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Mid North Coast · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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The Recent Drowning Fatality. Coronial Inquiry at Kempsey

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 12

THE Hon. E. A. T. Pery, P.M. and Coroner, held an inquiry at the Kempsey Court House on Monday last into the cause of the death of…

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Mail Coach Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 9 October 1909 · page 11

The mail coach from Coonamble to Quambone capsized last night during the journey between the two places named. The vehicle ran into…

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Drowning Fatality

Nambucca News · Friday 22 October 1909 · page 4

Between 3 and 4 o'clock on Thursday afternoon a very sad fatality occurred at Taylor's Arm. After lunch some of the children of Mr. Alf. Freeman, a…

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A Buggy Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 10

Mr. H. R. Gardem met with a buggy accident on Wednesday night, last while travelling out to the railway camp. The traffic has been…

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Railway Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 11

An express train on the Canadian Pacific Railway was derailed owing to a switch breaking. By a marvellous-chance no lives were lost,…

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Shocking Fatality

Macleay Argus · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 11

At the Commonwealth Portland Cement Works yesterday a man named Francis Bierbaum met his death. The unfortunate man was fixing some belting. He…

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A Coach Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 7

On Monday last, Mr. R. Oldfield, one of the mail coach drivers of Gloucester, met with an accident that might have been serious, and, as it…

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State Invalidity and Accident Pensions

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 6 November 1909 · page 2

We have been requested by the registrar to publish the following, for the information of those concerned:—Notice to Pensioners (or…

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Invalidity and Accident Pensions

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 11 November 1909 · page 4

The system of payment of these pensions is about to be changed, and pennons will—after the payment due 1st November—be made twice instead…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

Nambucca News · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 7

Mrs Maria Bella Kershaw, who had been married only a few days, was drowned at Crookham, a village on the Berkshire side of the Thames, yesterday…

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Peculiar Accident

Nambucca News · Friday 12 November 1909 · page 4

A very distressing accident occurred at Missabotti last week to the infant child of Mr. and Mr. James O'Donnell. While the family were partaking of a meal the…

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Disastrous Collision

The Macleay Chronicle · Thursday 18 November 1909 · page 5

LONDON, TUESDAY.—The steamer La Seyne collided with the British-India steamer Onda in Ohio Straits The former was sunk, and 101 lives…

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Assassination Fails. Attempt Qn the Viceroy of India. Two Bombs Thrown at His Carriage. a Sweeper Injured by Explosiom

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 20 November 1909 · page 4

While the Earl of Minto (Viceroy of India) and Lady Minto were driving from the station at Ahmedabad, in the Bombay Presidency, and nearing…

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English Railway Accidents. a Year's Record. the Butcher's Bill

Nambucca News · Friday 26 November 1909 · page 8

The annual report has just been made to the Board of Trade of the accidents that have, occurred on the railways of the United Kingdom during the year…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 5

Mrs. Maria Bella Kershaw, who had been married only a few days, was drowned at Crookham, a village on the Berkshire side of the Thames,…

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New Zealand Boating Accident

Macleay Argus · Saturday 27 November 1909 · page 11

A party of five persons went out rowing in a punt at the mouth of the Rakai River, near Canterbury, New Zealand, yesterday. Owing to…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Gloucester Advocate · Wednesday 1 December 1909 · page 5

A railway accident resulting in the death of William Mohr, 54, a fettler occurred' on Saturday morning, near Kogarah railway station. Mhor was…

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Drowned Boy Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder

Nambucca News · Friday 3 December 1909 · page 8

A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her six-year-old son William, was told at a Hackney…

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Drowned Boy Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder

Nambucca News · Friday 10 December 1909 · page 6

A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her six-year-old son William, was told at a Hackney…

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Scalped by a Tiger. Terrible Fatality at a Circus

The Gloucester Advocate · Saturday 11 December 1909 · page 9

Files by the steamer Guthrie report that a terrible accident occurred at the Great World's Circus, performing in Singapore, on November 5,…

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