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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Inier-state Football. Two Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 July 1901 · page 2

The return match--New South Wales v. Queensland--was played in Sydney on Saturday, and after an exciting game New South Wales won by eleven to eight. In the first…

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Local Interest. ACCIDENT

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 July 1901 · page 2

ON Monday last, while a boy named W. Waddell, son of Mr. R. Waddell, was playing in the public school ground, at Bellingen, he was accidentally knocked down by one of…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 2 August 1901 · page 2

ON Saturday last, while engaged playing with the Fernmount team of footballers, Mr. J. Fitzpatrick had the misfortune to have the small bone of one of his legs fracture and…

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Another Team Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 4

Another tram fatality hag led a jury to suggest that the trains should be fitted with shields, so that unfortunates dropping in front of them would be shoved aside, instead of ground to pieces…

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Appalling Accident at Quirindi. Collapse of a Balcony

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 5

SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—An acoident of an appalling naturo occurred at Quirindi last night during the handing over of prlzos in connection with a polo carnival, The protentation was being made on the…

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The Quirindi Balcony Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 4

The architect or builder of that Quirindi hotel must feel rather, blue just now. All the same it is questionable if any balcony would not groan under the weight of 150…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 16 August 1901 · page 2

ON Thursday afternoon of last week a man named Fussell, employed in the Bellinger Heads quarry, bad a narrow escape from being killed while stone was being loaded in…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 23 August 1901 · page 2

ON Monday last Mr.E. Raymond, J.P., of Bellingen, met with a sledge hammer a scale or flake of hot iron…

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Oakland-sarah L. Hixson Collision

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1901 · page 2

At the investigation into the circumstances attending a collision between the steamers Oakland and Sarah L. Hixson on the afternoon of July 27 at Nicholson's Bend, on the…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 September 1901 · page 2

Last week Mr. 15. H. Moody, of Bellingen, had, a narrow escape from breaking a leg, through slipping on his waggon. As it was he was partially lamed by a sprained ankle,…

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Remarkable Shooting Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 13 September 1901 · page 3

A MAN named Briggs was the victim of a remarkable shooting accident last week. Briggs was out in the bush on Saturday, and was walking along carelessly…

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Remarkable Shooting Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 September 1901 · page 2

A man named Briggs was the victim, of a remarkable shooting accident last week. Briggs was out in the bush on Saturday, and was walking along carelessly trailing a loaded rifle behind…

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Shocking Burning Fatality. a Woman Burnt to Death. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 September 1901 · page 3

A TERRIBLE burning fatality is reported to have occurred at Windsor last night, by which Mrs. Manchee, wife of Mr. H. Manchee, accountant at the Windsor…

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Fatal Accident on the Fiona

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 7 October 1901 · page 1

A seaman on the steamer Fiona, named Nathan Thompson, met with a fatal accident at Newcastle on Wednesday morning shortly after 7 o'clock. He was standing on the…

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Boating Fatality. Two Youths Drowned in the Parramatta River

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 3

A BOATING fatality occurred in the Parramatta River, near Ryde, on Monday evening, when two youths named Edward Brocon and John Easterbrook lost…

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A Terrible Fatality. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 11 October 1901 · page 1

AN awful fatality occurred at the Rocky Bay quarry, North Freemantle, yesterday. The quarry is being used in connection with the harbor works. A…

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Islander and Iceberg. A Recent Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 15 October 1901 · page 3

The Skagway steamer Islander belonging to the Canadian Pacific Alaskan line, struck an iceberg near Juineau, Alaska, at 20 minutes to…

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Accidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 18 October 1901 · page 4

TWO accidents with vehicles are reported from Lawrence district within the past few days. On Tuesday afternoon, while the Rev. G. S. Hookey was returning from Broadwater Creek with his…

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Accidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 22 October 1901 · page 2

WHILE playing at the schoolground at Shark Creek last week, Annie Corbett, a pupil aged eight years, was kicked on the arm by a cow, causing a fracture of the limb. The break was…

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An Accident Foretold

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 October 1901 · page 4

A FATAL mining accident occurred at Chiltern, Victoria, last week, when a carpenter named Andrew M'Millan, while greasing the bearers of the surface lift, was killed instantly through a…

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