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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

121 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 7

Serious Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 February 1903 · page 4

An accident of a serious nature happened to Mrs. A. D. Kenny on Saturday afternoon. She with her husband and members of her family, had just left South Grafton for the…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 February 1903 · page 1

In a cab accident in Oxford-street yesterday the driver, Michael O'Reilly, was killed and two passengers, John Nester and Charles Williams, badly…

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Serious Buggy Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

A BUGGY accident, attended with serious results (says the Grafton Argus), occurred on Saturday afternoon last on the Bellinger road at a spot known as Foley's Hill, near South…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

ON Monday last a little daughter of Mr. J. J. Jarrett was bathing in the river on the Upper Bellinger, when she struck a snag or stone while in the water, causing a very…

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Outrages, Fatalities and Accidents. The Westralian Murder

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 3

WHILE a young lady, aged 18, was proceeding homeward at Chippendale at 9 o'clock on Thursday night, she was set upon by a cowardly Russan, who knocked her down and brutally…

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Railway Collision

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1903 · page 1

In a collision between an engine and an out-going train at Murrurundi on Monday night both locomotives were derailed and three…

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Fatal Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 February 1903 · page 1

A man named Luke Pearson, while out shooting near Young, accidentally shot himself in the groin, with a pea-rifle, and died…

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Disastrous Tidal Wave. 1000 Persons Drowned

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 4

THE R.M.S. Mariposa reached San Francisco last week with alarming news from the Society Islands, to the effect that on January 12 a violent hurricane, accompanied by a huge tidal…

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Serious Collision. (By Telegram.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 5

SYDNEY, MONDAY.—The steamer Wakitip[?], inward bound from Launceston, and the steamer Eurimbla, outward bound for Melbourne, collided off Bradley's Head, in…

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Steamers in Collision. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

THE steamer Wakatipu, from Launceston, and the steamer Eurimbla, bound to Melbourne, collided off Bradley's Head at midnight on Saturday…

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Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 5

While Mrs. W. Nicholson and Miss F. Rolins were driving home in a buggy from Grafton on Sunday, with four children, two of which were in arms, they had a…

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Serious Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 19 February 1903 · page 4

Readers of the city papers are beginning to be accustomed to read of accidents, ranging from serious to fatal, at the bathing places around Bondi. They…

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Collision [?]n Sydney Harbour

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 8

Were Bradley's Head in Sydney Harbour a quarter of a mile further back, which means non-existent, the collision between the Eurimb[?]a and the Wakat[?]p[?] wouldn't have…

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The Eurimbla's Bows After Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 8

The Wakat[?]p[?] as she lies in Neutral Bay. The arrow shows where the Eurimbia struck her…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 1

A young man named Small was struck with the limb of a falling tree close to the railway works on Saturday. He was subsequently attended by Dr. Ross…

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Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 March 1903 · page 2

While ironing at home last Thursday Miss D. Reimer, eldest daughter of Mr. J. Reimer, of Armidale Road, South Grafton, received some severe burns…

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Sensational Bathing Fatality. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 March 1903 · page 1

Eda Jackson, aged 17, and Maud Mitchell, aged 18, were bathing in the surf this morning, when they stepped into a hole and were…

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Terrible Cyclone. Sweeps Townsville:--Many Per sons Killed and Injured. Ships Wrecked. -- Houses Blown Down. -- 2200,000 Damage Done. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 March 1903 · page 5

EVERY portion of Townsville suffered by cyclone, which swept over the town on Monday. Hundreds of people have been rendered…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 March 1903 · page 2

A very painful accident befel Mr.' Eggins, the proprietor of the firewood yards in Mary-street, on Thursday. It appears the old gentleman was working at the circular saw when he slipped…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 March 1903 · page 2

Master Rae Williams, aged 13, was admitted to the local Hospital on Saturday evening last suffering from a compound fracture of the scull. It…

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