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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

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From Various Sources. Drowned in Dam

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 8

A young man named Reginald William Marsden, was drowned at "Rockleigh," near Gunningbland. He had driven the horses he was working to…

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Blue Paper an Accident That Made a Fortune

The Wellington Times · Thursday 14 December 1922 · page 4

To-day we are so accustomed to coloured papers, both for writing and decorative purposes, that little or no attention is paid to their shades…

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Drowned Near Dripstone

Western Age · Friday 15 December 1922 · page 3
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

A drowning fatality is reported from Dripstone. It appears an old man, whose name is unknown, camped in the big railway…

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Drowning Fatality. Nephew of Mr. and Mrs. G. Palmer the Victim

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 22 December 1922 · page 4

On Monday afternoon Francis Keith Owen, only son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Johnson, of Cargo Road, was drowned in the dam in Wentworth Park,Orange…

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Fatal Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 22 December 1922 · page 8

Last Tuesday evening Too Jock, a Chinaman, was walking across the railway bridge over the Macquarie River at Dubbo, when he missed his footing…

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