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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Peculiar Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 3

AN extraordinary accident happened to Mr. Cornwall, manager of the Inverell brewery, while driving along in a sulky, to Glen Innes. He had a…

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Accidents and Offences

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 29 July 1909 · page 7

Walter Sykes has been committed for trial for the murder of Elizabeth Rice. A man named Solomon Weintin,…

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Railway Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 30 July 1909 · page 4

A passenger train was derailed near Macalister, Queensland, on Saturday, and two passengers were killed and fourteen Injured. The train was crossing a bridge,…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 31 July 1909 · page 11

The couplings of a goods and passenger train broke down near Morgan (South Australia) last night. The back portion of the train crashed…

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Tram Collision

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 11

Two trams collided in Elizabeth-street, near the railway, station, yesterday. Seven persons were injured and had to be treated at the Sydney…

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Terrible Burning Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 7 August 1909 · page 14

A TERRIBLE burning fatality occurred at Cullen Bullen, near Portland, on Saturday last, by which Miss Adeline Gardiner, 25 years of age, met her…

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Accidents and Offences

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 12 August 1909 · page 7

Arthur Tressider fell oft the rook? near Bondi. He vu carried out to sea and drowned. Dr. Kelly, of Wingham, was thrown…

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Painfull Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 13 August 1909 · page 4

"Children and fools," says the old adage," shouldn't play with sharp tools." And there was never a more truthful saying, for when either of them attempt to do…

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Mining Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 11

A shocking accident occurred at the Scottish mine at Gympie (Q.) yesterday. Two men named William Edwards and Michael…

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Shocking Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 11

JUST after we went to press last week news was received in town that the charred body of Mr. Charles Ennis, of Mungay Creek, had been…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 14 August 1909 · page 11

Two persons were killed and ten injured by the derailment of an express train in Cheshire, England. The accident was caused by the rails…

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Terrible Mining Accident. Two Men Killed and One Severely Injured

Macleay Argus · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 15

A TERRIBLE mining accident occurred at Bullahdelah, just south, of the Manning, on Friday on the Alum Mountain…

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Murrumbidgee Running High. Two Horses Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 13

The Murrumbidgee River is again in flood, having risen rapidly since Saturday, and reaching 23ft. 6ins. on Monday. The low-lying riparian lands…

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Terrible Mining Accident. Buried Under Tons of Rock. Two Men Killed, One Severely Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 14

A terrible mining accinent occurred at Bullahdeiah on Friday of last week on the Alum Mountain, About 100 tons of rook from the…

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Peculiar Blasting Accident Near Wingham

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 21 August 1909 · page 7

On Tuesday a man on the railway line, was placing a keg and a half of blasting powder into a hole, when a small pocket knife fell from his vest…

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Fatal Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 5

Last Saturday morning a lad named David John Williams met with a fatal accident at Kempsey. The little fellow, who was only 10 years of age, drove in a…

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Accident at Bullahdelah

Nambucca News · Friday 27 August 1909 · page 5

Bullahdelah was electrified on Friday afternoon last (says the "Dungog Chronicle"), by a report that portion of the celebrated Alum Mountain had fallen in and…

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Found Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 8

Wallace McRae, better known as Max, aged 37 was found drowned in the foot of Hume street, by a lad named Gilday, on Saturday morning…

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Boxing Fatality at Wingham. Burrows Committed for Trial

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 13

The district received a painful shock on Sunday morning last when it became known that one of the contestants in a boxing bout at the Wingham…

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Alum Mountain Fatalities. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 7

The inquiry concerning the death of Stephen Cro[?]kford and Charles : Keel—who were killed by a fall of 100 tons of rock while working in a…

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