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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Cycling. Melbourne Cycling Carnival. Champions Seriously Injured. Melbourne

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 2

At the Cycling Carnival yesterday the principal event, the A.N.A. Gold Stakes, was won by Lawson, with Morgan second and Gordon third…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. Sydney. Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 3

Two lads, named Donald Kennedy and Ernest Jewell, were shooting rabbits in a paddock near Goulburn when Kennedy was accidentally shot…

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Shooting Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 January 1905 · page 2

On Wednesday Mr. Angus M'Millan, of King's Creek, was wounded and had a hairbreadth escape from death by the accidental discharge of a rifle. He was…

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Drowning Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1905 · page 5

Amos Wall, a resident of Port Macquarie, was crossing the Hastings River yesterday, when his horse and vehicle got into deep…

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Accidents

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

Colin M'Rae, a young man residing at Coramba, had the misfortune, while cutting wood with an axe, to completely sever the small toe of the right foot and…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 13 February 1905 · page 2

Muster Cecil Phillips, son of our respected Council Clerk, met with a painful accident on Thursday last. Young Phillips, who is employed at…

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Frightful Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 2

A youth named Charles Oakhambers Jones, aged l8 years, was crushed to a pulp in the machinery of the magnetic separating plant at the Central Mine, Broken…

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Sensational Coach Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 18 February 1905 · page 8

A sensational coach accident happened on the Glen Wallis-road, Victoria, on Saturday, resulting in the death of Thomas M'Bride, the severe burning of the driver,…

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Serious Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Thompson, son of Mr. Thomas Thompson, of the Junction, met with a serious accident at Copmanhurst yesterday, which, it is feared,…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 20 February 1905 · page 2

On Saturday, a man named Henry Baker was admitted to the Grafton Hospital, suffering from a fracture of the ribs. The injured man is an…

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A Clergyman Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1905 · page 5

The Rev. R. S. Willis was thrown out of his buggy yesterday, whilst proceeding down the Jamberoo mountain, owing to the horse holting. Mr. Willis was…

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Gun Accident at Dorrigo

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

MR. H. JOHNSEN, of Bielsdown, was the victim of a serious accident last sunday morning. It appears that on the morning in question he had occasion to use a gun, and,…

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Painful Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 February 1905 · page 2

MR. W. TAIT met with a peculiar and painful accident the other day. He was knocking the caps out of some empty cartridge cases, preparatory to re-capping them when he…

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Gun Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 February 1905 · page 2

Mr. H. Johnson, of Biclsdown, Dorrigo, met with a serious accident on Sunday of the last week. He had rested the gun on the bottom rail of a…

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Burning Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 5

After taking his wife to the hospital at Dunolly, Victoria, a man named W. Stevenson was returning with his married daughter, Mrs. White,…

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The Lightning Fatality. Identity of the Victim

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 March 1905 · page 5

It now transpires that the unfortunate man who was struck dead by lightning at Lower Southgate, and whose identity was unknown up to…

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Serious Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 March 1905 · page 2

Mrs. Arthur Hockey was the victim of a very painful accident yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Hockey, accompanied by their two children, were driving in a…

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Fatal Accident at Lower Southgate. Death of Mr. A. McFARLANE. BRUSHGROVE, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 9 March 1905 · page 4

The whole community of Lower Southgate, Brushgrove, and Cowper received a great shock to-day, when the news spread that Mr. Archibald…

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Fatal Accident at Dunoon

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 10 March 1905 · page 6

On Sunday morning a very sad accident occurred at Dunoon, resulting in the death of a young farmer, named Robert J. McLeay. It appeared he…

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Accidents

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 11 March 1905 · page 8

While falling a tree at Coaldale on Monday evening in company with a man named Rogan, Richard Holt met with a serious accident, He was struck by the…

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