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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

112 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 6

Local Interest. Sad Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 August 1902 · page 2

A CORRESPONDENT informs us a son of Mr. G. Howe, of Taylor's Arm, aged about six years, met with a peouliar and painful accident, and one that nearly cost the boy his…

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A Drowning Fatality. Sydney

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

Rev. Father Alfred Rees was drowned at Glenelg baths, South Australia, yesterday while bathing with three other priests. None of the…

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An Extraordinary Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 2

THE Glen Innes "Examiner" states that on Thursday morning Harry, aged 4. and a son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Jeffcoate, was wheeling his baby brother…

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A Terrible Scalding Accident Valve Blown Out of a Steamer's Boiler

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

A SERIOUS explosion of steam occurred at Newcastle on Thursday evening on board the steamer Duckenfield. Two lads were killed almost instantly and…

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Alleged Assault. Mr. R. Wilson Injured

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 2

ON Friday night a fracas, such as is, fortunately, of rare occurrence in our district, is alleged to have occurred in Maclean, the victim being Mr. R. Wilson, operator in the…

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Drowned in Wheat

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 8

THE culminating tragedy of Mr. Frank Norris' story, "The Octapus," is the death of S. Bahrman, the Bonrneville bunker, literally drowned in his own ill-gotten wealth. Entering the hold…

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The Accident to the Steamer Waikato

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 3

THE story of the adventurous voyage of the New Zealand steamer Waikato after her shaft broke in the Southern Ocean, which has just been received…

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COLLISION. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 1

A harbor collision occurred last last night between the steamers Illawarra and Illaroo. The former was badly damaged…

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Mining Fatality. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 1

John Hoey, a miner, was killed at the Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, ast night through a falling rock striking him…

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Collision at Yamba. the Antleon and Conqueror

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 1

A COLLISION which might have had far more serious results occurred at Yamba on Thursday evening between the sand-pump dredge A[?]tleon and the tug-boat Conqueror. It…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 8 September 1902 · page 1

A man named Peter Forbes was examining a gun at Broken Hill when it suddenly exploded, the bullet entering his breast and causing fatal…

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Accidentally Electrocuted

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 9 September 1902 · page 8

A telegram in a recent issue of the "Examiner" stated that a man in Melbourne had met his death by having caught hold of a live telegraph wire. Particulars are…

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Shooting Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 12 September 1902 · page 4
Also in The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser

On Saturday Corelia McGuire, the daughter of Mr. Robert McGuire, of Two-Mile Greek, Tintenbar, near Ballina, met with a serious accident. It appears that the father kept a small…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 September 1902 · page 1

A miner named Ralph Peel was fatally injured at the Mimni pit owing to a fall of coal…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident at Lismore. Lismore, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 26 September 1902 · page 1

A COMMERCIAL traveller named Roger Watts, while travelling down a hill near Lismore on a bicycle to-day at a terrifio rate, collided with a sulky and received…

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Accidental Death of Zola

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 8

LONDON Monday.—The death is announced of M. Emile Zola, the French author, aged 62 years, who was suffocated by the fumes of a bedroom stove, which made…

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That Terrible Motor Car Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 8

A little while ago a cablegram was received announcing the happening of a terrible motor car accident in which Mr. C. L. Fair and his wife were killed. The…

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Local Interest. Fatal Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 2

ON Monday last quite a gloom was cast over the Bellinger Heads township, when the sad news was made known that a foreigner named Mirendorff, a resident of Sydney, who…

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Fatal Buggy Accident. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 1

A buggy accident at Uralla yesterday resulted in the death of Mrs. Krapp and another occupant of the vehicle. Mr. Krapp is suffering from…

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