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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Triple Drowning

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

There was a terrible drowning accident at Cronnlla on Tuesday. Marjorie Lowdon, eldest daughter of Mr. Alick Lowdon, boot manufacturer,…

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Fatality at Wellington

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

Robert Scott, 56 years of age, was run over by a goods train at the level crossing at Wellington on Sunday night. His body was terribly rangled…

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Fatality at Great Cobar

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 5

A sad facility occurred at Great Cobar on Sunday morning. Walter Derwent Wardle, who was a shift boss over the furnaces, was engaged…

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Collie Lad Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Master Fred. Bogic, 13 years of age, son of Mr. Bogie, of Collie, sustained serious injuries on Boxing Day. He was driving home from town in a…

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Stabbing Affray. Man and Woman Injured. Another Man Arrested

The Cobar Herald · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

Mrs. Edward Wood, a Manly resident, and a man named Edward Kelfett, were victims of a stabbing affray, just before midnight on…

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Remarkable Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 1

At Goulburn on Wednesday James E[?]day, aged 4 years, was playing with a pea-rifle, when the weapon discharged. The bullet struck the child…

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A Burning Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

On Wednesday, 24th ultimo, Mr. Z. R[?]gan, an employe[?] at J. [?]. Brown's store, Dubbo, was the victim of a painful burning accident. He was…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 6

A serious accident happened in Bank-street, Molong, just before the holidays, the victim being a little girl named Annie Tr[?]m[?]in, aged eight…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 8

A serious accident befel Frederick Bogie, the 13 year old son of Mr. Bogie, of Collie, before the holidays. The lad was driving home with a…

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A "Rum" Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 January 1914 · page 4

A rather peculiar accident happened to an employee of the firm of J. G. Brown on Christmas Eve. It appears that Mr. Z. Rogan, assistant storeman…

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Australian Aviator Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred at Adelaide on Friday morning when Mr. A. W. Jones, the Australian aviator, came to grief while flying at a height…

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An Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Mr. Charles Fisher mot with a rather serious accident at Toorawee[?]h on Saturday. He was driving a butcher's cart, which by some menus overturned…

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A Nasty Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1914 · page 2

Gross carelessness on the part of someone was responsible for a nasty accident—which, however, might have been much more serious—at the bridge…

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Rescue From Drowning

The Wellington Times · Thursday 8 January 1914 · page 5

Yesterday afternoon, Mr. Benjamin Stubbles, a railway employee, while bathing in the river, got into difficulties. He had crossed to the opposite…

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Accidentally Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

A young man named Fitzsimmons, a share farmer on Wollungough station, Ungarie, was accidentally drowned in a tank there through the dray horse he…

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Drowning Fatalities

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 3

A number of drowning fatalities have occurred in Melbourne recently. Within sight of 40 or 50 bathers at Elwood Beach, Mrs. Ellen Daly, aged…

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Clergyman Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 5

The Rev. F. A. Wenborn of St. Paul's Church, Deniliquin, who had been an inmate of the hospital, suffering from pneumonia, was drowned on…

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A Clergyman Drowned

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 6

The Rev. F. A. Wenborn, of St. Paul's Church, Denillquin, who had been an inmate of the hospital, suffering from pneumonia, was drowned on…

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A Peculiar Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

Mr. Juck McMuellen, of Greenthorpe, near Cowrn, was the victim of a peculiar accident last week. He used the barrel of an old pearifle to break…

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Harvesting Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 January 1914 · page 2

A lad named Cecil Turner, about 11 years of age, met with a nasty accident at Forbes last week. He was assisting his father (Mr. J. Turner) in…

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