Armidale Shooting Fatality
AT the inquest concerning tho death of the youth. Edward Schm[?]er, William Bourke stated, on oath, that he did not know the gun was loaded. He had one hand on the trigger,…
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Accidents, 1901
102 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 6
The Railway Accident
In connection with the railway accident that happened on the Illawarra line some months ago, the Coroner's jury returned a proper verdict. The inquiry had to be postponed for many weeks'…
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A COLLISION occurred between two goods trains about a mile from Ryda last night. Both locomotives and eight trucks were smashed…
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Another railway accident has occurred, this time about a mile distant from Rydol. Two goods trains came Into collision, in a deep cutting. One was a coal train, and the othor carried sheep. The…
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Something will have to be done to mark the public displeasure in regard to the large number of tram accidents, It is now such common occurrence to read of a man being killed by these…
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The driver, fireman, and guard of the train responsible for the recent disaster near Rydal have been dismissed from the service for neglect of…
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That railway accident at Rydal was caused by the Baldwin engine attached to the coal train running away, What caused her to run away has to be decided at an inquiry. The train was standing at…
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The scene of accident was practically the same as that of the Tarana catastrophe some years ago. On that occasion it was the mail train from Sydney to Bathurst, and when going round a…
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THE railway accident at Rydal arose from that brakes being neglected on the train which was standing on a siding waiting for another train to pass. The air from the brake pipes was allowed to escape. The…
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A TERRIBLE railway fatality occurred at Meadowbank Station, near Ryde, last night. John Crackenthorpe, the manager of the local branch of the…
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ON Tuesday morning an up train on the Western line met with an accident at the Zig-Zag. On the down grade, after passing Clarence tunnel, something went wrong with the Westinghouse…
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Oh, those awful trams! Necessary, no doubt, but still awful, because of the innocent blood that has so often washed their wheels. What a list, and what a brief space of time between…
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The commission appointed by the railway authorities over the Sydnham affair came to the same conclusion as the jury. Briefly, their finding is a condemnation of the engine, an acsertion that it…
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A very bitter experience must that have been which the popular old mailman, Larry Madden, had on Wednesday night with the Grafton coach. He remembers the king bolt…
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LAST week, quite a number of accidents happened in this district. Messrs. G. Wood, T. Evans, and F. Nalder were riding along the main road in Bellingen, after dark, when…
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Several firemen were slightly injured by falling debris, but no one seriously. Beyond the case of young Clegg no further deaths are reported…
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IN connection with the recent fatal accident at the Nambucca Heads quarry, by which Mr. J. Rose lost his life, we regret some in-…
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There have been three great fires in Sydney daring the last quarter of a century—the Garden Palace, Pitt-street, and now Anthony Hordern's. The first still stands supreme for its spectacular…
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YESTERDAY week while Mr. T. Grant of Bowra. was in the Commercial Bank, Bellingen, transacting business, he left a horse in a sulky tied up. The animal became startled…
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A sad and painful accident happened to a lad at Hill End recently (writes the correspondent of the Western Post). It appears some lads were playing, and took it into their…
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