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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Drowned

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 17 February 1906 · page 7

Two school mates named Matthew O'Dea, and Alfred Pearson, were drowned whilst bathing in a canal at Port Adelaide…

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Injured by an Explosion

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 22 February 1906 · page 4

Daniel Sheehy and George Bogan, working in the Great Southern mine, Bendigo, yesterday when aa explosion, occurred. Sheehy, who was igniting a fuse at the time…

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Mr. Lancaster's Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 8

We reprint the following from the Tweed Herald, dated February 16th :-- On Sunday last Mr. Lancaster, teacher at Rowland's Creek school, met with a…

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Accidentally Poisoned

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 1 March 1906 · page 1

At an inquest yesterday on the body of Mrs. Gardiner at Junee, it was shown that deceased was accidentally poisoned at the hospital…

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Deaths by Drowning

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 2

Yesterday, two sisters were drowned in the Gisborne River, N Z, one losing her life in trying to save that of the other…

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Drowned in a Creek

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 29 March 1906 · page 4

While crossing a bridge at Bowral yesterday, two boys named Soy Arnett and Jas Lenton fell into a flooded creek. Lenton succeeded in grasping the branches of a…

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Strange Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 4

At an inquest on the body of a child in Newcastle it was stated that an inmate of the Salvation Army Rescue Home had in error poured boiling water over deceased…

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Mining Fatality at Broken Hill

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 4

An out-burst of gas from the fire area at Broken Hill Proprietary Mine yesterday, caused the death of 2 men John Farquhar and Frank Swanston, and badly affected a…

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Accidents at Port

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 3

ON Tuesday last, Rev. F. T. Rudd had the misfortune to hare a smash up through his horse bolting. There was no one in the vehicle at the time, and the buggy was badly…

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Accidentally Shot

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 April 1906 · page 4

A lad named Fred. Lane accidentally shot, his mother at Wee Waa on Sunday. The woman is in a critical condition…

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Serious Accident. Boat Turns Over on the Bar. Prompt Rescue by the Pilot

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 2

GREAT excitement prevailed in Fort Macquarie last Wednesday afternoon at about half past four o'clock, when the news went abroad that a boat had…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 April 1906 · page 2

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January—The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Serious Boat Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 19 April 1906 · page 7

GREAT excitement prevailed in Port Macquarie last Wednesday afternoon at about half past four o'clock, when the news went abroad that a boat had capsized on the bar…

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Fatal Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 2

ON Saturday last, whilst a football match was in progress between the Beechwood and Wauchope juniors, and in a run for the ball, a number of the players fell, amongst whom was a youth (15½ years…

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Sad Death at Wauchope. Result of a Football Accident. April 17

The Manning River Times and Advocate for the Northern Coast Districts of New South Wales · Saturday 21 April 1906 · page 5

WHAT proved to be a fatal accident occurred on the Wauchope football field on Saturday last, when a young man, about 16 years of age, named Neil M'Kay (eldest son of Mrs. Jas. Robinson, of…

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Fatal Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 26 April 1906 · page 4

Henry Skinner was killed at Murwillumbah yesterday, owing to a log falling upon him…

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Colliery Accident in Wales

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 3 May 1906 · page 4

Five men were killed and seven injured by a colliery accident in Wales…

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Accidentally Shot

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 10 May 1906 · page 4

A young man named Arthur Dunn was examining a revolver at the Mansions Hotel Darlinghurst this morning when the weapon exploded and the bullet entered his jaw…

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Painful Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 9

A lad aged about 8 years and son of Mr. John Jeffery, of Smithtown, met with a painful accident on Sunday. The little lad was at Mr. W. H…

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A Remarkable Accident

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 26 May 1906 · page 8

The " Star" reports that one day last week Mr. J. Earea was leaning on a loaded shot gun at Goolmanger and speaking to a friend. While he was so…

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