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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Collision at Sea. Remarkable Rescue Work. Excursionists and Emigrants. Help Summoned by Ethergram. a Courageous Captain

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 10

It now transpires that the vessel which collided with the Republic off Nantucket Island was the steamer Florida, which was completing her…

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Accident at Stroud

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 4

Roy McIntyre, ages 7 years, a son of Mr. Herbert McIntyre, of Stroud, met with a very painful accident at Telegherry on Saturday last. It…

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Scaffolding Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 30 January 1909 · page 14

A high wind yesterday caused the collapse of scaffolding at Norwood (South Australia). A plasterer named William J. Cotton was killed…

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Motor Car Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 February 1909 · page 3

The Northern Courier nays: " While returning from Grafton to Kempsey the Revs. Father O'Regan (Port Macquarie,) and O'Connor (Kempsey),…

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Collision at Sea

Nambucca News · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 5

The steamers Republic and Florida collided off Nantucket point. The latter was completing her voyage and had 800 emigrants on board. The Florida…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 5 February 1909 · page 5

A serious railway, accident occured near Melbourne. It appears Robert Thompson was driving with five employees. The annual galloped away, the vehicle being…

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Two Brothers Drowned

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 11

Two brothers named David and Michael O'Brien, aged 7 years and 10 years respectively, were drowned whilst bathing in a waterhole at…

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Terrible shipping Disaster. 46 Persons Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 7

The steamer Clan Ranald, which left Port Adelaide on Sunday with a full cargo, sank off Troubridge Head, Yorke Peninsular…

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Clairvoyance Under Gas. Maybe Distant Mother's Cry Saved Drowning Boy

The Port Macquarie News and Hastings River Advocate · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 6

"I don't know whether you'll call it telepathy or clairvoyance," said the dentist, "but I can tell you a queer story of second sight from my…

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Shocking Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 11

Yesterday a dreadful accident occurred on a farm at Burrumbeet (Victoria) during harvesting operations. While assisting with the…

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Coach Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 February 1909 · page 11

Yesterday a coach travelling between Candelo and Tathra was overturned owing to the horses taking fright at a motor car. Several…

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Railway Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 13 February 1909 · page 11

Yesterday a goods train ran into a sulky containing three children at Wallendbeen railway crossing. One of the children named Mollie…

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Fatality at the Coliseum. a Jockey Killed

Nambucca News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 7

A shocking fatality occurred at the Coliseum, on 6th January, during the representation of the race for the Derby. About eight o'clock, as the third "show"…

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Accidents and Fatalities

Nambucca News · Friday 19 February 1909 · page 5

As Cr. F. W. Lane was returning to Bowravilie from Bellingen on Saturday, his pair of horses took fright at swags on the roadside at Drum's Creek. The…

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Mining Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 11

A terrible accident happened at the Molloy Mine, Cairns. The engine driver named James Long fell down the shaft to a depth of 500 feet. His head…

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Drowned Whilst Bathing

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 11

Two men named William Cranbie and Patrick Dwyer were drowned while bathing in the Swan River (West Australia) yesterday…

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Accidentally Shot

Macleay Argus · Saturday 20 February 1909 · page 11

While skylarking at Diamond Creek Henry Warden, aged 16, shot a lad named Percy Collins, aged 15. The latter is in a serious condition. Warden found an…

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Shocking Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 February 1909 · page 10

A train left the rails at Riobamba, Ecuador, and was hurled over a cliff 100 feet high. Twenty-five were killed and 40 injured…

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Peculiar Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 3

Ox Thursday week lost, a serious accident happened to a young man [?]med John Edw[?]ls, employed in cutting hardwood a mile or two from a stopping place known as…

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Terrible Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 4 March 1909 · page 4

As a number of the people were leaving the steamer Kaiserin Augusta Victoria at Hnmburg prior to her departure the gangway broke,…

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