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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Collision in Sydney Harbour, Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 1 February 1904 · page 2

A collision occurred between the ferry steamers Leichbardt and Erina near Daring Street wharf on Saturday afternoon while the latter was…

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To-Day's Telegrams. Boating Fatality. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 1 February 1904 · page 3

A boat with two occupants capsized at Camden Haven yesterday, and a man named Neal Armstrong was drowned…

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Shocking Motor Car Accident. London

Leader · Monday 1 February 1904 · page 2

A shocking motor car accident occurred at Cannee, in the South of France. The car, which was an English one, collided with a tree, and…

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The Recent Accident at Boulder City

Leader · Tuesday 2 February 1904 · page 4

A letter received by Mrs J Kingham last week states that her brother, Mr Joseph Ryan, late of Millthorpe, had his right arm torn off about three…

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Escape From Drowning Sydney

Leader · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 2

Two young ladies, visitors to Manly, had a narrow escape from drowning this morning whilst bathing. They were rescued by two men bathers,…

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The Fatality at Collaroy

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 11

Our Morriwa contemporary gives a full account of the fatal accident which befel Mr. Alexander Gibbons, of Collaroy, and to which we briefly referred…

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Drowned in a Waterhole. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 2

The body of William Beers, aged 17, was found in a waterhole on the Willoughby-Road. Deceased was last seen on Sunday afternoon on the rocks…

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A Sunday Gaffing School. Winner Found Drowned Is It Murder? Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 4 February 1904 · page 2

The dead body of a youth named William Beers was found in a water-hole at Willoughby this morning. He had been missing from his home since…

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Willoughby Drowning Case. Brother's Peculiar Evidence. Sydney

National Advocate · Friday 5 February 1904 · page 2

The inquest on the body of the lad William Beers was opened to-day. Richard Beers, brother of deceased gave evidence that deceased with…

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Thames in Flood. Many Cattle Drowned. London

Leader · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

The flood in tho Thames valley is the highest since 1894, and the river is 8ft above its normal level. At Datchet (2 miles from Windsor) 1000…

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Two Accidents. SYDNEY,Sunday

National Advocate · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 3

Oliver Denison, (11) residing at Waverley was knecked down by a tram at that suburb this afternoon and severely injured, He was taken to…

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A Nasty Accident

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

Mr. A. S. Tuckerman's seven-year-old daughter sustained a nasty accident on Friday evening. The little one was riding one of the tricycles…

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Accident to Senior-Constable Ferris

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 8 February 1904 · page 2

The other evening Senior-Constable Ferris was returning from Spring Ridge to Gulgong when he went to take a short cut near a house a mile or…

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Latest Particulars. Russian Cruisers Injured. by a Torpedo Mine. Tuesday 10.50. a.m

National Advocate · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 3

Admiral Alexieff reports that the cruisers Retivisan, Tzarovitch, and Pallada in the outer roadstead at Port Arthur were last night injured by a…

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Admiral Alexeiff’s Report Cruisers Injured by Torpedo Mines London, Tuesday, 10.50 a.m

Leader · Wednesday 10 February 1904 · page 2

Admiral Alexieff reports that the Russian [?] R[?]visan, T[?]vitoh, and Pallada, while in the outer roadstead of Port Arthur last night was…

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Accident to a Fettler

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 11 February 1904 · page 18

John Taylor, a railway fettler, was riding his tricycle near Rydal on Saturday, when he was overtaken by a train. The tricycle was struck three…

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Accident to Son. Con. Ferris

The Gulgong Advertiser · Thursday 11 February 1904 · page 2

Whilst returning from the Spring Ridge Races on Wednesday night Senior Constable Farris met with a nasty accident. He went to take a…

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Local and General. Forbes Accident

Molong Argus · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 15

ON Sunday last (says the Forbes TIMES), while three children (two girls and a boy) of Mr. J. P. Paton, of the Metropolitan Hotel, were out driving…

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The Accident to a Rydal Fettler

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 4

Further particulars are available, of the accident to Mr. J. Taylor, a Rydal fettler, who had a miraculous escape from, death on Saturday. On that evening…

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Drowned in Darling Harbor. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 3

Au open finding was recorded us a result of a magisterial enquiry to-day touching, the death of a man named John Schofield (40) coal miner whose…

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