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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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A Nasty Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. George Hopper, junior, of Cumnock, met with a painful accident last week, resulting in the fracture of the tiones of his left leg, just above the…

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A Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. E. Carrett, funeral director, met with a painful accident on Sunday, as the result of which he will have to lie up for a few days. He was…

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Accident to a Mall Sulky

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1914 · page 2

In the Dubbo Small Debts Court to-day, before Mr. W. F. Robertson, P.M., Arthur James Furney (represented by Mr. McManamey) proceeded…

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Excitement at the "Club." Three Men Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 4

A heavy skirting board on the southern balcony of the Club House Hotel, Dubbo, fell from its mooring about noon to-day, and three men were…

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A Nasty Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 6

The 12-year old son of Mr. Fred Offner, Dubbo, on Wednesday was riding a bicycle home from the river, where he had been bathing, when he was thrown…

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A Cumnock Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 3
Also in The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate

While George Hopper, jungle of Cumnork, was riding a young horse on Tuesday last, the animal reared, and falling, rolled on him, with the result…

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District News. (From Our Correspondents). Narromine. Gun Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 13 February 1914 · page 2

Mr. Harry Wheeler, second son of Mr. J. Wheeler, who for many years was stationmaster here, met with a gun accident on Sunday last at…

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Cobar Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 17 February 1914 · page 4

Mr. Harry Evans, who was killed at the Great Cobar Mine last week, was a brother-in-law of Messrs. G. and L. M[?]rshall, of Peak Hill. Strange to…

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Fatal Collision. Mr. Fred Busk Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 1

Residents of Dubbo were shocked and pained when the sad intelligence circulated that Mr. Fred Bush, a well known Dubbo postal official, had…

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Nasty Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 8

The six-year-old son of Mr. Albert Hedges, of Bear bong, near, Gilgandra, was the viction of a very painful accident last on Sunday afternoon. He…

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 2

A fatal aceident occurred in the Overdow mine, Bobndah, near Tottenham, on Thursday, the victim being George Hartley. It appears that Hart-…

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Railway Accident. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4

A serious railway accident happened in Indiana (U.S.A.) A heavy freight train ran into a street car owing to slippery rails. Four were killed and…

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Sad Fatal Accident. Popular Postal Official Killed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 February 1914 · page 4

The death occurred in the District Hospital yesterday afternoon of Mr. Fred. Bush, one of Dubbo's best known and most respected letter carriers…

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Railway Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 1

Several carriages of two trains were damaged at the Central Railway Station on Saturday morning, as the result of n number of carringes which…

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Burning Fatality at Orange

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 1

Miss Mary Darton, or Byng-street, Orange, was burned to death on Saturday morning. She had attended a farewell dance given to Mr. Alldis at…

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Sad Fatality at Orange

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 2

Miss Mary Dalton, daughter of the late Mr. M. J. Dalton, of Orange, met with a serious accident early on Saturday morning. She went to a private…

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Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 1

A railway engine cleaner at the local sheds, named A. Cook, met with a hasty accident on Friday morning. He was engaged cleaning the mail engine,…

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Accidentally Shot

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1914 · page 1

In connection with the death of Hentrich Kordtsy a young German who died from, the effects of a bullet wound at Warren last week, the…

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Collision on the Yarra

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 27 February 1914 · page 1

The steamer Bombala, outward bound from Melbourne to Sydney, collided with the Coogee on the Yarra on Wednesday. The former's stern ripped…

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