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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

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Buggy Accident at Gular

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 8

One evening last week a rather serious buggy accident occurred at Gulargambone. Mrs. Blackman was driving a single-horse buggy containing two…

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From Our Exchanges a Fatal Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 April 1916 · page 6

Patrick Charles O'Rourke, a youth of between 16 and 17 years of age (son of Mrs. T. Lonergan, of Arthur-street, Wellington) died in the hospital from…

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Railway Collision at Goulburn

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

A railway collision of a serious character occurred at the Goulburn railway yards on Sunday morning last, when a goods train from Sydney,…

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Gular Buggy Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

On Sunday evening of last week a rather serious buggy accident occurred at Gular. Mrs. Blackman was driving a single-horse buggy containing two…

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A Pecullar Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

Master Jack Fitzhardinge, son of Lieut. A. F. Fitzhardinge, of Gilgandra, was the victim of an accident or misadventure last week. He was engaged…

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Accidents

The Western Herald · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 4

Quite a chapter of accidents to record. On May 3; Mr. Kerry Davis, eldest son of Mr. E. M. Davis, had the thumb of his left hand badly…

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Cycling Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 1

Miss Doris, the 11-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Mahony, met with a cycling accident on Saturday, colliding with a motor car. The child…

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Another Fatal Gun Accident. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 9 May 1916 · page 2

Robert Hatchwell, of Hannon Vale, near Taree, while out shooting with his son, and was walking a few yards in front, when the gun which the lad was…

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A Singular Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 4

A young man named Campbell Pratt, while travelling to his home at Randwick by tram a few days since, was the victim of a singular mishap, which…

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GILGANDRA. Severely Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

While cutting down a tree on his property at "Santa Panla," near Bul-. lagreen last week, Mr. R. Fisher met with a severe accident. The tree…

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District News. (Continued from Another Page.) WONGARBON. Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 1

It is with regret I have to report a very serious accident to Mr. T. Keogh, of this town. It appears Mr. Keogh was returning home on Wednesday…

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A Serious Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 1

A serious collision occurred in Talbragar Street, opposite the railway wheat shed, on Saturday evening. Mr. Harold Gilbert, son of…

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Trains in Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 4

A serious railway [?] occurred at Cox's River, near Wallerawang, early on Saturday morning. A goods train from Eskbank dashed into a…

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Fatality at the Chesney

Western Age · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at the Chesney Mine, Wrightville, on Monday, about 11 o'clock. It appears that a miner named Jack Patterson…

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Accident to Train

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 1

A derailment occurred at Dripstone on "Friday last, when the engine of the paper train left the rails. Only slight damage was done, though the…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

A serious collision between a motor car and a motor cycle occurred in Talbragar-street, a little to the cast of the railway station, shortly after 5 o'clock…

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Butoher's Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 16 May 1916 · page 2

A very painful accident happened to Mr. C[?] [?]wen, butcher, or Wongarbon, on Friday night last. He was engaged is cutting up some meat with…

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Accident at the School

The Wellington Times · Thursday 18 May 1916 · page 4

Yesterday afternoon Henry Gribble, a little boy, son of Mr. and Mrs. Gribble of Curra Crook road, and a scholar in the infants' department of the…

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Serious Collision

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

As the result of a collision between a motor cycle and a motor car, Mr. John Barrlett, a well-known resident of Bathurst, sustained a fracture of…

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The Chesney Mine Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

Western Age · Friday 19 May 1916 · page 2

The inquest touching the death of John Thomas Patterson, 22, a miner, at the Chesney mine, Wrightville on Monday, 15th instant, was held at…

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