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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Successive Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 6

Mr. J. J. Collison, Gilgandra, who wan proceeding out to Merrigal in Mr. Ellis's motor car, had the misfortune to trip and fall, dislocating his left…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 10 May 1912 · page 4

A sad fatal accident occurred on the Wellington Flat on Saturday morning last, an old-age pensioner named Morgan being killed, and another man…

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A Collision. London

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

The battleship London collided with the steamer Bonbonita in a fog off the coast of Essex. The former was uninjured, but the latter had to be towed…

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Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 May 1912 · page 2

Mr. H. Mitchell, a son of Mr. W. Mitchell, of the Government Tank, Began Road, met with a painful accident a few days ago. He wan amusing…

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Sad [?] Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 4

A very sad burning a[?] which resulted fatally occurred near Brock[?]hurst on Tuesday, when Ivan Horace [?], aged 2 years and 5 months', son…

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Mining Fatality. Perth (W.A.)

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 4

A [?] was killed in tbe Gold[?] [?] mine, [?], by a large [?] of stone falling and breaking his [?]. [?] had not been long out from…

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District News. (From our own correspondents). [?] MINE. Bad Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 17 May 1912 · page 5

On Tuesday morning last a sad totality took place at Cowell's Hotel. A man named Alfrod Day, about 65 years of age, who has been in this district…

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Football Accidents

The Wellington Times · Monday 20 May 1912 · page 2

Two very unfortunate accidents occurred last Saturday afternoon on Bell Park, where the Wellington football club was playing a match against 18…

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Fatality at Bourke. Bourke

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

The Town Clerk at Bourke, while walking in his sleep, fell over a balcony at the hotel he was lodging at, and was killed instantly…

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Sad Burning Fatality. Magisterial Inquiry

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry concerning the death of Ivan Horace Brooke, who succumbed to the effcets of a burning accident on the 14th inst.. was held…

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Accidents

The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 3

Home of our citizens have me' misfortune since our last issue, and are now distinguished by patches of plaster…

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A Remarkable Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

A peculiar accident is reported from Boggabri. A butcher named David Flouitt was driving a cart from the slaughteryard, when the horse shied and…

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Shooting Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon fast Leslie Astill, the ll year-old son of Mr. W. J. Astill, of Peak Hill Road, went humiting with some companions, and when near…

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Riding Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

A rather painful riding accident happen on sunday morning in Wingewarra-street. [?] appears that Mr. E. [?]illyard, nephew of Mr. and Mrs. H…

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Fatal S[?]lky Accident. Sydney, Tuesday

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 May 1912 · page 2

Cyril Gordon, a student. at St. Patrick's College, Manly, and son of G. L. Gordon saddler, of Muswellbrook, was fatally injured in a sulky accident on…

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Pea Rifle Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

A painful, and which might have resulted in a fatal accident (says the Coonamble "Times") befel Master Duncan Finlay on last Saturday…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

A terrible accident occurred on the railway near Oakey Fork, by which a railway ganger, Robert Joseph McGarrity, lost his life. McGarrity, who was…

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Accident at Railway Yards

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

A man named Madden met with an accident at the railway yards on Tuesday by which one of his fingers was severely crushed. He was engaged in…

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Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

Henry Baskett (61), a resident of Auburn, attempted to alight from a moving train at Auburn yesterday, and fell between the platform and…

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A Shocking Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 4

Mr. Henry Boskett (61), a resident of Auburu, attempted to alight from a moving train at Auburn, but fell between the car and the platform. The…

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