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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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Serious Accident

Western Age · Friday 28 April 1922 · page 2

Mr. John Askew, late of Cobar, met with a serious accident in Sydney on Monday. He was thrown out of a sulky at Randwick owing to his horse…

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Sulkies in Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

At a little after 1 p.m. on Friday two sulkies came into collision Maughan Street, opposite the Police Station. One was being driven by…

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Motor Cyclist's Shocking Death in Collision

The Wellington Times · Monday 1 May 1922 · page 2

Eric Britton, 21, was killed iu shocking circumstances on Saturday night in a collision on the Pennant Hills-read. His head was impaled on the shaft of…

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 2 May 1922 · page 3

Eric Britton, a young orchardist, of St. Ives, received terrible injuries on Saturday night in a collision between a motor cycle and a sulky. The shaft…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 4 May 1922 · page 4

A serious motor car accident occurred on Monday night, at about 7 o'clock to Mr and Mrs. Wilcox, of Canowindra, who were motoring to Mr…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 5 May 1922 · page 1

On Friday last a serious accident took place at Wellington, in front of Gilpin's store. It appears Mr. Wells and Mr Fawcett were…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 11 May 1922 · page 4

A bullet from a pea rifle was discharged unexpectedly and passed through the palm of Mr. Sid Fuller's hand at Burrundulla, near Mudgee, on Friday…

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Serious Accident

Western Age · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 3

On Friday last a serious accident took place at Wellington, in front of Gilpin's Store. It appears Mr. Wells and Mr Fawcett were,…

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Dead Unlucky. Series of Accidents

Western Age · Friday 12 May 1922 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

Mr. A. Potter, white hauling timber in the Glen Innes district, received a compound fracture of the right leg. He was unloading logs, and one of…

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Accidentally Poisoned

Western Age · Friday 19 May 1922 · page 3

At the inquest on Mrs. Pauline Brown, who was found dead in a room at her residence at Blayney, a few days ago, with a packed of…

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Verdict of Accidental Deaths

The Wellington Times · Monday 22 May 1922 · page 2

The District Coroner on Saturday morning held an inquiry concerning the death of the child named Rita Nevin, aged 10 months, daughter of Mr and…

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Accidentally Poisoned

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 23 May 1922 · page 4

At the inquest on Mrs. Pauline Brown, who was found dead in a room at her residence at Blayney, a few days ago, with a packet of…

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Geronial Inquiry. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 26 May 1922 · page 2

On Tuesday morning the Coroner, Mr. G. Meeson, conducted an inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of John Thomas Arthur James, who met…

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Serious Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 30 May 1922 · page 2

Thomas Page (13) son of Mr. T. J. Page, of "The Secrets," was the victim of a serious accident recently. His father was cutting, firewood with a…

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Eye-witness's Story Peasants Graphic Account of the Collision

Western Age · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

"It was like a storm of hall, with hailstones of fragments of steel, and shreds of tattered canvas," declared Pierre David, a typical French…

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Accident to Mrs. Seymour a Narrow Escape

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 June 1922 · page 3

What might have been an accident attended with more serious results if it had not been for the prompt action of Mr. E. A. Fulton, one of…

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Cumnock Resident Injured by Detonator

The Wellington Times · Monday 5 June 1922 · page 2

Mrs. Major Eagleston, of Woologolonf, Cumnock, met with a nasty accident recently, from the effects of which the is still "suffering, It appears that…

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Local and General Painful Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1922 · page 2

Mr. John Kelly, a carrier engaged hauling railway sleepers to Elong railway station, had his finger crushed between two sleepers last week. He…

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