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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Fatal Collision

Leader · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

The tug Advance has gone to the bottom with everybody on board, but only seven deaths all told. She had gone out from Newcastle to…

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Sad Diving Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 2

Albert Warren, 20, diving at Harrington, when his head struck a submerged rock. He sustained concussion the brain, and died shortly…

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A Captain Drowned Auckland

National Advocate · Friday 1 January 1909 · page 3

The Northern Co[?]eamer N[?]tia, was bound for Op[?]tuki, Auckland, struck a squall last night and grounded while attempted to past over…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Saturday 2 January 1909 · page 5

Mr. Frederick Thompson, a well-known settler of the Moree District, died to-day, as the result of a gun accident. It is stated that a man…

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Drowned While Swim[?]ng

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

A State child was drowned while swimming in a waterhole at Enmore…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Monday 4 January 1909 · page 3

A young man named Hein, understood to have lately resided at St. Peters, was accidentally shot at Menangle yesterday. He died subsequently from…

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Cable News. the Messina Earthquake. Heroic Queen Injured. the Pope's Munificence. London, January 4

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

Queen Eleanor of Italy is working devotedly in the Hospital at Messina, where a slight panic occurred yesterday, in consequence of another…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Melbourne

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Tuesday 5 January 1909 · page 3

Ellen O'Connell, a married woman, aged 50 years, was knocked down by a train at the Albert-street crossing on Saturday night. The Railway gates…

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Harbor Collision Sixteen Men Drowned. Marellous Rescue Work. Pitiful Struggles of Drowning Men. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

A terrible calamity occurred in Sydney Harbor early this morning, when a long boat, from the. cruiser Encounter, with a party of eighty seamen,…

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Steamers in Collision. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

The steamer Moruya collided the same company's, steamer Peterborough, at the Illawarra Wharf, Sydney, this morning. Only slight…

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Another Harbor Collision. Slight Damage. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

The steamer Moruya collided with the same company’s steamer St. Patersborough, at Illawarra Coy’s wharf, at Sydney this morning but only…

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Sydney Harbor Calamity. Naval Pinnace Wrecked. Fifteen Sailors Drowned

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

The greatest disaster that has ever happened in the maritime history of Port Jackson, resulting in deplorable loss of life under most sensational circumstances…

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Harbor Calamity. Jack Tars Cut Down. Fifteen Drowned. Mangled by Propeller. Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 2

A terrible calamity occurred in Sydney Harbour at an early hour this morning when a longboat in tow of a pinnace from the cruiser Encounter with a party…

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Jealous Husband a Hamilton Horror. a Domestic Tragedy.the Injured Wife’s Statement. Sydney

Leader · Wednesday 6 January 1909 · page 3

Before noon this morning shouts were heard from a house at Hamilton, near Newcastle. Inside It was found that Mrs. Handle was…

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The Last Post. Naval Funeral for Collision Sydney

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 3

In deference to the wishes of the comrades of the fifteen men drowned in the harbor disaster yesterday morning, they were accorded a full naval…

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The Harbor Collision Funeral of the Victims. Thousands Witness Mournful Spectacle. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 7 January 1909 · page 2

In deferenc[?] to the wishes of comrades, the fifteen men, who were drowned off Mrs. McQuarle's Chair, were accorded a full naval funeral…

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Fatality at Blackheath. Young Boy Killed. Blackheath

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 4

A sad accident, terminating fatally four hours afterwards, occurred at the level railway crossing yesterday. Edgar Albert Coleman, 10 years of age, son of Mr…

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R[?] Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie

Molong Argus · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 5

Nothing but good can result in giving to the public some hint as to the various incidents in which Mrs. Kate Mackie, of No. 2 St[?]ey-street,…

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Burning Accident. Burraga

The Bathurst Daily Argus · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 3

Mrs. David Cosgrove, of Porter's Retreat, a indidle-aged woman, met with a serious accident yesterday. Whilst engaged in hanging a boiler over a fire…

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Car Conductors Accident Forbes

National Advocate · Friday 8 January 1909 · page 2

Just after the arrival of the mail train from Sydney yesterday morning, a youth named E. T.Hodder, 18, car conductor, was adjusting the air taps between two of the carriages,…

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