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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Drowning Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Copmanhurst on Friday afternoon, the victim being the Rev. W. Geo. Froomes, pastor of the…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

On Saturday morning a party of young ladies were bathing at the fool of Alice-street, when two who were trying to learn to swim got out of their depth,…

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Shocking Burning Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

A shocking burning accident happened at Merroo, near Mudgee, early on Christmasday. Henry Proctor. am her, his wife and five children were asleep in…

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Cricketer Injured. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

Stuckey, the well-known Victorian cricketer, while playing for Victoria against South Australia in Melbourne to-day, snapped his…

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Last Night's Wires. a Street Collision. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

An omnibus collided with a cart in George-street yesterday, several lady passengers being injured, but not seriously…

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The Accident on Boxing Day

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 2

A good deal of feeling and misunderstanding seems to have arisen in connection with the newspaper. paragraphs relating to the serious…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 January 1905 · page 3

A fatal shooting accident took place at Buckingham-street, Redfern, yesterday, when Harold Moore, a lad, 8 years of age, was…

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Two Girls Drowned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 4

[?] E.C.Snape,of the Anchor Hotel, [?]llombi. miss gardner, aged 18, domes[?] servant, and Mis Kennedy, aged 14, [?] of Mr. James Kennedy, of…

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Drowned in the Murray

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 3 January 1905 · page 5

Mr, Stephens, n grazier, residing on the Wakool River, N.S. Wales, Was accidentally drowned while duck-shooting with a friend near Barham, on the Murray,…

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Serious Riding Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 January 1905 · page 2

News reached Grafton on Friday evening that Mr. Bundock, manager of Gordon Brook Station, a gentleman well-known in Grafton, had met…

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Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 10 January 1905 · page 4

Mr. C. Bundock, of Gordon Brook, met with a serious accident on Friday. When mustering cattle some miles from home his horse shied and drove him with…

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The Heat Wave. General over Southern Australia. Fatality near Adelaide. SYDNEY, Friday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 3

The heat in Melbourne to-day registered 108 degrees. A number of people were down in the streets. The bush fires raging throughout…

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Serious Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 16 January 1905 · page 2

On Tuesday last a very serious accident happened to Mr. James O'Connor, of Swan Bay. It appears that in the morning he rode out into one…

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Serious Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 2

On Tuesday last a very serious accident happened to Mr. James O'Connor, of Swan Bay. It appears that in the morning he rode out into one of his back paddocks, in which a fire had taken…

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Serious'accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 17 January 1905 · page 5

The R.R. Herald" describas, a serious accident that happened' to' Mr jas. O'Connor. of Swan'Bay. He visited one of his paddocks to ascerta in the progress of a…

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Found Drowned

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 5

OUR Uimarra correspondent writes :—A laborer named William Mullins, about 55 years of age, who was drinking at places for the last seven or eight days, was missing from his room this…

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Found Drowned

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 23 January 1905 · page 3

The dead body of a man, subsequently identified as that of a labourer named William Mullen, was found in the river at Ulmarra…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 2

ON Sunday last Mrs. Thomas McMahon, of the North Arm (late of Murrayville), was the victim of a serious burning accident. We are informed that Mrs. McMahon was subject to fits of…

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Serious Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

Mrs. Thos. McMahon, of the North Arm, has been admitted to the Maclean Hospital, suffering from severe burns, which she sustained last, week through…

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Shooting Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 5

ON Wednesday Mr. Angus McMillan, of King's Creek, was wounded and had a hairbreadth es-cape from death by the accidental discharge of a rifle. He was carrying the weapon beside…

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