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Hunter Valley · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Young Woman Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 2

While Mr and Mrs Barker and Miss K. Harrington were crossing a bridge over the Campaspe River, at Goornong (Vic), in a hooded buggy, the horse…

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The Murray in Flood. Young Man Drowned

Singleton Argus · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 2

The Murray River at Cobram on Tuesday afternoon was running higher than at any period since 1889. Miles and miles of flats adjoining the river…

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Ballina. a Terrible Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 October 1906 · page 3

An accident, which ended fatally, happened at Broadwater Sugar Mill yesterday afternoon. A young man named Samuel Dunning, who was attending a filter, fell into…

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Serious Accident

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 2

We regret to have to record the fact that Mr. Norman Robson, son of Mrs. M. T. Robson, of Professional Row, met with a very serious accident on Tuesday…

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A Painful Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 2

A little boy named Cecil Beard, grandson of Mrs. Greenwood, of Maitland, met with a very painful accident yesterday morning. Whilst playing in the…

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Bridegroom Dies in Church. Wedding Fatality

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 3

At Lindau (writes the Geneva correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 27th July), on the Swiss-Austrian frontier, a middle-aged man named Buhler…

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A Distressing Fatality. a Young Lady's Death

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 6

A distressing accident took place at the residence of Mr. A. E. Dalwood, of Chatswood on Saturday night, resulting in the death of his daughter, Olive Gertrude, 17 years of…

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Terrible Boating Disaster Ten Persons Drowned. Auckland

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 6

A terrible boating disaster occurred at Blenheim. An oil launch, with an excursion party returning to town, had arrived within 100 yards of the landing place, which is a…

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Accident

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 3

Mr. W. Hodgetts, greengrocer, while on his rounds, last Tuesday, had a somewhat sensational experience at Mr. Cruickshank’s An…

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Sensational Accident

Singleton Argus · Saturday 13 October 1906 · page 1

A serious accident is reported from Bega. A seven-year-old son of Mr John Guthrie, a well-known contractor, was riding in a paddock,…

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Fatal Collision

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 3

A serious collision occurred between two cyclists near the Queen's Bridge, Melbourne, on Saturday. William D. Collins, 18 years of age,…

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Fatal Railway Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 16 October 1906 · page 5

A railway collision, attended with loss of [?] is reported from Epernon, France. A [?] engine came into collision with a passenger train leaving a siding in the town…

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Drowned While Bathing

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 3

A lad named Charles Prescott Lewis, aged 11, was drowned in the river at Coleman's Point, Lismore, on Saturday evening. He had gone…

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Accident at Broken Hill Man Fatally Injured. Broken Hill

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 3

Richard Shields, a young man working in a quarry at the South Mine, met with a frightful accident this morning. A railway, line runs from Block 10 through the South…

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Wreck of the Octopus. Captain's Wife Drowned. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 4

The Octopus, one of two steam dredges purchased by the Goolong (Victoria) Harbor Trust Commissioners from the Government of…

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Serious Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 18 October 1906 · page 2

Whilst Mr. Ernie Mayo was engaged dressing the race mare The Loch this morning she kicked him over the right eye, inflicting a nasty gash, had rendering him…

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Latest News by Wire. Press Association. Sydney. Strange Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 3

Evidence of the risk which railway passengers run in allowing their arms to hang outside the windows of carriages was afforded this morning, between 7 and 7.30, when…

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Shipping Fatality

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 2

The dredger Octopus, bought by the Geelong Harbour Board, sailed from Durban for Geelong on October 13. She sank on the following day off the mouth of the…

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A Fatal Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 5

Richard Flynn, a wharf labourer, 60 years of age, who was admitted to the hospital on the 12th instant, suffering from injuries to his spine, through a bag of wheat falling…

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Painful Accident

Cessnock Express and Mining and Farming Representative · Saturday 20 October 1906 · page 3

Mr. John Doyle, white searching for cattle in a paddock, near the Mount View Road, had a very narrow escape from serious accident. Riding through…

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