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Macarthur (Camden & Campbelltown) · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Seaside Tragedy. Girl Drowned. Sister's Heroic Act

The Picton Post · Wednesday 1 January 1908 · page 2

This morning, September 16th, a sad bathing fatality occurred at Jobb Bay, Kingsgate, near Broadstairs. Mils Ella Martin, aged 20, and her…

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Fatal Accident. a Boy Killed

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 8 January 1908 · page 2

Walter Macleay, about 15 years of ago, who was spending the day on Monday with Mr. Geo. Wallis at Glenquarry, fell from a racehorse which gall[?]p[?] in o[?] scrub near…

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Mrs. Melton Prior. Fatal Accident to an Artists Wife

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 2

Mrs Melton Prior, the wife of the well-known war artist, met with a sad death on 7th November. When crossing Lewisham High road she was knocked down…

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Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 15 January 1908 · page 4

Mr. W. Walton engine-driver met with a painful accident at Hill Top on Wednesday last. It appears are that the [?] in the broke…

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Overhead Collision. Panic in New York's Busiest. Street

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 3

A railway collision in full view of thousands of bystanders, on 11th November, sent Broadway into hysterics. At the busiest hour of the day, when…

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Accident at Bowral

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 January 1908 · page 4

An accident happened to Mr. O. Haddin yesterday (Friday), morning, while bringing some cattle into town. It appears that Mr. Haddin was sent away…

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Motor Car Accident at Bong Bong Bridge. Four Tourists Injured

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 3

A secrious accident happened to the occupants of a motor car on the Moss Vale side of the Bong Bong Bridge about (5 o'clock last (Tuesday) evening. The…

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Recent Accident at Bowral. Death of Mr. J. Cooper, Jun

The Wollondilly Press · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

As reported in our last issue, Mr. Joseph Cooper, junr., son of Mr. Joseph Copper, of "Craigieburn," who met with an accident through falling from his horse in…

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Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured

The Picton Post · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 7

Brussels, 10th November.—Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other…

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Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 3

Brussels, 10th November.—Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other,…

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In Collision. French Submarines. Men at Heir Posts

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 7

Some interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under water of two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Souffleur and…

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The Playground of Europe. It Becomes a Graveyard. Alpine Accidents

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 8 February 1908 · page 2

"The Playground of Europe," as Sir Leslie Stephen called the Swiss Alps, has for many been a graveyard—in fact, the "Lancet" points out, which…

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Drowning the Drum. City Man's "Counterblast to Salvation Army

The Picton Post · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 6

Mr James Stacey a liveryman of the City of London and a member of the National Liberal Club, residing at Crescent Grova Clapham Common was…

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sad Case of Drowning

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 5

A sad drowning fatality occurred at Moss Vale on Thursday afternoon, the victim being a state girl named Grace Croft,aged 10[?] years, who lived with Mrs. Bannan in Iones-Road. From what we could…

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In Collision. French Submarines. Men at Heir Posts

The Picton Post · Wednesday 26 February 1908 · page 6

Some interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under water or two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Souffleur and…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Picton Post · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

Charles Blackball, assistant guard on the train from Kiama to Nowra, was washed off the rooks at Fryer's Cave, Kiama, on Saturday, and drowned. He was in company…

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Chemistry Explosion. Girl Students Injured

The Picton Post · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 3

An explosion which occurred at the secondary school at Clay Cross, near Chesterfield, yesterday (reports the " Daily Mail" of the 8th…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Wollondilly Press · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

On Monday afternoon last, Anbrey Frost, a boy of about 4 years of age, residing with his parents in Rose street, Bowral, had a narrow escape from drowning by falling into…

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Railway Collision

The Picton Post · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

A terrible railway collision occurred at Braybrook Junction, Melbourne, on Monday night. Both the Ballarat and Bendigo express mains…

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A Tragic Accident

The Picton Post · Wednesday 13 May 1908 · page 2

After, facing death scores of times and thrilling vast audiences twice daily by looping the loop in a motor-car,. Mrs Mitsel Morok, a pretty woman of 199…

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