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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

121 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 7

Peculiar Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 11 September 1903 · page 2

TELEGRAM from Cobar reports that Mr. Erie Treatt (son of Mr. Treatt, formerly C.P.S. at Bellingen), who holds the position of accountant to the Mount Bobby gold-mines,…

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Serious Railway Accidents. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 14 September 1903 · page 3

A train ran off the line at Thurlimbah, Queensland, yesterday. As a result of the accident three waggons were overturned, also a…

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Painful Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 September 1903 · page 2

In accident of a frightful nature happened at Coramba on Friday. A man named Archibald Gowers, mounted on scaffolding, was engaged cutting the limb of a tree, when, losing…

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Local and General. a Peculiar Mill Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 4

AN accident of a serious character occurred at Broadwater Mill on Monday. A youth, George Hill, son of the overseer, was attempting to clean a vacuum pan condenser, and taking a…

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Fatal Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 2

ON Friday last the sad news was brought into Bellingen Unit Mr. E. Fuller (on of our respected old friend, Mr. R. W. Filler, of Bonville) had been crushed to death by a large…

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Fatal Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 26 September 1903 · page 4

Tuesday's Northers "Courier" writes: It is with extreme regret we have to report an accident, which terminated with fatal results, to Mr. [?]ward Fuller, of [?]ville Creek. It seems…

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Such a Frightful Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 7

It was the time of the great blizzard of 1891. Just below Camb[?]rne, on the G.W.R., is a lofty viaduct, at that time a wooden structure, but lately rebuilt of stone…

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Boating Fatality. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 5 October 1903 · page 3

While five young men were skylarking in a galvanised iron boat in a dam at Broken Hill last night the craft capsized, and one of the…

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The Lawson Railway Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 3

The report of the board of officers of the Railway, Department appointed to inquire into the collision at Lawson on Saturday night has not yet been received, but…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 2

ON Friday Constable L. Lawson met with a painful accident near the Contt's Crossing bridge. He was (says the Clarion) riding a rather frisky horse, when the animal started…

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Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 2

Our Myrtic Creek correspondent writes: A serious accident occurred to a young man named Ernest Bailey on Saturday evening, when on his way to a Progress Committee…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Brisbane

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 October 1903 · page 3

Two men named Rule and Pett were buried by a fall of earth at Charters Towers, yesterday. The former died shortly after being…

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Fatal Railway Collision. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

Several persons have been killed and injured by a railway collision at Somerby…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

A youth named Peter Stokes, son of Mr. Mark Stokes, of this city, was thrown from a horse yesterday afternoon and sustained fractures to both bones of the forearms. Dr. Smith reduced…

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Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1903 · page 5

The Rev. Father M'Kurnan was drowned while crossing Barambah Creek, Queensland, in a buggy…

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Serious Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 29 October 1903 · page 4

A married man named J. Campey, employed on the planing machine (used for reducing sleepers to standard size) in connection with the Grafton-Casino…

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A Drowned Man. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 November 1903 · page 3

The body of an elderly man was observed at the foot of the cliffs at South Head, yesterday, resting on a ledge of rock, but on account of…

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Railway Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 November 1903 · page 8

A SHOCKING railway fatality has taken place at Indianopolis (U.S.A.). A train of gravel cars running down an incline collided…

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A Grafton Jockey Injured. Melbourne, Wednesday Night

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

A serious accident occurred today at Kensington races in connection with the running for the Kensington Handicap, by which…

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Fatal Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 13 November 1903 · page 2

ON Thursday of last week, just as we were going to press, the sad news came to hand that a son of Mr. C. Hollis had been accidentally drowned at Bellinger Heads. From…

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