Fatal Accident
On Tuesday evening Mr. Robert Watt, a responded resident of Whiteman Creek, met with his death through a fall from his horse on the Copmanhurst road while…
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Accidents, 1906
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Sad Fatality
Widespread sympathy was expressed on Thursday evening which news reached Grafton that Mr. John Quayle, engineer of the s.s…
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A telegram from Port Darwin on Thursday stated that shortly after the steamer Airlie arrived from the south that afternoon a shocking accident…
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As briefly reported in our last, Mr, John Quayle, engine driver of the Iolanthe, fell overboard near Broadwater on Thursday night. Faint hopes were entertained that although the steamer…
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A sensational accident occurred at the Executive buildings this morning. During repairs to the lift, a dead [weight balance for the cable fell from the top floor and crashed into a motor…
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The Marine Court -- Judge Murray, who had with him Captains D. Dakin and F. Bracegirdle as assessors -- commenced an inquiry in the Sydney…
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The dead body of a tram driver, named William Walmsley, was found floating in the harbor near Balmain this morning. Deceased was to have…
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Mr. Percy Neyie, who is employed by Messrs. Smith and Smith, butchers, met with a painful accident on Tuesday morning. It appears that Neyle had…
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The body of Mr. J. Quayle, who fell overboard from the Iolanthe last Thursday, was found floating in the Broadwater early on Thursday by Mr. M. Prindable. Ever…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A Marine Court was engaged to-day in inquiring into the collision between the steamer Electra, and the tug Energy, which occurred off Norah Head…
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A peculiar accident occurrrcd at the Brisbane Exhibition Building. Repairs were being made to the lift, when the dead weight balance for the cable, weighing 6½cwt.,…
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A tram collision occurred at Circular Quay last night. Many passengers were injured, more or less seriously, and taken to the hospital. Both the…
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During the voyage of the ship Gaol from Melbourne, the captain and two others were washed overboard and drowned…
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While playing football on Saturday for the Grafton School against. South Grafton School, Master Arthur Blaxland, son of Mr. E. T. Blaxland,…
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Yesterday morning Mr. F. Sehwooberg. Coroner, conducted are inquiry at the Court House at Maclean, concerning the death of Mr. J. Qua[?]le. Mr. Lobban appeared…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A cross action has been commenced, in the Vice-Admiralty Court between Messrs. J. and A. Brown, of Newcastle, owners of the tug Energy,…
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A sensational shipping accident under circumstances of a remarkable character, and probably without a precedent in the port of; Sydney occurred on Friday afternoon, when the tug…
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LONDON, Sunday.—While an electric tramcar full of passengers was proceeding down Highgate Hill, the driver lost control, of it. The car, proceeding at a rate…
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Daniel Sullivan, employed at the Melbourne Nail Factory, was caught in the shafting and literally whirled to pieces, portions of his body being…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday Night. A carter named Henry Matthews fell off his Cart in Parramatta Road this morning. The wheels, passing over…
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