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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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A Drover Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 5

A drover named Richard Quinn was drowned while taking cattle over Peacock Creek, near Balranald. His companion narrowly escaped a…

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Fatal Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 September 1905 · page 4

Our Coramba correspondent writes: A fatal accident happened at West Branch on Sunday last, the victim being Mrs. F. Kerr. It appears that…

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Shocking Fatality

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 2

OUR Upper Orara correspondent reports that quite a gloom was cast over the whole of Upper Orara on Sunday last, when tho death of Airs. Finley Keir was reported. From…

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Local Interest. ACCIDENT

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 September 1905 · page 2

THE Hon. E. Pery, P M., while proceeding from Macksville. to kempsey last Wednesday night week, had the misfortune to be thrown out of bin trap through bumping over a…

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The Late Accident at Coramba

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 2

Our Upper Orara correspondent writes:— A very and accident occurred here on Sunday, when Mrs. Finlay Keer met her death. Mr. and Mrs. Keer and two…

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Found Drowned. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 September 1905 · page 3

The body of Thomas Smith, cook aboard the schooner Alma Do[?]pel, was found floating in the harbor to-day…

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Boating Accident

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 19 September 1905 · page 3

SYDNEY, MONDAY.—A sixteen foot rowing boat containing a pleasure party of 14s persons capsized at the Spit yesterday afternoon, Two married women, Elsie…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 22 September 1905 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident befel young Joseph McNally (son of Mr. B. McNally, of Gleniffer) last Tuesday morning. It appears he was useful employed with the axe when he…

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Rifle Range Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 3

A distressing fatility took place at the Port. Melbourne Rifle Range yesterday, while the members of the Tramway Rifle Club were firing off a…

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Drowned in Sugar. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 3

H. Mathieson, an employee ut the Bingera Sugar Mills, Bundaborg (Q.), full into a tank of juice and was drowned…

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Two Boys Drowned. Sydney, Sunday night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 25 September 1905 · page 3

Two boys named Fairkland wore drowned in a waterhole at Marrickvilla yesterday afternoon while fishing…

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Burning Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 28 September 1905 · page 4

A very distressing burning fatality occurred at South Grafton on Tuesday, the victim being an eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. D. Donohoe…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 September 1905 · page 2

WHILE Captain Radcliffe was driving his wife and Mrs. Anderson and child into Bellingen from the Heads last Friday night be encountered it sulky this side of Fernmount,…

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Drowned by a Dog. Sydney

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

While Mr. Fred. Barslow, aged 36, and two others mimed Bryan, aged 22 and 13, respectively, sons of a farmer, were crossing the Little Murray River…

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Painful Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 5 October 1905 · page 4

Mr. J. Perrett, son of Mr. Walter Perrett, of Kangaroo Creek, met with a very painful accident on Friday. He was engaged lopping the branches off…

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That Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 October 1905 · page 2

"A LAD Named Tyler" writes from Bellingen as follows:— Allow me, through your columns, to reply to the statements made in [?] the [?]…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 7 October 1905 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Friday.—While a buggy containing six persons was being driven across the railway line near Numurkah (Vic.) yesterday a train dashed into the…

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A Colliery Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1905 · page 3

Michael Casey, a miner, was run over by a truck at the Hepburn Colliery and killed…

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Bank Manager Drowned. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1905 · page 3

Mr. Warren, manager of the Bank of New Zealand at Waipukarau, has been drowned at Napier…

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Another Pea Rifle Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 9 October 1905 · page 3

A lad named Duggan, residing at Melbourne, was engaged cleaning a pea rifle when it exploded. The bullet passed through a door and struck the…

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