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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Tram accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 September 1902 · page 2

A lad was taken to the Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday night, having sustained a fr[?]tured sku[?] the result of…

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Accident to a China

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 September 1902 · page 2

A child named Hastings [?] a fractured thigh and arm in [?] of a mass of cubble stone [?] him while he was playing [?] that…

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Drowning Fatality

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 4 October 1902 · page 5

A SAD drowning fatality occurred here on Wednesday evening last, the victim being a 19 months old child of Mr. R. Reading's. It would appear that the…

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Drowning Accident at Mallacoota

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 5

SOME week or [?] since, information was received by Constable Shannon, of Bendoc, that a man name John Frieze (better known as John Frazer), was…

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The Armidale train fatality. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 2

An inquest was held on the body of Frederick Williams who was killed by a train at Armidale on Friday night. A letter written…

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Boy drowned at Balmain

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 3 November 1902 · page 2

A boy named Thomas Campbell, eight years of age, fall into the her hour at Balmain yesterday, and was drowned…

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Stage Accidents

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 November 1902 · page 2

The stage fight is frequently less [?] than it is intended to be, Not many years ago an [?] named Temple C[?] while playing in a…

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Atlantic Liner in Collision

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 29 November 1902 · page 10

A disastrous collision, though happily unattended with loss of life, took place about 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, 11th December, 1895, just outside the Mersey…

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Drowning at Corowa

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1902 · page 2

A boy named Lionel Walsh, aged 13 years, and son of Sergeant Walsh, of Corowa, was drowned on Saturday…

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Boiler Fatality at Chicago

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1902 · page 2

A boiler at Chicago exploded, by which eleven persons were Killed and twenty five injured…

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Accidents on

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 5 December 1902 · page 4

[?] Friday such an unlucky day as is commonly supposed ? Some statistics compiled in Germany of a week's accidents—such as are…

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Drowned in a dam

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 8 December 1902 · page 2

Fred Miller aged PORT OF FREMANTLE. and two brothers named Edwards, aged nine and ten years respectively, were drowned in a dam at Gulgong…

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Tramway accident. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 2

A South Sea Islander was at Circular Quay on Saturday night when his bat fell on the tramline, and in endeavouring to reach it he because…

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A series of drowning cases

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 December 1902 · page 2

Two girls, aged thirteen and fourteen years, daughters of a [?] named Allen, were drowned in the river at Berri[?]…

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Fatality at Watson's Bay

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 December 1902 · page 2

A man armed Richard Walsh, employed on the lightship fell from the Cliffs yesterday afternoon at Watson's Bay, a distance of nearly…

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