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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Death of Mr. M. LYNCH. Drowned at Maclean

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 24 March 1903 · page 2

A SENSATION was caused throughout Maclean on Sunday evening by the reported drowning of Mr. Michael Lynch, recently licensee of the Cosmopolitan hotel. Mr. Lynch, who…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 27 March 1903 · page 2

WE regret to state that Dr. Bagot is still suffering severely from the effects of the vehicle accident he met with last week, and it is feared has sustained some internal injury…

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Sectarian Riots. At Wyalong and Temora. Dr. Dill Macky's Meetings Mobbed.-- Firearms Used. Several Injured.-- Several Arrested. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 March 1903 · page 2

A great riot occurred at Wyalong last night. Seven hundred people had assembled in the Excelsior Hall to hear the Rev…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 3

A fatal buggy accident occurred at G[?]lgandra on Saturday. Mr. John M'Lerie, of the Forestry Department, was driving a pair of horses,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 5

Frank Brennan, Master of Arts in the Sydney University, accidentally fell on the railway line last night at Yass, and was run…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2

A fatal buggy accident occurred at Gil-gandra recently. Mr. John MoLerie, of the Forestry Department, was driving a pair of horses, attached to a light buggy, when the…

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Local and General Accident at the Quarry

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1903 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon about 4 o'clock, a man named Thomas Cahill, employed at Woodford Quarry, met with a serious accident. It appears Cahill, with others, was engaged in lifting a…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 May 1903 · page 5

DURING an inquest on the body of a boy named James Turley, drowned at Rose Bay on Thursday last, deceased's mate (John Bowman) stated in his evidence…

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A Captain Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 1 June 1903 · page 2

The yacht Stella, when off Cape Moreton on Wednesday, was struck with a heavy sea. The captain was washed…

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Coach Accident

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

Particulars of the accident which happened to the Lismore-Casino special coach show that the vehicle was descending Tunstall Gap, five miles from Lismore, when the brake refused to…

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Supposed Drowning

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 4

CITIZENS were dumbfounded late yesterday afternoon when it became known that the hat and coat of a well-known townsman had been picked up on Messrs…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

ON Monday night week, while the river at Bellingen was rising rapidly, Mr. F. Deepel, as usual, was one of the foremost in efforts made to save produce and other cargo on the…

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Suicide by Drowning

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 5

Some excitement was manifested in the city on Wednesday afternoon, when a report was current that Mr. Alex, M'Intosh, a well known citizen, had committed…

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Death by Drowning. The Last of Mr. Alex. M'Intosh

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1903 · page 2

THE surmises finding place in our last issue as to the probable fate of Mr. Alex. M'Intosh were proved on Thursday morning to be only too true, his…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 15 June 1903 · page 2

On Friday evening a man named Alf. Jones was admitted to the local Hospital, suffering from a wound on the side of his leg. It appears that while cutting down a tree one blow missed…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 2

ON Monday last Mr. Alex. Beattie Was unfortunate enough to meet with another accident, in which he had a most remarkable escape of being killed. He had loaded up his…

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Accident at Foley's Circus

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 3

AN unfortunate accident happened at Mullumbimby on Tuesday evening, at a performance of Foley's circus, by which a young lad named Shraeder, one of the audience, had his leg broken…

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Local Interest. ACCIDENT

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 July 1903 · page 2

ON Sunday last a young man named Forbes was handed a rifle by his mute, at Dorrigo, which he was not aware was loaded. The weapon suddenly discharged, the charge…

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Fatal Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 10 July 1903 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon last Mr. Alfred Hall reported to the police at Mackaville that a man named Jonathan Blinkinsopp, who was failing scrub for him at Rown's…

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Terrible Railway Accident. 50 Casualties. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 July 1903 · page 5

A SHOCKING railway smash occurred at St. Enoch's station, Glasgow. A crowded excursion train ran into the station too quickly, and…

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