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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Accident at the School

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 4

A NASTY accident happened to a little boy, named Arthur Blalchtord, at the District School on Wednesday. While running across the school ground, he tripped and fell over,…

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Accident at Geurie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 4

MR. HERBERT DOWD, of "Glen Idol," Geurie, was the victim of a frightful accident yesterday. He was driving a team of horses attached to an empty waggon from Geurie to his home,…

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Accident While Playing

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 1 September 1911 · page 4

A little chap[?]named Blatchford met with an accident In the playground at the Dubbo District School on Wednesday. While the was. one of a group…

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A Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 4 September 1911 · page 2

A very serious accident happened on Thursday to Mr Herbert J. Dowd, of "Glen Idyl," Geurie. Mr Dowd was returning with an empty waggon to his…

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Accident at Narromine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 5 September 1911 · page 2

AN accident, attended with injury to a railway fireman named M. Ryan, occurred at Narromine station late last Saturday night. The engine on which Rhan was engaged was…

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Latest Cables. Double Aviation Fatality. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

An aeroplane, in which Lieutenant Newman and M. Le Coute, well-known aviators, were making a flight near Newhaven, Alsace, fell, and the engine…

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Shocking Accident at Parkes. Parkes

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 8 September 1911 · page 4

George Miller (18) was working at a sawmill on his father's property near town when the belting slipped off the pulley. Miller went to shut off the…

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Railway Collision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

A collision occurred at Scarsdale, Victoria, between the van of a train, which got out of hand wben being shunted, and some ballast trucks on the…

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A Motor Collision. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

A motor car belonging to Mr. Horace Whiddon was wrecked near St. Mary's. The three occupants were thrown out, but none were badly hurt…

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The Victorian Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 3

Further partitioners of the railway accident near Scarsdale (Vic.), show that 12 persons were injured, two of whom are in a critical condition…

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Shocking Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 4

George Miller, (18) was working on a sawmill on his father's property at Parkes, when the belting slipped off tho pulley. He went to shut off the power and was…

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Accident at Narromine

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 12 September 1911 · page 2

A fireman named M. Ryan met with a painful accident at the Narromine Railway Station. The engine on which he was working was steaming up the…

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Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 4

Mr. and Mrs. J. Hargrave were the victims of a driving accident on Saturday last. Whilst driving home in the dark the wheel of the sulky came in contact with a stump, and…

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District News. (From our own Correpondents). NARROMINE. Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 15 September 1911 · page 2

Mr. Frank Shepherd of "Acton," met with a painful accident on Tuesday while engaged felling timber on his estate. It appears that a bar in the…

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Accident to Mr M. M'leod

The Wellington Times · Monday 18 September 1911 · page 2

We very much regret to report details of a severe accident, of which Mr M. M'Leod, of Messrs M. M'Leod and Co., was the victim last Thursday…

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Fatal Accident at Narromine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

Mr. A. R. MILLAR, a highly-respected resident of the district, was accidently shot by a pea rifle on Sunday. From information to band, it appears that deceased left home in the…

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Sulky Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

A NASTY accident happened in Macquarie-street on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Kilfoyle, a resident of Beni, and his daughter were driving along in a sulky, when on turning his head to…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 3

A metal plunger burst at a coppersmith's shop at Melbourne. Three men were badly injured. Only of the victims died a fow hours later…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

A lad named J. Klifoyle, son of Mrs. Klifoyle, of Tattersall's Hotel, Dubbo, met with a nasty accident at Benl on Thursday last. Young Kilfoyle, who…

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Street Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1911 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon Mr. T. Kilfoyle, of Beni, was driving along Macquarie-street, accompanied by a young lady, when by some misadventure, the…

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