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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Accidents

Accidents, 1926

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Little Boy Drowned

The Wellington Times · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 7

The Macquarie Riyer claimed another victim yesterday when John Reid, aged two years son of Mr. and Mrs. Archie. Reid; fell into the water…

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Accident

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 9 September 1926 · page 4

Sympathy is expressed for Mrs. W. West, who, through being thrown from a sulky, had the bad luck to sustain a fractured shoulder. The…

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Motor Collision

Western Age · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 2

A collision between a motor lorry and a Ford car, which took place on Tuesday morning at the intersection of Marshall-street, resulted in the Ford…

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Drowned in a Water Hole Jones' Creek Tragedy

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 6

On Tuesday, Frederick Bartley, who lived in a hut at Ballinmore, was reported as being missing. On the same night his dead body was found in…

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Shearer's Motor Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 10 September 1926 · page 6

A lorry load of shearers had a rough experience out beyond Bourke last week. They were on their return trip to Springs in a motor lorry, when…

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Railway Smash. North- West Mail Wrecked. Wool Waggons Telescope Passenger Cars. Twenty- Five Killed. Forty Injured. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 14 September 1926 · page 2

Another bad railway accident occurred at 11.35 last night near Blandford and Murrurundi, when the northwest mail was wrecked, by four wool…

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Railway Fatality at Murr[?]undi. Five Killed—40 Injured

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

The north west moil train crashed into three runaway trucks near Murrurundi late last night Five persons are reported to be…

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Young Lady Injured

Narromine News and Trangie Advocate · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

Early on Saturday morning the inhabitants of the Imperial Hotel were aroused from their slumbers by loud screams creamating from the back yard…

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Heavy List of Injured, Exciting Scenes. Later

The Western Herald · Wednesday 15 September 1926 · page 2

One of the carriages which teles coped in the railway disaster was completely splintered and a number of passengers in this carriages were those…

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Railway Collision at Murulla 26 KILLED; 42 INJURED Disaster to Moree Mail

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 4

According to latest advices, the appalling railway smash at Murulla, near Murrurundi, on Monday night, is the most terrible disaster of its kind in the history of New South Wales…

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Drowned in a Water Hole Jones' Creek Tragedy

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 4

On Tuesday last, Frederick Bartley, 31 years, who lived in a hut at Ballimore, was reported as being missing. On the same night his dead body was…

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Trotting Accident

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 September 1926 · page 6

During the running of the Wellington Handicap yesterday, Ted Owens was thrown from his gig. He rolled under the rails and thus…

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Bailway Fatality

The Western Herald · Saturday 18 September 1926 · page 2

The railway fatality near Aberdeen last Monday night ranks as one of the biggest fatalities that has ever occurred to New South Wales. The…

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Shocking Motor Fatality

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 2

Mr. Robert Eldon Chapman of Pool street, Longueville, met his death under particularly tragle circumstances, when travelling to Orange from…

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Motor Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 2

Norman Foxall, a youth of 17, did not see the football match between Wellington and Dubbo on last Saturday afternoon. Fate, so often unkind…

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Serious Motor Accident. on the Way to the Football

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 21 September 1926 · page 2

Norman Foxall, aged 17, of Poziersstreet, Dubbo, was knocked down and badly injured by a motor car driven by Mr,w. Devison, mannager of Wright,…

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Injured by a Sheep

Gilgandra Weekly · Thursday 23 September 1926 · page 2

Although a sheep won't bite it can butt. At Williga wool shed a couple of weeks ago, Albert Moreland, received on the knee a head-on charge…

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Bourke Mail Train Accident

The Wellington Times · Monday 27 September 1926 · page 2

As the Bourke mail train was on the down grade last Wednesday night between Wellington and Apsley, the drawbar of a second-class carriage…

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Train Derailed Near Tarcoon Several Men Injured. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

A railway accident occurred yesterday on the Brewarrina line, 496 miles from Sydney, when two trucks of a ballast train were-derailed near…

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Bourke Mail Train Accident

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 28 September 1926 · page 2

As the Bourke mail train was on the down grade on Wednesday night between Wellington and Apsley, the drawbar of a second-class…

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