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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

26 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers · page 2 of 2

The East Greta Coll[?]ery Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 25 November 1898 · page 2

The work of rescue parties still continues at the East Greta Colliery, Newcastle District, where a fall of the roof of one of the tunnels on…

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Past Greta Fatality

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 November 1898 · page 2

The rescue party is still strengthening the [?] in the [?] Greta mine in which the roof fell in on Friday, 18th November. The…

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Drowned in a Bath

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 November 1898 · page 2

A married woman named Catherine May Hellyer, aged 23, was [?]ing [?]…

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Snake-bite and Buggy Accident. Favourable Recoveries. Buckley's Crossing

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 5 December 1898 · page 2

While attending to her household duties, on Saturday at [?] o'clock, Mrs. Freebody was bitten by a brown snake on the first [?]nget of the righ[?]…

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Buggy Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 19 December 1898 · page 2

The horse drawing a buggy in which Dr. Menzies and a boy ware seated, fell and broke the shafts. Both occupants were thrown out…

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A Fatal Accident

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Thursday 22 December 1898 · page 5

ONE reads nearly every day of accidents re[?]ting through the negligence of some [?]her, yet few seem to realise that indigestion left unchecked may…

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