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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

219 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 11

Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 2

SEVERAL painful accidents to respected residents of the district have occurred during the past week At the football match on Saturday last Mr. Thomas…

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Accident on a Tug. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 2 July 1906 · page 3

Two men, named Williams and Dodd, were seriously injured aboard the steam tug Hero this morning owing to one of the ropes breaking…

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Last Night's Cables. (Reuter's Service.) Terrible Railway Collision

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

LONDON, Monday.—The American boat train from Devonport to Waterloo has been wrecked near Salisbury. Twenty-two persons were killed and 12 injured…

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The Electra Collision

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 3

A CROSS-ACTION for damages arising out of the collision betwwen the tug Energy and the stoamer Electra was continued by Messers. john Brown and…

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Accidents

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 6 July 1906 · page 2

SEVERAL painful accidents to well-known residents of this district have occurred during the week, though probably none of them are likely to be attended with permanently serious…

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A Fatal Accident. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 12 July 1906 · page 3

A wharf laborer named William Lifthgow, engaged removing ore from the steamer Age, at Woolloomooloo, was struck on the head with an iron…

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Local Interest. Serious Accident

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 2

MR. Harry Parker met with a serious accident at Coff's Harbor on Wednesday last, which necessitated his taking a long and painful journey to the hospital at Bellingen. A…

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Energy-electra Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 21 July 1906 · page 9

SYDNEY, Friday.—Sir William Owen, Deputy Judge Commissary in Vice-Admiralty, delivered reserved decision to-day in the cases of John and Wm. brown against…

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Dreadful Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 24 July 1906 · page 5

Robert Galloway, mail boy, aged 17 years, met with a terrible, accident at Rothbury, near Maitland. The lad was driving a sulky with the mails up a hill, and sitting…

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A Peculiar Fatality. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 July 1906 · page 5

Mrs. Barham, of Nowra, was burnt to death yesterday. While in a fit, a box of matches in her pocket ignited, setting fire to her clothes…

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A Sad Fatality. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 3

Two foreign sailors were engaged painting a French ship at Newcastle to-day when one fell into the water. The other jumped in to his assistance,…

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Driving Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 30 July 1906 · page 2

While out driving with two companions yesterday, Mr. C. Y. Mackie, the well-known Grafton baker, was the victim of a serious accident. His…

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Drowned While Surf Bathing. Sydney

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 31 July 1906 · page 3

Victor Cameron, aged 25, was carried out by the undertow at Bondi yesterday while bathing in the surf and was drowned…

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A Drowning Fatality. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 5

John Barrett, an engineer, employed aboard the Annandale ferry steamer Annie, fell overboard near Balma[?]n this morning and although attempts…

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Another Yankee Train Accident. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 August 1906 · page 5

A landslip at Chelsea (America) threw an express train into the Hudson River. The fireman and twenty passengers miraculously escaped death,…

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The Electra-energy Collision

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 3

SIR William Owen, Deputy Judge Commissiary in a Vice-Admirality, delivered reserved decision in the cases of John and William Brown against…

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Fatal Burning Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 4 August 1906 · page 4

A sad accident happened yesterday to stanley Smith, six years old, son of Mr. George Smith, of Mary-street. It appears that the little fellow obtained some matches, and…

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Sad Burning Fatality

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 August 1906 · page 2

A very sad accident occurred at Mary-street on Friday morning when a boy of 6 years, named Stanley Smith, was burnt to death. The lad, it…

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A Terrible Accident. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 6 August 1906 · page 3

Richard M'Grath, aged 23, employed at Zollner's galvanised ironworks, in the city, was caught in some machinery belting this morning and whirled…

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Terrible Shipping Disaster. 300 Drowned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Italian steamer Strio, while bound from Genoa, to Buenos Ayres with 800 emigrants, struck on the Hormigas shoals, 18 miles from…

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