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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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A Fatal Accident at Manilla

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 6 January 1899 · page 2

A DISTRESSINGLY sad accident, with a fatal fending, happened to Mr. J. G. Raphael, chemist and druggist, of Manilla, on Monday last. When the second day's races…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 1

ON Saturday morning, Miss Biden, sister in-law to Mr. Baly, C.P.S, at Bellingen, had a narrow escape from drowning, It seems the young lady in company with…

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A Strange Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 1

A MAN named Thomas Savory, about 40 years of age, was found lying dead in a pool of blood at the rear of the Church of England Mission, Melbourne on Saturday…

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Painful Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 2

AFTER the races at Bowra on Monday week a very painful accident befel Master Pete Mckay, eldest' Eon: of Mr: James McKay, of Bowra. It appears young McKay,…

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Painful Burning Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 2

Mrs. Gillan, wife of Mr. Gillan, of Pound street, met with a painful accident on Sunday last owing to her clothes catching fire and severely burning her about the lower part of the…

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Coach Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

WHILE the Kempsey mail coach was down a steep hill near Deep Creek mines on Saturday morning last, the brake gave way, and the horses broke into a gr[?]op. The feet…

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Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon the imported bull located at the Show grounds made a savage attack upon Mr. G. M. Schafer, who was on the ground, Fortunately the bull's horns are…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 27 January 1899 · page 2

OK Wednesday Hugh Brownlee. aged about 10 years sou of Mr. William Brownlee of Bellingen, met with a smarty accident, and narrow escape from death.. some…

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Bicycle Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1899 · page 3

IN her entertaining column "Sydney Week by Week" in the EVENING NEWS Madame Soldene thus deals with bicycle racing and bicycle accidents:--…

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A Terrible Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 4

A MAN named Jacob Lewis, who had resided in Bay-street, Glebe, met with a terrible tragic death at Coogee on Sunday morning. Lewis had gone out to Coogee…

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A Newcastle Horror. Two Girls Drowned in the Surf

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 1

A DOUBLE drowning fatality, followed by incidents of a particularly horrible character, happened at the beach at the rear of the Hospital on Saturday afternoon. The…

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Buggy Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Mrs.and Miss Marsh, of ; Palmer's Channel, met with an accident as they were driving into Maclean in a buggy. When near Mr. Gallagher's saw mill. the horse shied…

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Terrible Coach Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident occurred near Heron's Creek, four miles from Kew, early on Tuesday morning. It appears that the Taree coach, with the mails for…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

MRS. JOHN HOFFMAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. P. McNally of Bowra, was returning from a visit to friends in Sydney on Sunday last. Her husband met her at the Macleay,…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

A young lad, son of Mr. Middleton, of Eaton swill, met with a serious accident yesterday through a fall from a horse he was riding. Both his arm and leg were broken. He was conveyed…

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Shocking Coaching Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 2

Information was received in town on Tuesday by Mr L. Pattison that his brother, Mr G. Pattison representative of Messrs Heyde, Todman & Co., had met with a serious coaching…

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Two Girls Drowned. One Body Eaten by Sharks

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 3

As reported in Tuesday's issue, a sad fatality occurred at the Ladies' Baths on the Newcastle beach on Saturday afternoon, when two girls named Ida Burraston, 14 years of age, and Rose…

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A Fatal Coach Accident. the Driver and a Passenger Killed

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 5

PORT MACQUARIE, TUESDAY.—An accident occurred 17 miles from here early this morning by which two lives were lost. The Sydney mail coach, which arrives here about…

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The Coach Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 3

At the coroner's inquest touching the death of George M. Pattison and Robert Louis, the jury found a verdict in accordance with the medical testimony, and added a rider to the effect that…

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Two Remarkable Accidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 4

RECENTLY a man named Walter Sinclair met with two painful and remarkable incidents at Graman, near Inverell, Sinclair was employed in clearing a paddock, and during a high wind a…

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