Macleay River Jockey Club. Queen's Birthday Meeting. a Bad Accident
BUT for the unfortunate accident which occurred in the opening race on the first day, we should have been able to place on record that the second May…
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186 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 5 of 10
Accident at the Macleay Races
THE start for the Opening Handicap at the Macleay Races was greatly delayed owing to Donald playing up in his usual style and soon after while going up the…
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Just before tea-time yesterday afternoon a deal of excitement was caused in town by the rumour that a little boy named Sydenham, son of…
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LAST Friday afternoon considerable excitement was caused in Kempsey when it became known that little Jack Sydenbam, son of Mr. Wilmot Sydenham, had been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Late Drowning Fatality
On Saturday last, Mr. W. G. Burton Smith, P.M., held an enquiry into the cause of the death of the little boy John Ernest Sydenham, whose body…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Railway Accident In Holland. London june [?]
A SHOCKING accident occurred yesterday at the report of Flushing, Rolland. Owing in the p[?]tic brake of the express infiling to act, the train doshed through one of the waiting-rooms. A daughter of Herr Roth, the [?] delegate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Starvation, Scurvy, and Drowning. Two Hundred Prospectors Perished. London, June 9
Two hundred prospectors, who were travelling to the Klondike goldfield by the Edmonton trail, have perished by starvation, scurvy, or drowning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Injured Eye
A boy named Sergeant was out in the bush about a fortnight ago, assisting his father to cat wood, when a splinter flew into his eye, injuring it, but apparently not…
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A man named John McManus, who is said to have recently arrived from the North Coast, fell down a quarry at Woollahra and was killed…
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Acting District Court Judge Harris was thrown out of his buggy near Tamworth, and his right arm was fractured…
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The many friends of Mr. Thos. Borger will regret to learn he met with a serious accident on Tuesday evening last. He was on his way home…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Accident to a Mail Coach. Coff's Harbor
AT 7 o'clock last night the mail coach from Grafton met with an accident by coming into contact with a fallen tree at the foot of Red-hill, two miles from Coff's Harbor. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Quarry
On Monday last a rather serious accident occurred at the West Kempsey quarry. It appears that a "shot" had been placed in a hole and while…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrible Floods in Texas. 250 Persons Drowned. London
THERE are terrible floods in Texas, and 250 persons have been drowned. Over two millions sterling £2,000,000) damage has been done to property…
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ON Wednesday last, a young man named John Corry met with an accident by which he was killed instantaneously. Deceased bad been working at the quarry in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Accidental Rhyme
In the old days of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, an actor named Dewar went one morning to the premises of a publican named Scott, patronised by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Accident at Port, Macquarie. Sydney
Yesterday a man named John Corry was thrown from a lorry he was driving at Port Macquarie. The wheel passed over the unfortunate…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Frightful Accident. Grafton
AN aged man, whose named is unknown, met with a frightful accident at Reid's sawmills, at the Bluff, Orara River, near Grafton, yesterday. he was employed in the pit under the circular saw bench,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Steamer Collision
The steamers Edina and Excelsior collided in Hobson's Bay in a dense fog. The latter sank. Between 25 and 30 passengers were injured, several seriously, but none were…
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ON Wednesday last, a young man named John Corry met with an accident by which he was killed instantaneously. Deceased had been working at the quarry in…
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