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Blue Mountains · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

14 stories in Blue Mountains's papers

Accident to Mrs. Walter Reid

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2

About 3.30 on Thursday afternoon an accident of a painful nature happened to the abovenamed lady. It appears that Mrs. Reid and Miss Reid…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Mountaineer · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 3

Another fatal railway Accident took place at Katoomba on Wednesday morning last. A drover, Mr Henry Samuel Britcher, in charge of a cattle…

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Accident

Blue Mountain Gazette · Friday 8 April 1904 · page 3

A min named Mathew Hutchinson had his thigh broken -by a falling tree at Leura on Thursday afternoon. He was taken to Dr. Spark's surgery,…

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Nursery Notes. Nursery Accidents and How to Prevent Them

The Mountaineer · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 7

Says a London paper:-- a very sad sight was to be seen the other day in the children's ward of a London hospital--a baby of a year and…

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Accident at Katoomba South Mines

The Mountaineer · Friday 15 July 1904 · page 3

The severe storm on Saturday last was responsible for a slight accident at the Katoomba South mines. The wing caused the telegraph wires to touch and…

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Accident at Megalong

The Mountaineer · Friday 12 August 1904 · page 6

An accident which proved to be a miraculous escape from death befel Mr Pat. Grady, Junr., of Timberton. Whilst riding after dark somewhere…

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Fatality at Medlow. Child Burnt to Death

The Mountaineer · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 3

On Sunday last a little girl named Doris Richardson about 5 years of age was playing with some other children in a paddock at Medlow Bath where a…

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Irish Lake Disaster Sailing Boat Capsizes. Picnic Party Drowned

The Mountaineer · Friday 28 October 1904 · page 5

A sad boating disaster occurred on Lough Neagh on Tuesday evening. 23rd August, when six members of a party of seven, who left to picnic on Coney…

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Drowned Babies the Mother in Court

The Mountaineer · Friday 18 November 1904 · page 5

There was a painful scene in the Southwark Police Court on September 1st, when Maria Jane Martin again appeared on a charge of drowning her three…

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A Nasty Accident. Fall From a Scaffold

The Mountaineer · Friday 25 November 1904 · page 3

A very painful accident happened on Tuesday morning last to Mr Jack Davidson, carpenter, working on Mr James new shops in Katoomba street…

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Drowning Fatality. at Katoomba

The Mountaineer · Friday 2 December 1904 · page 7

A sad drowning fatality occurred on Sunday morning last when the third daughter of Mr and Mrs. W. J. Morris of Katoomba was found to have been…

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Dream That Came True Foresees His Own Drowning

The Mountaineer · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 5

The story of a dream and its tragic realisation is causing a sensation among the fishing folk in the South Devon port of Brixham…

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Deadly Motor Race Driver Hurled Out at Top Speed. Many Cars Overturned. One Killed; Four Injured

The Mountaineer · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 5

The automobile race for the Vanderbilt Cup, the first international contest for motor-cars held in the United States, took place yesterday over a triangular…

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Sensational Accident at Medlow Bath

The Mountaineer · Friday 23 December 1904 · page 3

An Occident of a very sensational and painful nature occurred to Mr George Purdon, manager of Mr Foy's farm at Medlow Bath. He was in the…

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