met with an accident on Sunday, is progressing favorably. When the accident happened he was returning from church. He…

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Appalting Railway Accident. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

An appallling railway accident occurred to the Basele-Bulin express in entering Mulhesin Station, Baden, at a high speed. The engine was derailed,…

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Millionaire Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 7

A CABLEGRAM from Chicago states that Charles Pettit, the millionarie grain broker, was drowned whilst learning to swim in four feet of water. His wife…

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That Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 4

MR. CLARRIE TAYLOR, who was a passenger by the train which last week ran into the fallen rock in the cutting near Newbridge says the passengers had a miraculous escape…

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A Nasty Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 4

A NASTY and painful accident befel Mr. T. Sinclair on Wednesday at Messrs. Wilkins and Kennedy's, where be works. He was engaged operating the planing machine, when by some…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 22 July 1911 · page 4

A very painful accident happened to Mr. Thomas Sinclair, an employee of Messrs. Wilkins and Kennedy, coach-builders, &c., on Wednesday morning…

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Burning Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 2

The residence of Joseph Barton, 78, at Gulgong, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday morning. His charred remains were found among the debris…

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Peculiar Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 2

Leslie Brown, aged 5, living at Hurstville, was playing with a bag of carpenter's tools, when he fell on the blade of a ch[?]sel, and ripped his leg,…

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A Tomingley Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 3

MR. WAH SING, of Tomingley, met with a painful accident. He had dressed an inflamed hand with a bandage dipped in turpentine, and then took a candle and was about to light it at…

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Accident to a Dubbo Resident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 2

Mr. W. R. McIntosh sustained a very painful fracture of one of the small tones of his left ankle at Narramine on Friday last. It appears that Mr…

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Serious Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

A serious condition occurred in George-street West between an electric tram, a mourning [?], and a cyclist, with the result that that driver of the mourning coach and the rider of…

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Serious Driving Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

On Wednesday night Miss Gertie Stanley and a couple of companions were driving into town to see the skating carnival, when their vehicle struck a stump and turned right over…

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Local and General. Peculiar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 4

An accident, attended by serious consequences, happened to Mr. D. C. Kennedy, proprietor of the Railway Refreshment Rooms, Wellington, early…

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Accident at the Railway Station

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 2

Mr. T. G. Milne, of the Loco department, Dubbo Hallway Station, met with a painful accident on Saturday morning. Whilst attending to his duties…

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Serious Driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 2 August 1911 · page 2

An accident of rather a serious nature befel Miss Lilly Elphick on Saturday night whilst driving home to Wongarbon from Dubbo in company with…

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Mining Fatality

The Cobar Herald · Friday 4 August 1911 · page 5

A young man named Rafferty, employed as a miner at the Great Cobar mine, lost his life through an accident whilst at his work on…

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Drowned in a Mine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 5 August 1911 · page 3

WHILE three men were working at 600ft level in the Golden Fleece Mine, Wyalong, they evidently broke into old workings. An inrush of water followed. George Burton,…

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Ballooning Fatality. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

A Dutch army officer and a compan[?]on were balooning at Botana, Java, when the baloon fell. Lieut. Rainboldo was killed but the…

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S[?]rious Accident to an Ex-Dubboite

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 9 August 1911 · page 2

A serious accident occurred on Weston-road, Kurrl Kurrl, on Friday morning last, between a motor cycle and bicycle William Crook, of…

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The Denman Motor Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 12 August 1911 · page 4

At the inquest touching the death of the victims of the recent motor disaster at Denman, the jury returned the following verdict:—"We find that the…

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