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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Driving Accident. a Hawker Killed. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 3

AN Indian hawker named Booty was killed at Cox's River yesterday through his buggy upsetting on him while driving. Death was…

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Collision at Sea a Steamer Sunk. Two Hundred Lives Lost. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 4

THE French steamers Insulaire and Liban, controlled by the Fraissiet Company, collided off Marseilles on Saturday, with disastrous results…

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Disastrous Collision at Sea. One Hundred and Twenty three Perished. [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 3

FURTHER details concerning the collision between the steamers Liban and insulaire,off Marseilles, south of France, state that 123 passengers and…

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Coach Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 3

A serious accident happened to the Bairnsdale (Vic.) coach at Bruthen on Monday night. The leaders shied at some mailbags on the footpath, and…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 June 1903 · page 2

Mr George Knodler, who lives at Maison Dieu, near Singleton, met with a most painful accident on Tuesday. It appears that Mr Knodler was riding one…

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Disastrous Collision. Two Hundred Lives Lost

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

The French steamers Insulaire and Liban, controlled by the Fraissiet Company, collided off Marseilles on Saturday, with disastrous results…

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A. Run of Accidents

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 2

On Tuesday last Mr. George Knodler, of Maison Dleu, was riding horsa and lending another whon the latter wits suddenly startled and pulled Mr. Knodler out of the saddle. Unfortunately, he was…

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Railway Accident in Victoria. Tracks Leave the Rails

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 June 1903 · page 5

ON Thursday morning two wheels of a truck in the centre of a long goods and passenger train left the rails when near Geelong station. The occurrence…

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Shocking Railway Fatality at East Greta, Boy Mangled by a Coal Train"

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 3

An accident of a frightful nature, attended with fatal results, occurred a short distance beyond the, junction on the East Greta Coal Company's railway line shortly after ten o'clock last night…

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Mining Matters. Miners Accident Relief Fund

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 June 1903 · page 2

The annual statement of the accounts of tho New South Wales Miners' Accident Relief Board was laid on the table of the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening. The contributions from…

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Shocking Fatality at East Greta. Boy Mangled by a Coal Train

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 5

An accident of a frightful nature, attended with fatal results, occurred a short distance beyond the junction on the East Greta Coal Company's railway line shortly after ten o'clock on wednesday night…

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Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 20 June 1903 · page 4

Mr. W. Gimbert, of Haydonton, met with a mott painf[?]l accident on Thursday afternoon last. It appears that he was coming over the overhead bridge over the railway…

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Dungog a Boy Accidentally Shot

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 22 June 1903 · page 3

Frank Galvin,aged eight years, was accidentally shot by another boy at Ward's River on Saturday, and died on the road to Dungog. At an inquest held to-day a verdict of accidental death re-turned…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. a Boating Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 3

An inquest was held today on the body of the young man William Price, a victim of a boating fatahty at St. George's River on Saturday. Evidence showed that when the craft capsized deceased, who…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 2

A Sad fatal shooting accident occurred at Spring Greek, Wards River, on Saturday afternoon last, when Prank Galvin, aged 8, eon of Mrs A…

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Shocking Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 29 June 1903 · page 3

A shocking mishap occurred at Mortdale yesterday, when Leslie Pickering, aged 16, had his left forearm broken in two places, the bone protruding through the flesh. It appears that a game of…

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A Terrible Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 3

One hundred and ten persons were killed and one hundred injured in the Montalbe railway accident. The engine and 20 cars fell. Numbers were drowned like rats in a trap…

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Railway Fatality in Spain

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 3

One hundred bodies have been recovered from the Najerilla River, whore the railway accident occurred. It is estimated that there are still 70 bodies unrecovered…

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Our Sydney Letter. Miners' Accident Relief

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 1 July 1903 · page 2

Under the pretext of making provi sion for the relief of distress arising from mining accidents, threepence is deducted every "pay" from the wages…

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Accidentally Suffocated

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 2 July 1903 · page 3

An inquest was held to-day on the body of Helen Taylor, who was found dead in bed in a house in Riley-street, yesterday. Joseph. Taylor, deceased's husband, deposed that the latter was occasionally of…

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