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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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

Boating Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 9 January 1908 · page 5

A BOATING accident occurred in Port Phillip on Friday, when two girls, Gladys Raisbeck and Ivy Williams, were drowned by the…

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Accident to a Mail Coach

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 January 1908 · page 3

The mail coach from Gloucester to Raymond Terrace met with an accident two miles out last weak, delaying it for about an hour an a half…

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Accident at Craven Creek

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 8

Charles Butler, one of the pioneer prospectors. of Craven Creek met with a nasty accident on the 24th instant,' He and his mate, Mr, R. Alder, had…

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Motor Accidents in Brussels. a Countess Seriously Injured

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 8

Brussels, 10th November. — Two serious motor-car accidents occurred in Brussels to-day, one already having proved fatal, and the other…

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Railway Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 13 February 1908 · page 4

A locomotive fell over an embankment at Ringwood Station, Victoria, and the driver and firmer were injured, and several passengers shaken…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 8

A sad shooting fatality occurred at Moolarben, near Mudgee, on Monday last, when Edward Charles Roberts, aged 3 years and 5 months, was…

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Sailors' Fight. ENGLAND v. France. One Man Seriously Injured

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

A disgraceful fight between eight or nine French sailors and as many from the English steamer Sarpedon took place early on Sunday morning in Melbourne, and resulted in…

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Terrible Aerial Disaster. Far Falls From Ballon. [?] Men Killed 'And Six Injured

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 6

A terrible balloon disaster has occurred at Hajdu Boszormeny, near Debreczen, in Hungary. A dairy farmer named Feketi was…

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Two Young Men Drowned

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 5 March 1908 · page 4

Two young men were drowned in the river Goulburn. It is surmised that when swimming together one of them got into difficulties and the other…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Accidentally Drowned

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

Two men named Richard T[?]pe and William Burkitt, were drowned at Lake McGus[?] through the launch they were in being upset…

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Railway Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

A serious railway accident occurred near Blandford on the main northern line. The Brisbane mail which left Sydney last night ran off the line about midnight. The…

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Accidentally Shot

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

A young man named Charles Stanton, aged 20, accidentally shot himself through the heart at Adelong on Sunday last, while engaged cleaning a pea-rifle…

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Brave Boy Drowned. a Man's Callousness

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 9

In endeavouring to rescue a companion, Henry C. Bolam aged 10 years was drowned in a dam at Talbot Monday, At the inquest a…

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Sulky Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 2

We are sorry to learn that a serious accident happened to Mrs. Browning, of Wauchope, on Sunday afternoon last. It appears she drove where…

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Serious Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 7

An accident which might have resulted fatally happened to Master Ainslie Kingsford while at school on Monday last. It appears that a number of boys were…

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Double Drowning Fatality

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 1 April 1908 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, between 2 and 9 o'clock, a most lamentable double drowning fatality occurred at Scott's Creek ferry, by which Mr. John Pohl and his son Harry,…

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A Painful Accident. Injur[?] Caused by Circular Saw Qu[?] Healed by Zam Bur Balm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 April 1908 · page 5

No matter the cause or extent of your injury—whether it be the cut of a clean ku[?]e or the jag of a rusty—Zam-Buk is eually capable and perfect healing…

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Terrible Naval Collision. Cruiser Rips Destroyer From Stem to Stem. Many Drowned or Crushed to Death. London

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 3

A disaster occurred during night manoeuvres of the Channel Fleet under the command of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford last night…

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Health Injured by Postcards

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 4

The London Postmaster-General observes that a large number of postcards ornamented with tinsel, mica, powdered glass or similar substances…

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Motor Car Fatality. Doctor's Mad Act. Liked a Bit of Pace

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 5

A little after midnight on Saturday Rudolf Albert von Romer, who had been practising as a physician at Adelaide, was returning in a motor…

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