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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Latest Telegrams. Another Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1904 · page 5

The body of a Chinaman named Lu Chun was found on the railway line near Canterbury last night in a terribly mutilated condition…

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Our Grafton Letter Another Shooting Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 26 August 1904 · page 4

ALMOST every day accidents are reported through the careless use of firearms, the results being more or less serious. Information came to town on Monday evening of a fatal accident at Back…

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Accidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 2 September 1904 · page 4

ON Thursday night last Mr. Kempnich, of Palmer's Channel, was the victim of a rather severe accident, which necessitated his removal to Maclean Hospital. He was out riding and…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 9 September 1904 · page 2

ONE day this week an old lady named Mrs. Allerum, who is on a visit to Bellinger Heads, proceeded in the tug Volunteer to the Solitaries. She accidentally slipped on board the vessel,…

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Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 12 September 1904 · page 2

When in the act of pulling oranges at Copmanhurst on Thursday evening, a lad named Willie, son of Mr. Henry Ford, lost his balance in the…

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Accident in Maclean

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 3

ON Saturday, while Messrs. H. Lobban and [?] were driving into town, at tho top of he Post-office Hill the horse broke into a fast canter, which had developed into a hand-gallop…

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Accidents to Children. Zam-buk Is Invaluable in the Home

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 13 September 1904 · page 6

The mishaps of childhood are the bane of a mother's life. Accidents will happon In the best regulated families, and a few hints here on their treatment will no doubt prove most…

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Sad Burning Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 September 1904 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday — A sad burning fatality, resulting In the death of three young children occurred at Moulder City (W.A.). The father of the victims was Edward…

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When you Go on the Water. How to Keep From Drowning If You Fall Overboard

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 23 September 1904 · page 2

In order to lessen, if possible the num ber of fatal drowning accidents that occur during the summer the United States Volunteer Life Saving Corps has issued a…

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F. and I. Co.'s Accident Fund

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 4

In 1899 the persons in the employ of' the F.F. and T. Company agreed to form an accident fund. Rules were drown up,the 1st, 2nd. and lath of which provided that…

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Local Interest. ACCIDENT

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 30 September 1904 · page 2

WHILE driving with Mr. O. Kearns last week Dr. Leary was thrown from a sulky and sustained a dislocation of the collar-bo[?] The doctor seems to be progressing well,…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 3 October 1904 · page 2

A very peculiar accident happened to Mr. C. Campbell, Coldstream, as he was driving to Grafton on Saturday in company with Mrs. Campbell and Miss…

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Fearful Accident. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 5

A load of stone, weighing several tons, fell on a workman named Jas. Wood, at the Stockton breakwater, Newcastle, to-day, crushing off one…

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Boating Fatality on the Yarra

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 3

The capsize of a boat in the Yarra at Studley Park on Sunday resulted in the death of a youth of 19 years, Percy Bloomfield, of Nicholson-street, North Carlton…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 2

Mr. P. M. Elseback was the victim of a nasty accident on Saturday. It appears he was at work cutting down a piece of veal at Messrs. Smith and…

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Found Drowned. Magisterial Inquiry Held Yesterday

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning, while Mr. F. Schipp was bringing the Maclean-Ashby punt across the river, the body of a man, caught upon the rope, was raised to…

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Accident at a Circus

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 20 October 1904 · page 4

During the exhibition of high jumping at Fitzgerald's circus at Lismore on Monday that line fencer Napoleon, who was not at all taking kindly to his work,…

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Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 6

A peculiar fatality appears to have hung over the family of which the late President M'Kihley was a member. The assassinated President was…

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Wonderful Accidental Cures

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 1 November 1904 · page 2

Some of the most remarkable cures of long-standing afflictions have been effected through accidental shock or sudden excitement…

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Sulky Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 4 November 1904 · page 2

WHILST returning home from Bellinger Heads in a sulky on Friday afternoon last, Mrs. E. Watson and Miss Middleman, of Bellingen, and a three-year-old daughter of the…

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