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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

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Football Accidents at Wellington

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 24 May 1912 · page 7

A serious accident befel Mr. Vic. Sherriff on Saturday afternoon prior to the starting of the football match. He, with two others, were running for the…

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A Trangie Accident

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

A man named Frederick Parker was admitted to the Dubbo Hospital yesterday Buffering from a fractured leg. The injured man was brought from…

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Shocking Railway Accident

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

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

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

An accident, which resulted in the death of a young townsman, occurred near the show ground on Sunday morning last. Mr. .Joseph Darcy Salkeld, a…

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Latest Wires. Shocking Elasting Accident. Five Man Killed. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

A shocking blasting accident occurred on the railway works at Minnamurra, near Dapto, this morning. Only meagre details are available. It is…

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A Terrible Accident. the Victims Succumbs to His Injuries

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

A sad and painful accident which has had fatal results occurred in Dubbo on Sunday morning, the victim being Mr. Joseph D'Arcy Salkeld,…

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Lad's Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1912 · page 2

A serious accident happened on Thursday night, to the eldest son of Mr. W. G. Hull, the gentleman who was recently in charge of the Dubbo A.B.C. during…

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Blasting Accident. Near Kiama

The Wellington Times · Thursday 30 May 1912 · page 4

An accident occurred on Tuesday in the cutting for a railway siding, which is being put in at a metal quarry about 2 ½ miles from Kiama. Five men were…

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Shocking Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

A shocking fataliay is reported from Bendigo, Vic. A little girl, aged 15 months was left in a push-cart in front of her parents' residence, and a little…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 6

A frightful burning accident occurred at The Shades, near Molong, on the 22nd inst., by which Katherine Edith, the six-year-old daughter of Mr. and…

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Child Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

A little girl named Aileen Herbert, only daughter of Mr. W. M. Herbert, of "Wairsena," near Trundle, met with a serious accident through the…

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Tram Fatality. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

Jack Butter, 13, a Grammer School boy, while on his way to school in a tram from Coogee this morning, was riding on the offside footboard, in spite…

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Injured by a Falling Tree

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

Further particulars concerning the accident to Mr. Fred Parker, who was admitted to the Dubbo District Hospital from Trangie, are reported in the…

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Another Mine Accident Young Man Killed in a Rill

The Cobar Herald · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 5

Shortly after, mid-night on Monday a young man named Allan Peabody Evers met with a sudden death at Great Cobar mine. On…

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Mysterious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

On Wednesday evening a youth named Ernest Tensen was travelling to Brighton (Vic.), by train and on the journey was the victim of a mysterious…

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Remarkable Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 6

A peculiar accident happened to Mr. David Flouitt, butcher, at Boggibri. Flouitt was coming in from the slaughter yard with meat. His horse shied…

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Latest Cables. Terrible Railway Accident. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 May 1912 · page 4

A terrible railway accident occurred at Salizburg, on the Bavarian frontier. A passenger train was completely wrecked. Eight persons were killed…

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A Rum Collision

The Western Herald · Saturday 1 June 1912 · page 6

Sympathetic Old Lady (to cabby): "Is the poor man much hurt? Been run into by one of those nasty taxi-cabs, I suppose?"…

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Railway Accidents. a Remarkable Series

The Wellington Times · Monday 3 June 1912 · page 2

Two shocking railway fatalities occurred on Friday night. A mail was cut to pieces at Strathfield, and a woman fell from a train at Erskineville,…

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Local and General. Railway Accidents

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 4 June 1912 · page 2

Two shocking railway accidents occurred near Sydney on Friday night. A man was cut to pieces at Strathfield, and woman fell from a train at…

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