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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

258 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 13

Street Accidents

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 4 May 1908 · page 2

While being driven along Victoria- street on Thursday afternoon, a pair of horses attached to the big van of the F.F. and Ice Co., were scared…

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Accidentally Shot

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1908 · page 2

Henry Clark, ex-Mayor of Perth, was accidentally shot dead with a rifle on Saturday, by an old man named Henry Hyman…

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The Accident to Mrs. Geary

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 4

The injuries received by Mrs. Geary, of Powell-street, who, as reported in our issue of Monday last, was gored by a cow in the milking-yard the…

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A Shocking Accident. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 7 May 1908 · page 5

A shocking fatality occurred at some picnic races at the residence of Patrick Doran, Noona Vale, Talmoi, Moree. George Bonnor, aged 27, who…

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The Murrurundi Collision. Sensational Rumors

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 8 May 1908 · page 8

It now transpires that the lines at the Murrum[?]di station, the scene of the recent railway smash, are not provided with interlocking gear. Over three…

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Murrurundi Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 3

The Board appointed to investigate the railway collision which occurred at Murrurundi finds that the responsibility for the accident rests with the night officer, Mr…

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Collision at Sea. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 11 May 1908 · page 2

The Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association has received a cable stating that the steamer Boveric, while bound for Sydney from San…

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The Woonona Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 5

An inquest touching on the death of Thompson Bennett, who was killed in the South Bulli train collision, was opened at Buill…

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The Apparently Drowned

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 7

The recent decision of the Royal Lifesaving Society to adopt the Schafer system of resuscitating the apparently drowned in place of the Silvester racthod is one…

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Accidents. Struck with a Piece of Timber

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

An accident, which was within a shade of taking a man's life happened on board the steamer Dorrigo while at Woolgoolga, on Saturday…

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Railway Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 2

While the B.A.T. Co.'s locomomative was crossing Coff's Creek on Monday afternoon of last week, pushing three trucks, a very serious…

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MINING. Miners'' Accident Relief Fund

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 12 May 1908 · page 5

Our Cangai correspondent, writes:—I have been furnished by the officers (Messrs. Chas. Bell, E. Donkin and Wm. Cahill), who control this fund here, with the seventh annual…

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A Harbor Collision. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 5

The steamer Lady Carrington and the tug-boat Warung came into collision near Goat Island (in the harbor) this morning, and the Warung…

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Drowning Fatality at Singleton

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 2

A married woman, damed Norah Ayres, 73 yours of age, was drowned in the Hunter River at Carrington, Jerry's Plains, last week. It appears that an unmarried…

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Accident at Ulmarra

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 18 May 1908 · page 2

A man named Thomas Small met with a serious accident at Ulmarra on Saturday. He was driving home in his cream cart when it collided with…

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Fatality on Wedding Day

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

Mr. Alexander McDonald, a farmer, of Kayuga, and his wife, were returning home on Tuesday afternoon in a vehicle Turning a corner about five miles from…

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A Britisher Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 5

While the British footballers were practising at Wellington (N.Z.), Vassall, one of the most brilliant men in the team, injured his shoulder…

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The Motor Car Fatality. Sydney, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 5

The inquest concerning the death of Henry Weller, who was knocked down and killed by a motor-car in College-street on Saturday, was concluded…

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Fatal Motoring Accident

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 21 May 1908 · page 2

A motor, containing A. Z. Clarke a mining engineer, and his driver, Archibald Hull, whilst on the road from Macedon to Melbourne, on…

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