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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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Yeoval Motor Fatality Verdict of Accidental Death

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 6

The accident on the Molong-Cumnock Road to a motor lorry, owned by the Country Freezing Company, when Mr. Brydon, 45, manager of the freezing…

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Christmas Day Tragedy Sad Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

The Christmas Day festivities in Wellington were saddened by the happening of a try sad fatality, which occurred at the residence of First-class Sergt. J.E…

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270 Sailors Drowned

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

270 British sailors were drowned in the wreck of the British steam yacht Iolarie, off Stormoway, Scotland. There were 300 sailors aboard, on…

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Accident

The Western Herald · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. D. W. F. Hatten (our local Stock Inspector) has had smash up. It appears that on 20th December last he was driving between…

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The Recent Cumnock Motor Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 6 January 1919 · page 2

On Tuesday, December 24, the interment of Messrs. Brydon and Lindsay, the victims of the unfortunate motor lorry accident at The Gap, took place…

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Molong Motor Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 3

The accident on the Molong-Cumnock road to a motor lorry, owned by the Country Freezing Co., when Mr. Brydon (45), manager of the freezing…

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Accident to Holiday-makers

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 4

At Katoomba, on Monday last, Mrs. Walter Martin (District School, Wellington), arranged an early morning drive to Govett's Leap. The party of…

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Accident at Gasworks

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 4

A serious accident happened to AIf Payne at the gasworks this morning. Preparations were being made to put a large tank for boiling tar into…

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Accident to Wellington Girl

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 January 1919 · page 4

Whilst playing in a wheelwright's yard in Kerr's Road, Lidcombe with some other girls, Lily Clarke, daughter of Mrs. Clarke, who formerly resided…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 1

Mr. W. Woodley, a young man who resides at Eulemoge, was admitted to Dubbo District Hospital last night suffering from a crushed band. At the…

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The Armistice. Renewal of the Armistice Signed. 19,472 Australian Soldiers Repatriated. 3150 Prisoners Returned to England. How Rosa Luxembourg, Rebel, Was Killed. Clubbed, Half-drowned, Torn to Pieces and Shot. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 2

A United Service message from London on Monday states:—General Monash says his department to the 15th January has repatriated 19,472 soldiers,…

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A Painful Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 23 January 1919 · page 4

Leslie Dorman, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Dorman, of Simpson Street, met with a very painful accident on Tuesday in a most simple manner. He was…

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Motor Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

In a motor accident on Molong Gul gong road, at Cullenbone, at 11 o'clock last Wednesday night, Mr. Cecil Jackson, of Mudger, lost his life, and two…

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Fatality in a Munition Train. The Portuguese Situation. London, Feb, 4

The Western Herald · Wednesday 5 February 1919 · page 2

A Constantinople message reports a terrible story of cannibalism at Mosul, where six small children were sacrificed and their flesh roasted for food…

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Shooting Accident

The Western Herald · Saturday 8 February 1919 · page 2

On Saturday last Charlie Andrews son of Mr. J. Andrews of Stoney Rise, whilst out shooting an emu at their place rested the loaded rifle…

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Fate of the Last Man. May Be Drowned, Boasted or Frozen

The Wellington Times · Monday 10 February 1919 · page 1

The probable fate of the last man is a subject which has often been discussed. Among the many not very cheerful solutions offered by men of…

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A Drowning Fatality. Boy Loses His Life in the Macquarie

The Wellington Times · Monday 17 February 1919 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality took place in the Macquarie River at 11 o'clock yesterday morning, when a youth named Leslie Ernest Luke, aged 17 years, son…

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Saved From Drowning

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 21 February 1919 · page 1

Mr. H. Hughes, of Wongarbon, gallantly saved a lad named Hunt from drowning in the Macquarie the other day. Hunt was swimming and…

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Coroner's Inquiry the Drowning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Monday 24 February 1919 · page 3

The coroner held an inquiry on Friday morning into the death of Leslie Ernest Luke, who was drowned in the Macquarie River on the previous…

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Accident to a Painter

The Wellington Times · Thursday 27 February 1919 · page 4

Clive Smith, who is engaged in painting the railway station promises, met with a painful accident early this morning. He placed the ladders in position…

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