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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Accident near Lithgow

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 28 January 1911 · page 4

A RAILWAY fencer named Frank Boggs (68), was run over by an engine on Wednesday, near Eskbank coal-stage. Although frightfully injured, be was quite conscious, and asked for a…

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A Drowning Case Magisterial Inquiry

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 3

A magisterial inquiry was conducted by Mr. A. E. Fuller, J.P., at the Wellington Court House on Saturday afternoon into the death of a man whose…

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Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 30 January 1911 · page 2

Miss Dorothy Wells, 11-years of age, daughter of Mr. Wells, secretary of the Wellington Hospital, met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon. Mr. Wells…

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Drowning Fatality

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 2

A surf bathing fatality occurred at Coogee on Saturday. A party of bathers, numbering fourteen, were caught by an undertow and carried…

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The Fatal Undertow. Four Bathers Drowned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 3

Coogee was the scene of a sensational accident on Saturday. Six women and four men who were surfbathing got into difficulties, and were…

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A Coogee Sensation. Four Drowned in one Afternoon

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 1 February 1911 · page 1

THE popular bathing resort, Coogee, was the scene of a terrible fatality on Saturday. Four persons were drowned and many others barely escaped with their lives. The drowned are : --…

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Found Drowned

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 February 1911 · page 6

The inquest on the body of the man discovered in the Bell River at Neurea on Friday, adjourned for further information as to the identity of the…

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Coogee Sensation. Four Drowned in One Afternoon

The Cobar Herald · Friday 3 February 1911 · page 5

The popular bathing resort, Coogee, was the scene of a terrible fatality on Saturday. Four persons were drowned and many others barely escaped with…

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The Coogee Tragic Drowning

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 4

Four victims were swept into eternity on Sunday last, at Coogoo Beach, the toll of the stormy conditions of the previous few days, and a fifth person is missing. Only…

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A Horrible Death. Engine Driver's End. Fireman Seriously Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 6

A fearful railway accident occurred at Adelaide through an engine of a mixed train, falling into a culvert. The driver's (Rowe's) foot got caught…

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An Extraordinary Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 4 February 1911 · page 3

AN extraordinary accident is reported from Millfield, in the Cessnock district. A young man named Jenkins, a resident of Broke, was shouting along the bank of a creek, and…

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Nearly Drowned on the Stage. Melbourne

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

Fred. Winn, the actor, was nearly drowned while taking his part in the "Gay Grisette'" at the Theatre Royal last night during a demonstration of…

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Shocking Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 February 1911 · page 2

A terrible tragedy occurred at Turramurra on Saturday afternoon. Mr. Edwards, Federal Member for North Sydney, and a man named Graham,…

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Melbourne Flooded. Two Persons Drowned

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 6

As a result of the torrential rains, nearly every street in the city and its suburbs was a foaming torrent. As the trams crossed the intersections…

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Serious Bicycle Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 February 1911 · page 4

Miss Shumack, organist at the Methodist Church, met with a serious bicycle accident on Tuesday. She has been away for a six weeks' holiday, and returned…

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Fatal Accident

The Cobar Herald · Friday 10 February 1911 · page 5

On Saturday last a man named John Jolly, 5I, while working at Great Cobar mine, was crushed against a wall by a motor crane…

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A Boy Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 5

A 10-year-old son of Mr. Willoughby, of Arucliffe, left his home about 2 o'clock [?] Wednesday afternoon, and as be did not return at night, search parties were out all night…

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Found Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 11 February 1911 · page 4

A lad named Alfred James Willoughby was found drowned yesterday by his father in the creek at Arncliffe. It appeare that he wandered away, and…

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Accident to Mr. James Farlow

The Wellington Times · Monday 13 February 1911 · page 2

Mr. James Farlow, of Maryvale, met with rather a severe accident on Saturday night, while riding home to Maryvale. A number of cows were lying in…

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Twenty-seven Drowned. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 15 February 1911 · page 2

Twenty-seven of the crew of the International Wrecking Company's dredge were drowned When it foundered in the Gulf of Calverston…

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