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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Fatal Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 14

Two fatal railway accidents occurred last night. Mr. G D. Featkerston, a builder residing at Newtown, was run over by a train and killed…

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Fatal Accident. a Promising Lad Killed

Macleay Argus · Saturday 28 August 1909 · page 11

IT is with sincere regret we have to record the demise of David John Williams, a lad aged 10 years and 9 months, who succumbed on Saturday…

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Two Boys Drowned. Fell Into a Flooded River

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1909 · page 4

Two bright young lads, Carl Hitter and Albey Waters, aged nine and seven respectively, fell into the Barwon River on Monday afternoon and…

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The Late Fatal Accident

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 2 September 1909 · page 4

An inguiry was held by the District Goroper (Mr. E. A. T. Pery, P.M.) on Monday into the circum stances surrounding the death of…

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Fatal Mining Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 4 September 1909 · page 11

A telegram from Melbourne states that a bad accident occurred yesterday at the Berry United Co's mine at Helendale. A portion of the…

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Queen Maud's Peril. Carriage Accident on a Glacier. Marvellous Escape

Nambucca News · Friday 17 September 1909 · page 8

From Christiania on 16th July the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:-- While on their tour from…

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Injured Eyesight. Recovery of Damages

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 9

The hearing was concluded in the County Court, Melbourne, on Wednesday of the action in which Thomas Henry Edwards, engine driver, sought…

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Quarry Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 18 September 1909 · page 11

A serious accident occurred at the Government Quarries at Kangaroo Point, near Brisbane, Yesterday. A number of men sat under some…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 11

The body of a boy named Arnold Archibald, aged 11 years, who resided with his parents at Lindfield, on the North Shore Line, was found…

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Queen Maud's Peril. Carriage Accident on a Glacier. Marvellous Escape

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 6

While on their tour from Trondhjem round the coast, the King and Queen of Norway yesterday made an excursion to Lysholm glacier, in the…

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Racing Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 25 September 1909 · page 11

Six horses fell in a race at Epsom (Melbourne) yesterday. Two jockeys were injured. One named Martin had his left collarbone broken, and…

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Drowning Fatality

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, WEDNESDAY.—Details to hand of the drowning of a man named McMaster at Port Kembla, show that in company with another he went on…

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Supposed Drowning

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 4

Shortly after Mr. Avery's oil launch left Gladstone with a party of excursionists on Saturday 'night a man, known as Barney Parker, is said to…

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Kitchen Accidents

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 6

Accidents in the kitchen are many, and every housewife and domestic should always keep a pot of Zam Buk handy for the prompt treatment of the out scratch…

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Accident to Mail Cart

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 30 September 1909 · page 4

The Jer[?]ville mail cart, which left Kempsey on Sunday afternoon met with an accident on what is known as the red hill, near…

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Drowned at Wollongong. While Taking Wave Pictures

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 7

On Monday night at 8 o'clock two officers of the Electrotypic Company at Port Kembla, name F. M'Masters and H. G. Foxall, proceeded to the…

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Alarming Coach Accident. Sydney

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 11

The coach running between Casino and Tenterfield was upset near Sandilands on Wednesday night. There were six passengers on the…

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Balloon Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 2 October 1909 · page 11

Captain Penfold's balloon fell into the Harbor near Manly yesterday. The aeronaut was rescued in an exhausted condition by one of the…

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A Fearful Explosion Five Shops Damaged. Three People Seriously Injured

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 6 October 1909 · page 4

About a quarter to 11 o'clock on Monday morning, a fearful, explosion occurred in a chemist's shop in William-street Sydney. The shop was…

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Mrs Yerkes Criticised. Motor Accident Sequel

Nambucca News · Friday 8 October 1909 · page 8

Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes, widow of the London "Tube" railway magnate, is being publicly criticised for her refusal to recognise the verdict of a German…

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