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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

Last Tuesday Mr. J. kelly came into Bellingen to spend his Christmas holidays, and while riding along the main road was thrown from his horse and dragged for some distance…

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Narrow Escape from Foundering. Accident to the N.C.S.N. Co's Steamer Australian

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

AT 3.30 p.m. on Saturday, the 21st instant, the steamer Australian crossed out of the Clarence River on her way to Sydney, with a full cargo of sawn…

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Collision Between Two Passenger Trains. the Cars Take Fire

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 January 1902 · page 2

A "WRECK" took place on the Wabash railroad on the night of November 27. A Detroit telegram says:--"Two heavily loaded passenger trains collided…

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A Disastrous Collision. London

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 3

The steamer Walla Walla, from San Francisco to Puget Sound, carrying 36 first-class passengers and 207 second-class passengers, and a crew of 60 men,…

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Accidents and Fatalities

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 10 January 1902 · page 4

WHEN a boy was riding a bicycle round the Tamworth oval on Friday, a horse rushed at him and kicked him on the leg, breaking the limb below the knee…

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Bathing Fatality at Manly

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 5

SYDNEY, FRIDAY.—A tragic double drowning fatality occurred at Manly at 7 a.m. A number of ladies and gentlemen were bathing in the surf,…

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Fiona-Lady Hampden Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 5

For three days the Marine Court Avere engaged hearing evidence with respect to the collision that took place between the Lady Hampden…

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Double Drowning Fatality at Manly

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 January 1902 · page 2

A TRAGIC double drowning fatality occurred at Manly, the well-known bathing resort, at 7 o'clock on Friday morning last. As the morning was…

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Double Drowning Fatility

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

A TRAGIC double drowning fatility occurred at Manly on Friday morning. A number of ladies and gentlemen were bathing in the surf, when Miss Mabel Thorpe, aged 22, was carried out to…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

On Friday afternoon a painful burning accidant, which terminated fatally, occurred in Maclean, the victim being Violet Nipperess, aged eight years, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H…

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Coach Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 February 1902 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening last at 6 p.m., when the coach with mails for Sydney was about to start for Grafton from the post-office at Bellingen, the horses suddenly swerved before…

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Mail Coach Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 February 1902 · page 5

BELLINGEN, WEDNESDAY. — When leaving the Post-office here this evening at 6 o'clock, Kenny's coach, with mails for Grafton, mee with a fearful…

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Accident on a Tram-line

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 4

ON Wednesday afternoon Miss Addie Bart, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. T. Hurt, of Maclean, met with a serious accident at Murrayville. She was one of a party who were…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 14 February 1902 · page 2

ON Monday evening while Dr. Leary was driving with a lady along the Marx's Hill cutting, the horse shied at a child who was sitting near the roadway, and vehicle and…

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A Bathing Fatality at New[?] castle

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 18 February 1902 · page 4

A sad bathing fatality occurred on the ocean beach on Friday, when a lady swimmer, named Mrs. Thorn, was carried out to sea by the force of the…

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Sad Fatal Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 22 February 1902 · page 8

The embarkation of the New South Wales Detachment of the first Federal Contingent was marred by the occurrence of a sad fatality. A number of soldiers were taking horses down to the troopship,…

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Distressing Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 February 1902 · page 5

A telegram from Brisbane states that two schoolgirls, Frances Bonney and Edith Cundith, each aged 10 years, were heating water on a spirit lamp at Toorbul school[?]…

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Fatal Accident in Victoria. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 March 1902 · page 1

A SENSATIONAL and fatal accident occurred near Ballarat (Vic.) yesterday. Three men, named Glover, Kiel, and Murphy, were engaged removing a very…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 7 March 1902 · page 2

LAST Friday a young man named J. Keogh, of the North Arm, in this district, who only recently enlisted in the Bellinger Rifle Club, met with a very serious accident. It appears…

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Coach Accident. a Girl Killed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 March 1902 · page 4

A TERRIBLE accident happened to the outgoing Queensland coach from Murwillumbah about 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning. While going down a…

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