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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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News from Everywhere Serious Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 5

A serious collision occurred to Lanbert Street, Bathurst, on Friday. A motor car, driven by Mr. G. Rutherford, collided with a…

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Accident at Eumungerie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 1

A man named Harry Brown, a greater in the Eumungerlo district, met with a serious accident yesterday. He was out driving, and was thrown from…

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Biding Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 4

Mr. Albert Townsend, of Gilgandra, had a sensational experience the other day. The horse he was riding plunged into a hole that was concealed by star…

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Two Fatal Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 6

Two fatal accidents occurred at Coonamble last week. Mr. Con H[?]pin, 49, an employee of Mr. Stuart McVicar, was thrown from a horse and killed,…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 31 July 1914 · page 6

The "Coonamble Times" thus relates a chapter of accidents:—Mr. Pat. Warnock, son of Mr. H. A. Warnock, of Osborne, was thrown from his horse…

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Accident at Geurie

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4

A painful and serious accident befel Mr. George Annesley, blacksmith, Geurie, this morning. He was engaged in welding a tyre, when one of the…

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Accident at Geurie

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 1

A painful and serious accident befel Mr. George Annesley, blacksmith, of Geurie, on Friday morning. He was engaged in welding a tyre, when one…

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A Serious Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 3

Respecting the serious collision between two motor cars at the corner of Park and College Streets, Sydney, repeated in our Tuesday's issue, serious injures were…

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Driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 2

Mrs. and Miss Sheehau, of Mungery, were both thrown out of a buggy last week. The horses took fright at the noise caused by the overhanging…

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Driving Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 18 August 1914 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Hirsch, of Cathundral, were thrown out of their sulky while driving home from Trangle. Both received a severe shaking. The…

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Fatality Near Wyalong

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 1

A young man named George Vernon, aged 21:years, employed at Mr. James MeFadyen's form, neat Wyalong, mot With a fatal accident on Monday. He…

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Burning Fatality near Mount Drysdale. a Very Sad Death

The Cobar Herald · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 5

It is with great sorrow that we chronicle the sad and sudden death of Mrs. Richard Lynch, of Darling Downs, 12 miles from Mt…

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Scalding Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 6

A nasty accident happened at Trangie on Sunday last to the infant child of Mr. and Mrs. E. Gerrard, jun. The little one crawled across the room…

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A Tooraweenah Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4

A man named James Edward Bull a clearing contractor on "Widgeric," Tooraweenah, fell out of a spring cart on Saturday night. The wheel passed…

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A Peculiar, Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4

An accident of a peculiar nature be[?]el a man named Edward Hobbs(son of Mr. Ted Hobbs, late of Dubbo, and a well known citizen), a…

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Motor Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 4

Gilgandra is keeping up its fame and notori[?]ty. It is famous for its wheat and general farm produce, and it is becoming notorious for fires and motor…

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Accident to Train

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 1

Early yesterday morning a goods train at Diawana crossing loops divided and the three rear trucks broke away. Gathering speed they raced as…

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Motor Car Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 2

A motor party of Gilgandra residents, including Messrs. Campbell, Field, Blacket, and Swanson, and Miss Mackie (Sydney), met with a serious…

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Painful Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 1 September 1914 · page 1

A painful accident occurred to a man named James Foran, at Dundullimal, near Dubbo, on Saturday last. With Mr. Baird and several others, the…

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Accident to Dunedoo Mail Coach

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 6

An accident recently happened to the Dunedoo-Binnaway mail coach, some seven miles from Dunedoo. It appears that a motor car coming in the…

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