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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1924

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Painful Accident

Western Age · Friday 9 May 1924 · page 2

Mr. F. J. Bartlett, for many years a resident of Cobar, and an employee of the Great Cobar, and also C.S.A. Mines, met with a serious accident while…

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Accident at Game of Polo

The Wellington Times · Monday 12 May 1924 · page 2

During the progress of a polo practice match art Glenrock on Saturday Mr. W. Douglas, of Geurie, met with a severe accident. During…

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Serious Motor Bike-Sulky Accident. Gustave Wenstr0m Injured

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 2

About 11 o'clock on Sunday morning a serious accident occurred the result of a collision between a sulky and a motor cycle, and Gustave Theodoro…

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Serious Accident Motor Cycle Collides with Sulky

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 3

On Sunday morning Mr. Augustus Theodore Westrom, of Brisbane-street, Dubbo, met with a very serious accident at the corner of Church and…

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Accident Coming to Dubbo Show

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 13 May 1924 · page 3

Elsie Ivers, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Ivers, who was travelling to the Dubbo Show, driving a pony and leading another horse, met with an…

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Polo Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 16 May 1924 · page 6

During the progress of a polo practice match, at Glenrock, on Saturday, Mr. W. Douglas, of Geurie, met with a severe accidents. While the game was…

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Molong Sulky Fatality

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 23 May 1924 · page 2

Mr. John Leathem, part proprietor of the Molong "Express," was killed last Saturday in a sulky accident. The d[?]cased set out alone for a business…

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Railway Fatality. Wellington's Popular Station Master Killed

The Wellington Times · Thursday 29 May 1924 · page 4

The news of the and fatality in the Wellington railway yards which resulted in the death of Wellington's most popular station master, Mr…

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Terrible Fatality at Wellington Stationmaster Killed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 4

William House, 45 years of age, stationmaster at Wellington, was killed in the railway yards of that town about 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning…

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Terrible Railway Fatality at Wellington, Stationmaster Killed

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 May 1924 · page 7

A terrible fatality occurred in the Wellington railway yards on Wednesday morning, when Mr. William Howse (45), stationmaster at Wellington, was…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 2 June 1924 · page 2

An accident, which might have turned out very much worse for those concerned, happened on the Geurie, road, about two miles from…

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Supposed Drowning Fatally

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 6

On Wednesday night the police were informed that a man was in the river below the Chinamen's garden, and he could not be rescued. Sergeant Cooper,…

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Terrible Railway Fatality at Wellington. Stationmaster Killed

Western Age · Friday 6 June 1924 · page 4

A terrible fatality occurred in the Wellington railway yards on Wednesday morning, when Mr. William House (45), stationmaster at Wellington, was…

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Recent Railway Fatality at Wellington. The Recent Railway Fatality. Death of Mr. William House

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 4

The inquest concerning the death of Mr. William House, stationmaster at Wellington, who was killed during shunting operations at the local…

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Father Crowe Killed in Motor Car Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 9 June 1924 · page 2

Graft regret was expressed throughout the West when the news of the fatal accident to Father Crowe, of Rockley, was sent abroad…

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The Regent Railway Fatality at Wellington

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 2

The Coroner (Mr. A. C. Lee) held an inquiry at Wellington, into the death of Mr. House, stationmaster, who was killed by shunting a train on May 28,…

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Sad Motoring Fatality Rev. Father Crowe Killed

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1924 · page 2

The residents of Dubbo were shocked on Saturday morning when it became known that the Rev. Father F. Crowe had been fatally injured in a motor…

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Fatality Near Coonamble

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 6

Alan James Smith, aged 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Colin Smith, of "Flodden Field," situated, about 25 miles north of Coonamble, was killed in distressing…

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Unfortunate Accident at Young

Western Age · Friday 13 June 1924 · page 2
Also in Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent

An unfortunate mishap occurred in the memorial tower at Young when two of the honor rolls sections fell and were smashed to pieces. There was a…

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