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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Ten Firemen Drowned. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 2

During a gale off the butt of Lewis, Scotland, 10 firemen were drowned…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. W. Petric, butcher in the employ of Mr. T. J. Moore, of Talbragar-street, was the victim of a very painful accident this morning. It appears that…

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Train Collision in Victoria. Two People Killed. Many Injured. Sydney, Thursday

The Cobar Herald · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 4

A special train returning from the show ground at Flemington, Victoria, yesterday afternoon crashed into a passenger, train between…

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Aviator Hart Injured. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 4

Mr. W. E. Hart fell 200 feet at Richmond on Wednesday while making a flight in his monoplane. He sustained a fractured skull, concussion of the…

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A Peculiar Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 3

While the mail train was travelling between Gulgong and Warrobil recently, reports the "Champion," the emergency signal was given and the train…

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Accident to Aviator Hart

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 4

Aviator Hart met with a serious accident whilst flying at Richmond. Whilst up in the air, about 200 feet, the spectators noticed that his motor had…

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The Victorian Railway Accident. Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 4

Up to last night 93 persons had intimated to the Victorian Railway Department that they had been injured in the recent railway disaster…

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GEURIE. Chopping Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 2

On Friday morning last a young man named George White, in the employ of Mr. A. Aldridge, wood contractor, was in the act of felling a tree, when the…

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Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 September 1912 · page 4

A sad fatal accident is reported from Murwillumbah. Mr. John Mitchell, brother of Mr. W. Mitchell, late of Wellington, and Mr. H. W. Mitchell, of…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Melbourne the Scene. Two People Killed. Many Injured. (By Telegraph.) Sydney, Sept. 5

The Western Herald · Saturday 7 September 1912 · page 4

A train collision occurred in Melbourne. Two passengers were killed, and between fifty and sixty, more or less, seriously injured…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Two boys, aged 8 and 3 years respectively, named McIntosh, were drowned in a creek near Gosford on Sunday. The bodies were fully clothed when…

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Father and Son Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Owing to a boat being smashed against some piles at Pambulu, a man named Williams, and his eight-year-old son, were drowned in Lake Merimbula…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Two boys, aged 8 and 3 respectively, sous of a local resident, named McIn tosh, were drowned in Narrara Creek, near Gosford…

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Drowned in the Macquarie. Bathurst

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

The body of an old man named Cornelius Donohue was found in the river near Esrom yesterday. The body had apparently been in the water some time…

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Police Superintendent Injured. Bourke

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Mr T. W. Bedingfield, Superintendent of Police, while working a teasing machine together with Sergeant Cuppit, ut Bourke, got his right hand caught,…

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The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate. Tuesday, September 10, 1912. Local and General. Drowned in the Macquarie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

The body of an old man, Cornelius Donohoe, a groom employed by Father O'Brien, of Kelso, was found drowned in the Macquarie near Bathurst…

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Accident at Narromine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Whilst engaged in catching horses yesterday morning, Mr. R. Reakers, a farmer in the district (writes our Narromine correspondent), was badly…

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Accident at Geurie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. George White, of Geurie, met with a painful accident last week. While in the act of felling a tree the axe glided off and came in contact…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

W. Flood, an employee at J. G. Brown's store, met with a nasty accident on Saturday night. It appears that he was cutting some bacon for a…

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Driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 September 1912 · page 2

Mrs. G. Lyons, who is staying with her friends, Mr. and Mrs. Herring, of Darling-street, Dubbo, was thrown out of a sulky on Sunday evening, and…

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