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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Steamer Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 4

While the steamer Airlie was being towed to sea from Newcastle by the tug Leveret they caine into collision. The Airlic crushed into the Leveret's…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 3

A YOUNG man named Herbert Thornton has been treated at the Cooma Hospital for a bullet wound, the result of a pea-rifle…

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Aeroplane Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 24 September 1908 · page 4

Two thousand people witnessed the accident to Mr. Orville Wright's aeroplane at Port Myer, U.S.A., when the latter was injured, and his companion,…

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Accident at Ganghat

The Wingham Chronicle and Manning River Observer · Wednesday 30 September 1908 · page 3

The other day, whilst Mr. Sam Hazelwood, of Gangliat, was proceeding home in his buggy he met with an unpleasant accident. He had alighted at…

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Collision in Montana. During a Dense Snowstorm. Many Killed and Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 14

A Reuter message states that at Helena, Montana, during a dense snowstorm a passenger express and a freight train collided on the Northern…

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Railway Disaster. the Berlin Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1908 · page 15

A frightful railway smash is reported from Berlin, resulting in fifty casualties. The accident was brought about…

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Collision in the Harbour

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 4

A collision took place in the Harbour last night been the Mintaro bound for Melbourne and the collier Wairuna. The former's stern was…

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A Street Accident. Man's Stubborn Wound of 15 Years' Standing Yields Only to Zam-buk Balm

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 8 October 1908 · page 3

Seldom a day passes without a street accident of one kind or another. A fall from a tram, a kick from a horse, a tumble off a bicycle through a side-slip—all involve…

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Boy's Terrible Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 15 October 1908 · page 8

A LAD named O'Neill was the unfortunate victim of a gun accident in Cessnock last week. O'Neill was playing with a comrade a…

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Accident at Dorrigo Cutting

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 15 October 1908 · page 8

MR. WILLIAMS, teamster on the road between Dorrigo and Bellingen, had an unenviable experience on Wednesday last. When…

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Deadly Motor Race Driver Hurled Out at Top Speed. Many Cars Overturned. One Killed; Four Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 6

From New York, on 9th October, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— The automobile race for the…

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Shooting Accident

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 17 October 1908 · page 7

A VERY painful and serious shooting accident occurred at Rollands Plaint on Saturdty last. It appears about twenty men, armed with guns, proceeded to Mr. A. V. Thompson's place, Cogn. to…

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Drowned at Raymond Terrace

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 4

On Tuesday afternoon a lad named John M'Auliffe, employed by John Saunders, was accidently drowned. Deceased was carting hay to Cooka…

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A Terrible Accident. Woman Shoots Her Husband

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 13

At an inquest regarding the death of Jeremiah Mahoney, who was shot near Millicent, South Australia, by his wife, a pitiful story was told. The…

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Playing with a Gun. Boy's Terrible Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 31 October 1908 · page 10

A lad named O'Neill was the victim of a gun accident in Cessnock (New South Wales) a few days ago. He was playing with a comrade a little…

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Double Drowning Fatality

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 10

A double drowning fatality occurred in the Namoi River, four miles above the town, on Sunday morning. Two cousins named Waiters were bathing;…

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Coaching Accident at Kalangan. Number of Passengers Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 10

A coach containing five hones, and containing a party from Murrumburrah, met with a serious accident at Kalangan on Sunday…

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Railway Disaster Swiss Tourists Trains. Four Killed; 39 Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 7 November 1908 · page 12

The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes from Paris on the 7th September:—Four persons have been killed and…

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Curious Fatal Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 14 November 1908 · page 8

The Coroner, Mr. W. W. Hawdon, was informed on Tuesday last of the sudden death of Malcolm. Leroy a 5 years old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward…

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Accident to the Kallatina

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 26 November 1908 · page 3

REFERENCE was made in the Legislative Assembly to the cause of the serious accident to the steamer Kallatina off Grafton…

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