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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Terrible Accident at Rockville. a Man's Arm Crushed and His Back Injured

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 5 November 1902 · page 2

On Monday last a very serious accident occurred on Messrs. Langley, Bros.' timber tramline at Rockville, Lansdowne River. It appears that a middle-aged man named…

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Dreadful Fireworks Accident. 12 Persons Killed, and 80 INJURED. London

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 5

THROUGH a fire works accident in Madison Square, New York, while watching election returns, twelve persons were killed and 80 injured…

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Terrible Accident at Rockville. a Man's Arm Crushed and His Back Injured

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 3

ON Monday last a very serious accident occurred on Messrs. Langley, Bros.'timber tramline at Rockville, Lansdowne River. It appears that a middle-aged man named…

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Destructive Storm at Daysdale. Horses, Sheep, and Dogs Killed, and Men Injured. Crops and Fences Destroyed

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 8 November 1902 · page 8

DURING the recent storm in the Daysdale district, although only lasting a couple of hours, upwards of 5in. of rain were recorded. In several parts the track of the bail was about 200 yards wide, and the…

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The Rockville Accident

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

WITH reference to the terrible accident that occurred on the Rockville tramline on Monday, 3rd instant, by which one of the workmen named Geo. Metcalf received serious…

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Singular Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 15 November 1902 · page 8

On Thursday last Miss Riddle, of Toorooka, met with a nasty accident. Armed with a pea rifle the young lady attempted to shoot a snake, but she…

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Steamer Lady Musgrave Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 9

THE "Evening News" published a wire last week to the effect that the steamer Lady Musgrave, which is the trade between Brisbane and the northern rivers of New South Wales, was in…

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Boy Accidentally Hanged

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 20 November 1902 · page 4

Charles Seidel, a boy aged 10, accidentally banged himself at Towitta (S A.), while endeavouring to fatten a rope to a rafter. He unconsciously inserted his neck into the…

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Shooting Fatality

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 2

A PARTICULARLY sad shooting accident occured at Kendall on Friday last, whereby a son of Mr. D. Galvin, 19 years of age, came, to an untimely end…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Young Man Shot with a Pea Rifle

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Wednesday 26 November 1902 · page 3

A Magisterial Inquiry was held by Mr. A. Gates, P.M., at the M. R. D. Hospital on Monday morning, concerning the death of John Galvin, who died in the Hospital on…

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Accidents

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 27 November 1902 · page 4

A young man named Jordan was brought up to Kempsey from Jerneyville on Saturday, suffering from a broken thigh, caused by a fall from a horse whilst riding. Dr…

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Buggy Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 December 1902 · page 4

Whilst driving into Kempsey on Saturday last from her residence at Skillion Flat, Mrs. Honry Powick met with a somewhat serious accident, necessitating her removal of the…

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Marine Court. Sydney, Monday, Dec. 15. Before Judge BACKHOUSE (President) and Captains V[?] Hail and WITHERATOON (Assessors). Accident to the Tommi

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 5

An inquiry was held into the droumstances con[?]ted with the accident to the steamer Temld on November 23 last, which occurred while on a voyage from Sydney to the Richmond River…

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Serious Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 8

A very serious buggy accident occurred on Saturday last at Greenhill. Mr. and Mrs. H. Powick were driving to Kempsey and when near Mr. Moses'…

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Accidentally Shot

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 December 1902 · page 4

Mrs. Maisey, of Longwarry, Victoria, was accidentally shot by her daughter on Saturday and died within a couple of hours…

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Science. the Accident of Choking

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 December 1902 · page 7

CONTINUING our occasional papers on ambulance, or first-aid treatment of accidents, we may to-day consider the question of choking,…

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