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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Motor-car Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 3

A motor car, driven by a man named Goddard and occupied pled by another roan and woman, dashed into a footpath in Pitt-street, near Campbell-street, Sydney. The three occupants…

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A Serious Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

Mr. James Carter, senr., of Wallaby Park, near Peak Hill, was returning from town on Thursday last, in a sulky, and accompanied by a man who…

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Fatality on a Steamer

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

The steamer Tolus floated off last night unaided. While Mr. Hudson, the third officer, was directing operations, one of the lines attached to the kudgo another suddenly parted…

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Harbor Accident

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

A party of marines and seamen attached to the Naval Guard, on Spectacle Island, were capsised near Balmain last night. All the occupants were thrown into the water. They…

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Boating Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 4

A sensational boat capsize occurred near Ba[?]main late last night. A naval skiff, containing seven marines and blue jackets, was overturned off…

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Another Sulky Accident. Tragic End to a Holiday

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

A sulky accident which resulted in the death of Mr. William Henry Woeds, a brother-in-law of Mr. D. J. Dowd, took place near the Scabbing Flat…

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Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 3

The body of Stephen Nestor, 44, engineer, was found floating in Darling Harbor. He left his lodging but an hour preciously, with the intention of boarding the steamer Airmee, on…

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Driving Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

Mr. William Henry.Woods, a racecourse detective at Randwick, who was spending a holiday with his brother-in-law, Mr. D. J. Dowd, of Scabbing…

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Automobile Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 3

Oae soldier was killed, and 20 seriously injured, through an automobile oar colliding with a military detachment in the darkness at St. Denis, France,…

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Found Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

Stephen Nestor, 44, a marine engineer, was found floating, drowned, In the vicinity of his ship. The deceased's wife, a few days ago, fell…

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Jockey Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

While Cape Darley was being ridden in the Flying Handicap at Rockhampton yesterday, the gelding fell; the rider, J. Anglas, was fatally…

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Mr. John Dillion Injured. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

Mr. John Dillon, Nationalist leader, was seriously injured in a motor accident near Dundalk. The car dashed into a bridge, and Mr. Dillon was…

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Series of Race Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

A SERIES of accident occurred at the V.R.C. race, on Saturday. There were eight starters in the Hunt Club's Cup, seven of which fell, including Reappearance, who had to be…

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Motor-car Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 3

John Dillon, the chairman of the Irish party, was injured while motoring. The last sacrament was administered. He is now reported to be progressing…

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Miners' Accident Fund. Mr. Edden's Bill

The Cobar Herald · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 6

In the Assembly the other evening, che Minister for Mines (Mr. Edden, out,[?]incd his proposed bill dealing with the extension and administration of the…

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Series of Accidents

The Western Herald · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 4

A series of accidents occurred at the V.R.C. races on Saturday. There were eight starters in the Hunt Club's Cup, seven of which fell, including Reappearance, who…

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Fatality at Narromine. A Boy Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 2

OUR Narromine correspondent writes: -- A terrible accident happened on Thursday last, when a lad named Robert Long, about 17 years of age, received dreadful injuries which resulted…

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Driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 2

On Saturday night a man named S. Cutts, a farmer residing near Dubbo, had'a narrow escape from a very serious accident. It appears that he was…

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Peculiar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 2

Accidents will happen even under the best regulated conditions and to persons of Che calmest and most deliberate natures. So thinks Mr. H. B…

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A Lift Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 14 June 1911 · page 2

While Robert Cowan, a mechanic, was repairing a lift at the G.P.O., Melbourne the lift fell 30 feet. Cowan miraculously escaped death, but sreceived…

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