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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Tinonee. June 19. a Painful Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 June 1902 · page 4

WHILE Mr. J. E. Chapman was learning to mount the wheel last week, the bicycle took charge," with the result that the rider and the ground came in rather sadden contact--the road proving the hardest…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 5 July 1902 · page 9

A sad shooting accident took place on Sunday about four miles from Copmanhurst, in the direction of Grafton. A party consisting of Mr. G…

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Terrible Tram Accident. 12 Persons Killed and 37 Injured. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 9 July 1902 · page 2

AT Gloversville, near New York, on Saturday, on electric car, with, seventy excursionists on board, while descending a mountain along a gradient of one thousand feet in a…

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Accident on the Bridge

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 July 1902 · page 4

Whilst riding over (be Kempsey bridge about mid-day on Monday, Mr. R. Pritchard (a representative of the Singer Co.) , met with a painful accident. He was passing…

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Sad Fatality. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 5

At the coronation celebrations held in Armidale, Trooper Edgar, who only recently returned from South Africa, was killed as a result of the…

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Accident To Mr. Chamberlain

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 5

While Mr. Chamberlain was driving on Tuesday evening from the House of Commons to his club the horse of the cab slipped, throwing Mr…

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After the Accident

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 12 July 1902 · page 2

A young English nobleman, in a frightful railway accident, missed his valet. One of the guards came up to him and said, " My lord, we…

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Fatality Amongst Horses

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 July 1902 · page 4

Quite a number of horses have died during the past week in Kempsey, and a somewhat unusual double fatality occurred in Smithstreet on Friday morning. H. McKell had…

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After the Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 17 July 1902 · page 2

A young English nobleman, in a frightful railway accident, missed his valet. One of the guards came up to him and said, " My lord, we…

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Boating Fatality. Sydney

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 19 July 1902 · page 5

A boat capsized of Peel Island, Brisbane, yesterday. Two men were drowned, and a third swam ashore…

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Serious Accident to a Boy

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 July 1902 · page 4

Whilst two boys Masters Teague and Ryan, were proceeding to the Frederickton School on Monday last on one horse Frank Ryan a boy 10 years of age was thrown and…

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Sad Drowning Fatality. Kendall

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 5

A VERY sad case of drowning occurred here last night, a little son of Mr. A. G. Smith, named Vivian, being drowned in a water-hole. The little fellow rolled down an incline, and was…

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Serious Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 26 July 1902 · page 8

While going to school on Monday, a boy named Frank Ryan, aged about 9 years, and son of Mr. Ryan, who lives below Frederickton, met with a…

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Willawarrin Races. Two Horses Killed and Three Jockeys Injured

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 August 1902 · page 12

THE inaugural meeting of the Willawarrin Jockey Club, held on Wednesday last, was very successful, but for an unfortunate series of mishaps which…

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Another Shooting Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 14 August 1902 · page 4

While a youth named Hurry Turner was mounting his horse with a loaded revolver in his hand near. Hillgrove on Saturday night the weapon went off, the charge lodging in…

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Coopernook. August 11. ACCIDENT

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 16 August 1902 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon, while Master Foster was riding through Coopernook, two horses galloped past, and frightened the animal he was riding, which bolted and threw the…

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Peculiar Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 August 1902 · page 8

On Monday last the little six-years-old son of Mr. George Rowe, of Taylors' Arm, met with a nasty accident, which nearly involved fatal…

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FIVE Children Drowned

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 4

Five children whilst [?] on the beach in Yorkshire England were overtaken by the tide and all drowned in the presence of their mothers…

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500 sheep Drowned in a Water Hole

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 4

At Charleville, Queensland, a mob of sheep were taken to a water hole when they rushed into the water and 500 were drowned…

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Unfortunate Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 4

Whilst driving home from Kemptey on Saturday, August 16th, along the Warnetop road from Greenbill, the Misses Mansfield are reported to have met with a painful…

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