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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Harbor Collision. S. S. Buninyong Sunk

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 3

A serious collision occurred in Sydney Harbor on Friday night, resulting in the sinking of the well-known Howard Smith liner Buninyong by a barque in tow…

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Another Mining Fatality. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 5

At the B.H. Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, to-day a trucker named Leslie Thomas fell down a shaft a distance of 200ft. His head was battered…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. D. Eggins met with a painful accident last Thursday. While mowing a small patch of hay, he unfortunately slipped his knee in front of the…

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Serious Accidents. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 May 1906 · page 3

A man named George Bryant was run over by a tram at Botany last night, sustaining injuries which are likely to end fatally…

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Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 28 May 1906 · page 2

A little girl, about five years old, daughter of Mr. R. Smith, while watching a football match in the park on Saturday, full and fractured…

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Motoring Accidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1906 · page 3

LONDON, SATURDAY.—Mr. Graff, a wealthy resident of Philadelphia, was killed while motoring outside Paris. Mr. R. Collier and his valet were killed…

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Electra in Collision. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 5

The steamer Electra, which left Sydney last night for the Manning, when off Norah Head, near Newcastle, about two this morning, collided with the tug Energy. The…

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A Training Ship in Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 9

LONDON, Friday.—The four-masted barque Port Jackson, with 100 Warspite boys on board, collided with the German steamer Weyroos in the Downs, and has been towed…

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An Ocean Collision. Tug Energy Sunk

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—The North Coast Company's steamer Electra, with a large cargo and many passengers, while bound for the Manning River came into collision…

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Serious Tram Collision. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 June 1906 · page 3

Two trams collided to-day at the intersection of King and George-sts. A cab horse was killed and the cab driver, a tram driver and a policeman…

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Accidents

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 2

While the Rev. J, S. and Mrs. Cawte were driving at Ulmarra on Wednesday a breakage occurred in the harness, and Mr. Cawte was thrown out of the vehicle. The horse then…

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Colliery Accidents

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 3

At 7.30 p.m. on Tuesday a married man named Flarry Hinman, engaged as a shiftman in the East Greta Colliery, accidentally fell down the [?] at No. 1 tunnel, a…

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Tram Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 5 June 1906 · page 5

SYDNEY. Monday.—Shortly after noon on Saturday a ratherrr serious smash occurred at the intersection of King and George streets. The effect of the mishap was that…

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Collision at Sea

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 2

THE North Coast S. N. Company's steamer Electra, while on her usual trip from Sydney to the Manning on Thursday, came into collision with the ing Energy off North Head,…

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Shocking Accident. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

A frightful accident occurred at a flour mill at Wellington yesterday. A boy named Willock was caught in the belting and burled round and round till the strain became too…

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Sad Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 4

A very sad accident, attended with fatal results was reported from the Junction on Tuesday evening. About 7 o'clock, Mr. Robert Watt, of…

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Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 June 1906 · page 4

Two axel accidents are reported this week. Mr. Winkler's (Ramornie) 5-year old son, Charlie, fell with an axe in his hand last Monday. The…

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Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 2

WHILE returning from Bowra races to Bellingen on Tuesday afternoon Mr. S. Lovell with an accident which might have proved more serious. It appears that…

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Sad Case of Drowning

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 4

Intelligence reached Grafton on Thursday evening that Mr. John Quayle, engineer ofthe river steamer Iolanthe, had fallen overboard while the steamer was on her…

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Extraordinary Fatality. Man Sewn in a Bag

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 9

The reopened inquiry concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of James Cameron at Fifield, on February 16, was started at Fifield. Five men—J. D. Ferris,…

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