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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Fatal Drowning Ac[?]nt

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 2

WH[?]ST most of the residents of Port Mac[?]urie were enjoying thems[?]ves on New Ye[?]r's Day afternoon, a report was rapidly circulated around the town that Be[?]e…

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Magisterial Inquiry. Child Drowned at Croki

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 6

THE District Coroner Mr. T. H. Boyce, J.F. held a Magisterial Inquiry on Monday morning last, at half-past 9 o'clock, at the residence of Mr. Edward Eggins, Croki,…

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Loss of the Steamer Ariosto. Twenty-one Sailors Drowned. London, Dec. 26

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 7

THE steamer Ariosto, bound from Galveston (Texas) to Hamburg, has been stranded in Ocracoke Inlet, in North Carolina. Twenty-one of the crew who took to the…

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Railway Accident at Bendigo. Three Persons Killed. Melbourne

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 January 1900 · page 7

Two picnic excursion trains collided on Monday at M'lvor's Crossing, on the Wallan Wallan line, about four miles from Bendigo. Six persons were…

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Railway Collision

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 10 January 1900 · page 2

A railway disaster is reported from Alsace-Lorraine. The Frankfort express came into collision with another train at…

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Railway Collision. a German Disaster. Several Lives Lost

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 6

London, Friday.—A railway accident, resulting in the loss of several lives, occurred in Germany yesterday. The Frankfort express collided with…

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Fatal Railway Collision. Several Burnt to Death. London, January 5

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 13 January 1900 · page 3

A RAILWAY disaster is reported from Alsaco. The Frankfort express came into collision with another train sixteen miles…

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Navy Movements. General Methuen Injured General M'donald Takes His Place. Official List of Casualties. Abridge Seized by General Buller. Country Now Open for Advance to Relief of Ladysmith. General French Strongly Entrenched. British Press Urge the Government to Resign. Rand Goldfields Undermined. Sydney, Monday, 9 A.M.

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 17 January 1900 · page 3

The Channel squadron has received instructions to be prepared to proceed to sea on the 31st instant, to relieve the Particular Service Squadron at…

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Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 January 1900 · page 4

Last Monday, Mr. Jas. Johnston, with Miss Johnston and Master Roy, sod of Mr. Frank Scott, were driving from Frederickton into Kempsey in a sulky. Shortly after…

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Shocking Machinery Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 January 1900 · page 2

A fatal occurred at Broken Hill at 3 o'clock od Tuesday morning, in Block 10 Mine. It appears that the connecting pin of the air compressor…

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Fatal Accident at Dorrigo

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 February 1900 · page 4

A terribly fatal accident occurred on the Dorrigo-road last Friday. An unmarried man named James Kelly was working on a catting loosening rock with a crowbar when…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Six Italians Drowned. Melbourne

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 8

INTELLIGENCE was received at the Walhalla Police Station at 7 o'clock last evening that a serious boating fatality occurred during the afternoon at the Thompson River, six…

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Local News. Accident at Nambucca Heads

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 February 1900 · page 8

On Thursday a half-caste named Arthur Taylor met with a serious accident at Nambucca Heads. He was working at Ellis' saw-mill, when…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Yachting Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 February 1900 · page 2

A yachting accident occurred in the Wellington Harbor, New Zealand, which resulted in four persons being drowned…

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Serious Accident at Crowdy. a Man Caught in the Crane Chain

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 17 February 1900 · page 4

ON Thursday afternoon last a very serious accident happened at the Crowdy Hood quarry, by which Thomas Walpole, aged 32 years, a married man with one child, was very severely crushed about the…

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Injured by Lightning. Goulburn

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 24 February 1900 · page 6

DURING a thunderstorm last evening Messrs. C. Rogers and Co.'s arcade was struck by lightning. Some wood was splintered, and a portion, of the brickwork knocked off…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 3 March 1900 · page 12

IT is our sad duty this week to record the fact that Ilma Salmon, aged 8 years, the second daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Salmon, was accidentally drowned at…

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Drowning Fatality at Gladstone

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 March 1900 · page 9

ABOUT 5 p.m. on Wednesday last, a gloom was cast over this usually quiet community when the sad intelligence rapidly spread that Ilma, the bright little 8 year old daughter of Mr. and…

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Fatality at Laurieton. a Boy Drowned. Laurieton

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 5

PERCY GREENLAND, 10 years of age, it is supposed fell off the log wharf at the Concord sawmill yesterday morning, and was drowned…

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Boy Drowned at Laurieton. Laurieton

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 March 1900 · page 7

Percy Greenland, 10 years of age, a son of Charles Greenland, fell into the river yesterday morning, near Concord, aud was drowned…

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