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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

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The Coach Fatality. Inquest on the Bodies, &c

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 5

A CORONER'S inquest was held at the Royal Hotel, Kew, on Wednesday, the 1st instant, before Mr. James Butler, J.P., of Port Macquaire, touching the death of George M. Pattison, and Robert Louis…

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Fatality near Nabiac. Mr. Thos. Cooking Found Dead. Forster, Wednesday, 2.50 p.m

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 5

MR. Thos. Cooking, of Minambah, five miles from Nabiac, an old resident, was found in the bush near his house this morning, with a broken leg. He is supposed to have fallen from his dray, and that the…

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Fatal Coach Accident. Two Men Killed

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

SINCE the fatal coach accident on Wright's Greek fifteen years ago by which Mrs. M' Kinnon and Mr. Mackenzie lost their lives, all other fatalities have been eclipsed by that…

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Coach Accident. (To the Editor or the "Port Macquarie News.)

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

SIR,—A graceful and sympathetic act on the part of the residents of this district would be, I think, to erect a headstone over the grave of young Louis, who met his death by…

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Terrible Coach Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 3

The news of the terrible calamity to the Taree-Port-Macquarie coach on Tuesday morning cast a gloom over the whole of the district. From what…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 13

On Thursday of last week a buggy accident occurred at Beechwood, by which an old resident of the district lost her life, while her daughter was also injured. It appears…

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Terrible Coach Accident. Two Men Killed. Tree Falls Across the Coach

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 9

MUCH concern was manifested in Kempsey on Tuesday morning last when the news was posted up outside the ARGUS Office of a terrible accident…

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The Coach Fatality. Inquest on the Bodies

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 February 1899 · page 3

A CORONER'S inquest was held at the Royal Hotel, Kew, on Wednesday, the 1st instant, before Mr. James Butler, J P., of Port Macquarie, touching the death of George M…

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Shooking Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred on Wednesday in a house at Fitzroy-lane, North Sydney, by which a baby of 8 months…

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The Pyrmont Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 9

THE death of James Joseph Lowney, who died in Sydney Hospital last Friday afternoon from the result of injuries received by being crushed between the buffers of two…

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Coach Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 5

AN accident happened to the Gloucester coach on Wednesday night last, about 26 miles from Taree. It appears that when driving round a bye track where a culvert is being put down, the axle of the…

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Serious Shooting Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 23 February 1899 · page 5

ON Monday afternoon last George England, and of Mr. Marmaduke England, of Deep Creek, was the victim of serious shooting accident. Mr. England, who it 21 years old, was timber cutting near Barriston, on the South Arm of the Bellinger…

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Terrible Accident at Pyrmont. a Man Crushed to Death

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 February 1899 · page 7

A FEARFUL accident, resulting in the death of a wharf laborer named James Lowney, occurred at the Government Wharf, Pyrmont, on Friday of last week. Lowney…

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Fatality at Port Macquarie. a Child Killed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 1 March 1899 · page 2

AN inquest was held at the Court House, Port Macquarie, on Saturday afternoon last, by Mr. James Butler, J.P. (District Coroner), on the body of Mary Ann Moore, aged 8½ years, who fell off her father's…

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Sad Fatality at Fort Macquarie

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 4

The Hastings bas recently been putting up a very unpleasant record in fatalities, the latest being that of a little girl, 8 years of age, who fell off a dealer's van whilst…

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Accident to a Child

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 March 1899 · page 4

An unfortunate accident happened last week to a little toddler, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Murphy, of West Kempsey. The little one, who is at the walking baby stage of life…

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Captain Anthon Drowned. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 9

Captain D. Anthon, for many years master of North Coast steamers, was drowned at Penguin, Tasmania, yesterday, while bathing in the sea…

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Sad Fatality [?]Ear New. a Youth Killed. L[?]on

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 4 March 1899 · page 3

W[?] a youth 16 years of age [?] [?]tally injured yesterday afternoon near [?]ew. D[?] was employed by the Australa[?] timber Company, working the [?] on the [?]…

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A Terrible Explosion. 40 Persons Killed and 110 Injured. London

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 2

Lagouba naval magazine in France was destroyed by au explosion on Sunday, when 40 persons were killed, and 110 injured. A terrible panic ensued, people believing…

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Terrible Explosion at Toulon. 40 Persons Killed and 110 Injured. Great Destruction of Property. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 8 March 1899 · page 2

A TERRIBLE explosion has occurred at the naval magazine, Toulon, France. Forty men were killed, and one hundred and ten were injured…

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