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DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY STANDARD Page Forty-Four end of a for Dumfries ace Allan teenage THIS has been a year to

... great things Ten days after his pass Allan took single seater motor racing for the first time and during the 1987 season he has made his mark on the sport by winning a third of all the races he competed in finishing both championships he contested in a r ...

Published: Friday 06 November 1987
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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AND ADVERTISER August 1st 1997 Page Fifty-One ricket Rain halts Saints’ progress Closeburn club hosts national ..

... championship was forced to retire from the race and lost valuable title points 20 are awarded for a win He said afterwards “It was just one of those things The other lad was a bit upset but it was just a racing accident “There’s no point getting annoyed about ...

Published: Friday 01 August 1997
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 2213 | Page: 51 | Tags: none

DRIVING ACCIDENT

... DRIVING ACCIDENT. An unfortunate driving accident occurred on the Castle-Douglas Road early on Saturday evening. John Pagan, a lad of seventeen years of age, employed as an ostler at the King’s Arms stables, Maxwelltown, was returning to Dumfries in a ...

Published: Wednesday 04 August 1909
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 3595 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

THE RACES

... THE RACES. In the afternoon the usual races took place at Tinwald Downs, in one of the fields on the south side of the road, and formerly a part of the race course, when the Southern Hunt races were in their prime. The ground, naturally dry, was in fine ...

Published: Wednesday 04 July 1877
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1939 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

RIDING ACCIDENT AT

... RIDING ACCIDENT AT While James Lindsay. -V Bell Hotel posting bie, was exercising hunt' s j Townhead on Friday was bruised. The animal, fright at a passing motor in throwing its rider, who for a few yards and received the back of the head. LAMBING AND ...

Published: Wednesday 29 April 1914
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
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HARVEST FIELD ACCIDENT

... HARVEST FIELD ACCIDENT Mr John Kerr, shoemaker. Springholm* was badly injured an accident at Spottes, where tie was helping with the harvest. He was driving a hors® yoked to cart in which was an ope sheep bin. The horse was frightened by the lid closing ...

Published: Wednesday 15 September 1915
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 538 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

ICE ACCIDENTS

... from other parts of the ice, hearing the loud report came to the scene of the accident. Fortunately the water was shallow, the depth having been reduced after the great accident which occurred at the same spot some years ago, when over 40 lives were lost ...

ACCIDENT AT KIRKCONNEL COLLIERY

... ACCIDENT AT KIRKCONNEL COLLIERY. Hugh Love, a miner, who resides at Eliock Place, Sanquhar, was involved in a burning accident in the section known Young’s Dock, in No. 1 Fauldhead Pit. The cause of the accident is uncertain, but he was engaged cutting ...

Published: Saturday 11 August 1945
Newspaper: Dumfries and Galloway Standard
County: Dumfriesshire, Scotland
Type: | Words: 1357 | Page: 4 | Tags: none

PONY RACE

... PONY RACE. A Prire of £lO has been presented by Mr Ant- STRONG, Australia, (late of Bogg, Canonbiel, to be run for by Ponies not exceeding 14 hands 3 inches in height.. The race will he confined to the parishes of Langhulm, Westerkirk, Ewen, and Canoubie ...

Motorcycle champion ‘comfortable’ after accident

... champion ‘comfortable’ after accident BORGUE motor cycle champion Tony Caig was described as ‘‘comfortable and stable” yesterday (Thursday) at Glasgow’s Southern General Hospital following a horror accident during a race in Ayrshire on bank holiday Monday ...

Published: Saturday 09 May 1987
Newspaper: Galloway Gazette
County: Wigtownshire, Scotland
Type: Article | Words: 83 | Page: 3 | Tags: none

ACCIDENT AT DUMFRIES FAIR

... ACCIDENT AT DUMFRIES FAIR. AN unfortunate accident occurred on the White - sands, Dumfries, on Wednesday afternoon, when a farm servant named William M'Lellan was dangerously injured by receiving a blow from one of the pleasure swing-boats belonging to ...

A Shocking accident occurred on Wednesday

... A Shocking accident occurred on Wednesday the Great Southern and Western Railway Ireland, near Tul smore. Three platelayers weie riding on track behind a train when the track ran off the metals, and all the men were killed. The Duke of Argyll, owing to ...