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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Sad Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 November 1897 · page 9

A very sad fatal accident occurred near Hickey's Creek on Tuesday last, when Alfred James, eldest son of Mr. John Everson, of Hickey's Creek, met…

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Another Fatal Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 November 1897 · page 9

A very sad affair occurred at Rollands Plains on Sunday last. It appears that James Workman, aged 12 years, son of Mr. John Workman,…

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Sad Fatal Accident. Rev. John Davis Killed. (By Wire.) Port Macquarie

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 9

The Rev. John Davis, minister in connection with the Presbyterian Church of Eastern Australia, was accidentally killed yesterday afternoon…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 November 1897 · page 9

Ten persons have been killed in a railway collision at Tournay, Belguim…

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Drowning Fatalities. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 December 1897 · page 9

Two children named Crouch and their nursegirl were drowned in a waterhole at Orange yesterday. It is supposed one of the children fell into…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 December 1897 · page 9

SHORTLY before 11.30 on Monday night Thomas Patrick Kierney and John Murray, laborers, were struck by the 11.5 train from Hurstville to…

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