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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Severe Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 9

The many friends of Mr. George May, of Central Kempsey, will regret to learn that on Wednesday last he had the misfortune to meet with a bad…

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Curious Accidents

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 June 1897 · page 3

Our forefathers had a playful plan of despatching both guilty and innocent by pouring melted lead down their throats. It would, however, scarcely be believed that…

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Accident to a Tug

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 9

At Port Macquarie on Saturday last while the tug Thistle was going out to tow in a vessel, she was lifted by a wave, and,in descending,struck heavily…

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Accident on the Shamrock

Macleay Argus · Saturday 19 June 1897 · page 8

At about 1 p.m. on Wednesday last, Mrs. T. Meehan, sen., of Long Beach, met with a nasty accident. She was on board the Shamrock, which was…

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Accident to the Bellinger Mail Coach

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 8

On Wednesday last, while the driver was having his dinner at the Travellers' Rest Hotel, a couple of inebriated individuals caused the…

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Drowning Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 8

It will be remembered that in our last issue we stated that a fireman was missing from the steamer Burrawong and that it was feared he had been…

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Science. a Lucky Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 17 July 1897 · page 3

A singular story is recorded concerning the origin of blue-tinted paper, now so much in vogue for commercial uses. The wife of an English paper…

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Serious Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 July 1897 · page 9

Lady Brassey, wife of the Governor of Victoria, has met with a severe carriage accident. Accompanied by Miss Dorothy Brand, she was…

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Fatality at Bellinger Heads

Macleay Argus · Saturday 31 July 1897 · page 7

The heavy gale was responsible for the death of a black boy at the aborigine settlement near the Bellinger Heads. Some of the little darkies were playing about on…

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Serious Burning Accident at West Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 9

At about 9 o'clock on Wednesday morning last, Mary Connors, aged about 15 years, daughter of Mr. Jno. Connors, of Tozer-street, West…

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Burning Accident at the Heads

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1897 · page 8

On Saturday last, Minnie Hunter, aged 15 years, daughter of Mr. L. Hunter, of Yarrahappini, met with a terrible accident. Full details of the…

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Terrible Accident at Hobart. the Patient Sent Over to Sydney Hospital

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 11

Advices to hand convey the news of a terrible accident having befallen a well-known and highly-esteemed resident of Hobart. The unfotunate sufferer has as…

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The Recent Burning Accidents

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1897 · page 9

Mary Connors, who was so badly burned on Wednesday week, succumbed on Saturday last. The funeral took place at West Kempsey on…

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Cycle Accidents

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 2

Notwithstanding the number of accidents every season, cyclists, by taking ordinary precautions, may ride year after year without suffering even so much as a strain…

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A Nasty Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 August 1897 · page 9

While working on the Greenhill-Taylor's Arm road, a man named Thos. Booth, who resides at Mountain View, met with a rather bad accident…

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Accidents. I.

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 October 1897 · page 3

A very common accident is that of burning and scalding; and it is often a very serious occurrence to boot, for the excessive pain which a burn causes is accompanied by…

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Sketcher. Sensations of a Drowning Man

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 October 1897 · page 2

'Drowning is a pleasant death' is the remark constantly made by those who never gulped down salt water into the delicate tissues of their lungs. As a lad I was…

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A Bad Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 November 1897 · page 9

While opening a bottle of ammonia yesterday afternoon, Mrs. C. Lane, of Central Kempsey, met with a severe accident. The bottle burst…

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Peculiar Fatality at Redfern

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 November 1897 · page 9

A child aged one year and eleven months, named Rosina Moran, was shot with a revolver under mysterious circumstances at Redfern last Tuesday…

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Peculiar Fatality at Redfern

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 November 1897 · page 12

THE inquest on the body of Rosina Moran, particulars of whose death appeared in our last issue, was concluded in Sydney this week…

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