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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

135 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 7 of 7

A Street Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 18 November 1913 · page 1

A man named William Albert, who has been recently employed at har[?]for Mr. Robinson, at Minora, [?]stained a painful accident in…

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An Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 4

Last Friday night Mr. D. Munro, of the Collie Hotel, was the victim of a gas explosion. He was rendered unconscious, and sustained deep,…

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Another Engine Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 December 1913 · page 4

Almost every week we hear of accidents to railway engines. Word comes of another faulty juggernaut at Molong. Last week an engine attached…

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Sad Burning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 1

A sad burning fatality is reported from Morongla Creek, near Cowra, where a young named woman, named Mrs. Linda McAuliffe, died from the…

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A Riding Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 1

A nasty accident [?] Mr. W. H. Bo[?]d, North Dubbo, on Friday afternoon. He was riding into town, and seems to have attempted to turn the…

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Local and General. an Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 1

A child of Mrs. Piper of North Dubbo, fell down a flight of steps at the Empire Hall on Friday night. Fortunately, no bones were broken,…

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An Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 2

A painful accident b[?]d Mr. P. Fletcher, railway engine driver, at Narromine, last week. A comparison handed him a toy weapon, which…

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A Shocking Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 December 1913 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at Cleveland Street, Sydney, on Sunday night. A man named Robert Moore, his son Thomas, and another man,…

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Double Drowning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 4

Two boys named Watson (13) and Hobbs (11) were found drowned in the Belabula River, at Carcoar, on Tuesday night. One body wan clothed,…

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A Railway Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 December 1913 · page 4

A sad fatality occurred at Orange about 3 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning, when Mr. Leslie Dollisson, a guard, that his death. No 49. mail (the…

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An Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 December 1913 · page 4

On Tuesday Mr. Charles Hutchins, whilst engaged in the erection of a house for Mr. W. Kingston, was struck in the eye with a piece of steel…

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Shooting Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

A pathetic shooting fatality occurred at Bathurst on Friday afternoon. Agnes Brown, 18 years of age, was found dead in a bedroom at the residence of…

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A Serious Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon a motor car, occupied by three -persons, crashed into a buggy, in which sat Archbishop Tollis, his daughter, and Rev…

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An Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 December 1913 · page 1

Mr. Con Hogan, son of Mr. James Hogan, of Beni, employed by Mr. Bland, of Dubbo, was thrown from a vehicle when crossing the traffic bridge…

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Painful Accident

The Western Herald · Wednesday 31 December 1913 · page 2

On Christmas Eve Fred Richards, a fettler on the line at Tank, was very seriously injured in the stomach, caused through the re-bound of a crowbar. He was…

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