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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Child Fatally Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 1

Mr. and Mrs. Holmes, of Warrie Flat, lost their infant sun. Charles Richard, aged three months, the result of an accident. Mrs. Holmes was driving a…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 6 January 1920 · page 1

Mr. William Gardiner, of Terramungamine, sustained serious Injuries to his head during the holidays. While driving he was thrown out and dragged…

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Novelist Drowned. a Submarine's Victim

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 4

Few, if any, collaborating scrialists have achieved wider popularity than Alice and Claude Askew, whose "Shulamite" and the sequel thereto, "The…

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Open Column (We do not necessarily endorse the opinions expressed by correspondents.) a Peculiar Accident and Its Sequel. (To the Editor.)

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

Sir,--I crave space in your columns to direct attention to some peculiar happenings. At about noon on New Year's Day a horse, evidently in a…

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Letter to the Editor. a Strange Accident and Its Sequel

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 January 1920 · page 2

Sir,—I [?]ave space in your columns to direct attention to some pecullar happening. On New Year's Day about noon a horse, evidently in a state…

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Fatality at Baker's Swamp. Well-known Resident Killed by Falling Tree

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 January 1920 · page 3

A sad accident, resulting in the death of Mr. James Owens, a well-known and respected resident of Baker's Swamp, occurred on Thursday afternoon, It…

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 1

A well-known resident of the district named James Owens (40), married, was killed at his home at Baker's swamp last Friday, He was lopping a…

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Accident to Mr. D. Ross

The Wellington Times · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. Donald Ross, of Rose Yale farm, met with a painful accident on Monday last. He was out riding when his horse toll with him and threw him heavily…

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Burning Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

A burning fatality occurred near Mundooran, when the five year old son of Mr. J. W. Markev was the victim. It appears that an elder boy was…

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Accident to Mr. Michael Brady

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 February 1920 · page 2

Mr. Michael Brady, of "Weandre," Larras Lake, met with a somewhat serious accident about a week ago. He was being driven home from…

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Boy Drowned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 1

While Mr. and Mrs. J. Fahey, of Orange, were attending a funeral their son Felix (18) and his younger brother went for a bathe in a water hole near…

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The Coolabah Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 3

Particulars to hand regarding the death of Mr. John Cliff, stationmaster at Coolabah, last Sunday raise doubts as to whether he was drowned. He,…

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An Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 20 February 1920 · page 2

While Messrs. Bob Allen and Bob Graham were travelling Mr. Chas Allen's stock from Dubbo to Maryvale on Tuesday they met with an…

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Boy Seriously Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 1

The boys of the Eumungerie Public School were last Friday engaged in making a cricket pitch and clearing the ground by burning down some…

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The Cargo Burning Fatality

The Wellington Times · Thursday 26 February 1920 · page 4

The remains of the late Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Carmody, who perished in the disastrous fire af Cargo on Saturday morning last, have been recovered. The…

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Seriously Injured

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 1

Mr. Angus (John) Samuels, son of Mr. Jas. Samuels, jun., of Dubbo, was seriously injured on Sunday. With a number of others he was spending the…

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Injured by Fall From a Tree

The Wellington Times · Monday 8 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. Leslie Patten, well-known the Wellington district, met with a serious accident on Saturday morning. He was engaged in cutting down…

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Planing Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 1

While operating a machine place at Mr. Price's factory, Brisbane St. Dubbo, this morning, one of the employees, Mr. Charles Gutlick, a returned soldier, lost…

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Motor Car and Bicycle Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 29 March 1920 · page 2

A collision between a motor cycle, ridden by Oscar Hanckle, who was riding through from Gilgandra to Sydney, and a bicycle ridden by Stanley…

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 1

Mr. Hugh O'Connor was fatally injured in a motor ear accident at Nevertire on Monday night. He died in the Warren Hospital on Wednesday…

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