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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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A Motor Car Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

A couple of motorists who were on their way from Wellington to Molnog recently, had a rather had smash up. They were travelling at a high rate of…

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Man Accidentally Shot

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 3

Mr. W. N. Bookallil, manager of Mr. F. Elias' store, at Taylor's Arms, near Bowraville, had a miraculous escape from death. The store is overrun with…

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Accident at the [?]Ink

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 19 April 1912 · page 4

Last evening an accident occurred at the Skating Rink, which resulted in a lad named Huxley sustaining a fractured arm. Young Huxley was…

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Shooting Fatality at Lithgow. Lithgow

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

A youth named Eslick, who recently met with a gun accident at Mount Lambie, died in the Lithgow Hospital. At the inquest a cousin of the deceased…

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Driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 6

An accident, which might have terminated more seriously, took place recently at Peak Hill. Mr.M. J. Kerin, with his daughter Clara and little Molly…

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Riding Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

Master Norman Wheaton, 15 years of age, son of Mr. John Wheaton, senr., of Eumungerie, met with a serious accident yesterday. The lad was…

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Accident to Mr. McBRIDE

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 April 1912 · page 4

Mr. McBride, chemist, in the employ of Mr. F. Challoner, of Macquarie-street, met with a rather peculiar and very painful accident this…

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An Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 1 May 1912 · page 2

Mr. Charles Smith, a well-known Burkeite, who for many years was in the employ of Messrs. Hales, Ltd., but had lately been engaged bullock driving on Goolring Station,…

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Remarkable Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 3

A remarkable accident occurred the Valley, Brisbane, on Sunday evening. A pony attached to a sulky containing a young man and woman sh[?]…

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Accidental Fratiuide

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 8

A man named George Southworth, of Georgetown, Kentucky, awoke suddenly from a dream that burglars were trying to effect an entry into the house…

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Accident at the Show Ground

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 3 May 1912 · page 4

After the final of the Macquaric Trot and just as the people were leaving the Show Ground on Wednesday afternoon, a riding accident occurred which…

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Terrible Driving Accident. a Man Killed

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred on the Molong road on Saturday resulting in the death of a wooden-legged man named John Francis Morgan. The deceased…

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Serious Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 May 1912 · page 2

While Mr. Thomas Boss, of Bodangora, was returning on Friday evening from Bodangora to Geurie, where he was working, he met with a serious accident…

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Slater Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

On Friday last a slater named C. F. Wheelhouse employed in the erection of the District School fell a distance of 14 feet and [?]ed his ankle. The [?]…

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Accident Near Tomingley

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

A shocking driving accident happened on Thursday to Waiter Daws, a son of Mr. Daws, of Peak Hill. The horses bolted and ran against a tree,…

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Show Ground Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Miss Priest and a little girl, the daughter of Mrs. White, of Church-st., met with an accident during the second day of the show last week. The young…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

While Mr. Thomas Boss, of Bodangora, was returning on Friday evening from Bodangora to Geurie, where he was working, he met with a serious…

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Gun Accident. Melbourne

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

Leighton McKelvie, aged 17 years, of Creskick, near Ballarat, loaded a gun to shoot sparrows. Meeting a girl ho playfully struck her with the butt end…

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Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 May 1912 · page 2

A young man named Walter Dawes, son of Mr. Dawes, wool and [?] Peak Hill, met with a fatal accident near Tomingicy on Thursday last. He…

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Sulky Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 8 May 1912 · page 2

John Morgan was killed instantly, and John Bain badly injured, through being thrown out of a bulky on the Molong road, near Wellington…

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