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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

106 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 6

Boating Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 January 1906 · page 4

Through overturning a flat-bottomed boat in the Lane Cove rivet last night, a girl named Hyde was drowned…

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Train Collision

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 6 January 1906 · page 7

A collision occurred yesterday between 2 ballast trains on the South Coast line near Kembla junction. The engine and some trucks on the…

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Two Youths Drowned

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

John Kresbher, aged 16, and John E. Brown dived into a lagoon at Rockhampton Queensland, and both were drowned…

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Telegraphic. Sydney, Tuesday. Boating Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 January 1906 · page 4

A canoe containing a hus[?] of young persons cap[?] at Adelaida on Saturday. The accident was witnessed by a man named Charles Arnold Canst, who struck out for…

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Drowning Fatality, Young Man Ommmits Suicide

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 17 January 1906 · page 3

The quiet little township of Tinonee was greatly disturbed on Monday morning when the news spread about that Henry George Grill, of that town,…

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Collision Near Cape Leuwin

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

The captain of the barque Zanita which has arrived at South Australia reports that at two o'clock on Christmas morning when 200 miles off Cape Leuwin he collided with…

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Drowned Her Two Children

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 January 1906 · page 4

At Townsville on Saturday, Mrs. Lambert wife of a solicitor, drowned her two daughters aged 3 years and 9 months, and then informed her husband. She had…

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Fatal Accident. Thrown From a Dray and Killed

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 24 January 1906 · page 3

On Monday night there was considerable excitement in Wingham at a report that a man had been thrown out of a dray and killed on the Dingo Boad. From inquiries made we…

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Boating Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 25 January 1906 · page 4

A rowing boat containing 5 persons was swamped yesterday in the harbour. A young man named Louis Little was drowned, and others were rescued in an exhausted…

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Sad Fatality near Wingham. Mr. Patrick Mooney Found Dead

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 4

MR. A. Gates, P.M., District Coroner, held an inquiry into the cause of death of Patrick Mooney, who was found dead on the road at a place called Wallaby Joe, near Wingham, on Monday night last…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 9

A bathing fatality, involving the loss of two lives, occurred on Friday at the residence of Mr. Marcus Clark, the well-known Sydney draper. The…

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Fatal Accident. INQUEST

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 8

The following is the evidence given on Tuesday, 23rd instant, of the inquiry held by Mr. Gates P.M., as to the cause of death of Patrick Mooney…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Collision in the Harbor

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

The steamer Manly collided with the of launch Agnes in the harbour and cut her in two. Mr. F. T. Hemming, a laundry proprietor, and his wife and four children, who…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 3

An engine, three trucks, and two carriages containing about 200 excursionists, ran off the line near Ferntree Gully, Victoria, on Sunday, and toppled over an embankment…

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Drowned

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

Mr. W. J. Batty, Sheriff's Officer at Narrandera, was drowned while bathing in the Morrumbidgee River. His companion, in trying to save…

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A Train Collision

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

A runaway goods train collided with a passenger train in Montana, America. The latter caught fire, and six passengers were killed, and 20…

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A Submarine Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 5

A submarine boat of the French navy, accidentally Struck the battle ship Saffron below the water line. The commander and the submarine…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Drowning Fatalities

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 3

A man named A. H. Worland, aged 40, was washed off the rooks at Manly whilst fishing and was drowned. Two girls were drowned whilst…

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Railway Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 14 February 1906 · page 3

An engine and tender, and 6 tracks, were derailed when passing the points Glankes Station, South Australia. Fifty persons were on the train, but…

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Accident to Mr. D. S. Lancaster

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 15 February 1906 · page 4

The many friends of Mr. Douglas Lancaster will learn with regret that on Saturday last be met with an accident of a serious nature. From what we have been…

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