Six People Drowned
On Christmas morning Thomas Cambell, accompanied by his wife and three children, were driving to Mrs. Cambell's father's home near…
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Accidents, 1917
134 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 1 of 7
Disastrous Floods in Queensland. Many People Drowned and Missing
A message received from Brisbane gives meagre details of a big disaster at Clermont in Central Queensland, where, owing to floods, three parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Our Exchanges Accident at Tooraweenah
Mr. Reid met with a severe accident whilst returning from Tooraweena[?] to his home at Brolga. As lie w riding along horse slipped and fell…
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Quite a chapter of motor accidents occurred during the week end. On Sunday Mr. A. H. Findlater sustained cu[?]on of the brain by being thrown…
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The police were notified yesterday that it was supposed that a man named William Dunsmore had been drowned in the Macquarie River, near Dowd's…
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An inquiry is to be held by the coroner on Friday in connection with the death of William Dunsmore, who was drowned in the Macquarie River, near…
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The body of a man named William Dunsmore was found in the Macquarie at Dowd's Falls. It presented a gruesome sight. The face [?] been nearly…
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Mr Harry Hogan, the popular W.D.R.A. Stipendiary Steward, is carrying the marks on his face of a motor accident in which he was…
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The body, fully clothed, of an old age pensioner, named Hugh Henderson, aged 66 years, was recovered from the river by the police on Wednesday…
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An inquiry was held by the District Coroner last Friday concerning the death of William Dunsmore, whose death by drowning was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires. Explosion in Munition Factory. Many Killed and Injured. the Raider. What Chamberlain Says: London, Jan. 22
A fire in a munition factory outside London caused a terrific explosion. Large quantities of explosives ignited, and all the buildings in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Base for Raiders. Enemy Offensive Checked. Terrible Railway Accident. an Ominous Pamphlet. London. Jan. 22
The captain of a Brazilian steamer reports encountering on the coast of Rio Grand two cargo vessels, accompanied by two auxiliary ships flying…
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The body of a man named Frank Meier, 54 years of age, was found floating in the Macquarie river near the railway bridge yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sad Drowning Fatality. in the Chesney Mine Tank. Lulu and Teddy Knight the Victims
Another of those unfortunate drowning fatalities, which luckily, are few and for between, but have at times shocked the people of this…
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An inquest vras held last Thursday by the Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, into the death of Mrs Mary Ann Lawson, who…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Gerald Kempe Drowned. the Man Who Brought the Kelpie Dog
Gerald Kempe, whose body was found floating in the Murray, at Morgan, a few days ago, placed the world of sheepmen under an…
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A motor car travelling along Talbra gar-street on Monday morning startled a team of horses attached to a large wheat waggon, the property of Mr…
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On Tuesday last the district coroner held an inquiry as to the cause of a fire by which the motor-car of Edward Joseph Grimes was destroyed on the…
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The body of a lad named Charles Bruce, who was drowned in the river near Tocumwal has been recovered. There is no trace of the body of…
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At the Coogee baths on Thursday the Rev. Charles Donnelly, assistant priest at Temora, disappeared. He was in Sydney on a holiday, and went…
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