The Nyngan Explosion. Two Persons Injured
As previously reported, a mysterious explosion occurred at the Nyngan railway refreshment rooms about 12.30 on Thursday morning resulting in the…
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Accidents, 1911
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Lithgow Railway Fatality
A BOY named Reynolds, seven years old, was run over by an engine and some trucks at Lithgow on Friday, and so badly injured that he succumbed within three hours. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Midnight Sensation. Mysterious Explosion. at Railway Refreshment Rooms. Two Persons Injured. (From the "Nyngan Observer")
A sensational and mysterious explosion occurred at the Nyngan Railway Refreshment Rooms just after mid-night on Wednesday last, or, to be…
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A houndary-rider on Weemabah station, beyond Narromine, named Henry Riley, was thrown from his horse on Sunday last and killed. From details to hand, which are only…
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A lad named Berlie Green, 8 or 9 years old, grandson of Mr. Thomas Green, Geurie, met with a very serious accident yesterday in the paddock at…
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On Sunday evening last shortly before dark Mr. A. D. Morrison met with a very severe fall near the show ground. He was seen riding past Mr. H Roberts'…
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A SERIOUS accident occurred at the Blayney show on Wednesday. In negotiating the second jump in the local hunting contest the Chief, owned by the executors of the late Mr. T…
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A little chap named Bertie Green, of Geurie, met with a serious accident on Wednesday. Coming out of school he jumped on a pony. The horse bolted;…
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A painful accident happened to Miss May Gops[?] at Mr. Baumashe's Court House Hotel, Dubbo, on Saturday night. The popular young lady was…
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The railway accident at Gaikas Loop on the night of January 4 was the worst disaster that has taken place in South Africa since that of Glencoe in 1895…
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ON Tuesday evening, about nine o'clock, a nasty accident occurred on the road down the Bourke Hill, Dubbo. Mr. Herbert Ostler and his wife and child were driving down the hill mentioned…
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Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hosler and child had an exciting experience on Tuesday night. They were driving down Bourke Hill, returning from a…
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A loaded goods train dashed into a row of standing trucks at the Clyde goods siding this morning. Several cars were damaged, but there was no injury to life…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. (From our own Correspondents). GILGANDRA. An Accident
A serious accident, which might easily have proved fatal, occurred to Mr. Gordon Foley, of Gilgandra, on Friday evening last. He was taking a stake…
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Mary Woodbury (22), while washing clothes before a fire at her home at Mangrove Creek, Hawkesbury River, this morning, the bottom of her skirt…
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During some rock excavations in George-street north this morning a fuse exploded prematurely, seriously injuring John Carter (32), and Walter…
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A serious tram collision occurred at Randwick last night. A heavily loaded car from the railway station to Coogee running into the rear of a…
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Last week a lad named McDonald was looking for horses at Table Top, three miles from Inverell, N.S.W., when he noticed a sulky and horse…
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A child named Alice Bell, aged 18 anonths, was drowned at Cronulla Beach. The infant, whose parents are fisherfolk, was playing on the beach just…
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A drowning fatality occurred at Wellington on Monday. A men whose name we have not ascertained drove into the Bell river at a point where the…
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