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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Serious Accident Averted

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 2

A serious railway accident was prevented early on Tuesday morning at bathurst, when it was discovered that a spring of the vestibule sleeping car…

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Railway Accident at Dubbo

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 25 April 1913 · page 4

Owing to the wrong signal having been given, and the shunting engine crossing up to tho neck of the line a goods train collided with the latter at…

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 29 April 1913 · page 2

Victor Shutter, proprietor of the Quirindi musical establishment and agent for Paling,was killed on Gaspard-road on Thursday night. He was…

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Railway Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 May 1913 · page 4

At Adelaide a serious accident occurred a street crossing on the Bowen North Railway line on Tuesday night. A buggy occupied by Francis Naylor,…

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Accident at Mogriguy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

While engaged in a game of football at Morgriguy on Sunday, Mr. Keir sustained a treble fracture to one of his legs. De was dodging from a…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 May 1913 · page 2

James Pittman, a carpeuter, working on the Government tramway sheds at Broken Hill, was run over by a carriage. After effecting repairs to a…

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Home Hints. Lamp Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 11

If a lamp is upset and the burning oil runs over, do not throw water on it, but throw flour, earth, sand or ashes, and fling it first on the foremost flames…

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Serious Accident at Goolma

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 May 1913 · page 6

Robert Moore, an aged man, while engaged at clearing for Ryan Bros, Goolma, met with a serious accident last Tuesday evening. It appears that he…

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Terrible Scalding Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 May 1913 · page 8

A shocking accident occurred, near Glen Innes, a day or two ago, whereby a little girl named Show, aged four, lost her life after intense…

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Such a Frightful Accident

The Western Herald · Saturday 17 May 1913 · page 2

It was the time of the great blizzard of 1891, Just below Camborne, on the G.W.R., is a lofty viaduet, at that time a wooden structure, but lately rebuilt of stone…

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Accident at Geurie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 20 May 1913 · page 2

While playing football at Geurie last Saturday, J. Smith received a nasty knock. He was carried off the ground in an unconscious condition,…

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Peculiar Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 8

On Monday evening Messrs. T. Mallay aud W. White, two of the local railway employees, met with injuries under rather peculiar circumstances. It…

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In Emergencies. Homely Hints and Helps for All Kinds of Minor Accidents

The Wellington Times · Thursday 22 May 1913 · page 11

Many mothers have known the terror of "something happening," and the frantic search for a doctor. He mat come in time to save, life, but not soon…

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Serious Collision Averted

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 27 May 1913 · page 4

A disastrous head on collision was narrowly averted at Come on Saturday night, by the presence of mind of the officer in charge of that station…

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Farmer Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

The body of James Gleeson, a very old resident of the Inverell district, and one of the earliest farmers in the Dog Trap portion of the district, was…

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A Shocking Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 7

John Lee, a timber lumper, met with a shocking death on Wednesday morning. He was unloading timber from the [?] Casino in Melbourne, when…

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Accident in Macquarie- St

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 June 1913 · page 4

Near the Shire Hall, on Wednesday night, Mr. T. Green, of Cobra- street, was found lying in a pool of blood, having evidently fallen and struck his…

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Accident at Narromine

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 June 1913 · page 1

Mr. T. E. Perry met with an accident whilst at polo practise on Saturday last. The ground was rather slippy, and in turning sharply the…

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Fatal Accident

The Cobar Herald · Friday 13 June 1913 · page 6

A fatal accident occurred at the Great Cobar copper mine about 12 o'clock on Wednesday, when a man named Giames Piter, 23 years…

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A Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 June 1913 · page 1

A visitor to Narromine had a close call last Tuesday evening. He was leaning over the back balcony of the Courthouse Hotel when he…

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