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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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

Collision off Germany

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 17 August 1903 · page 2

A German vessel came into collision with a Norwegian vessel at the mouth of the river Elbe. Both vessels foundered and…

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Fatal gun accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 31 August 1903 · page 2

Mr. C. E. Hayes Williams [?] of the New South Wales Registar-General, Mr. W. G. Hayes-Williams) was on Friday…

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A carrier injured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 4 September 1903 · page 2

RO[?] Rogers, a carrier, whilst [?]ing a load of goods from N[?]lligen [?] under the waggon. The wheel passed over his…

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Railway collision at Lawson

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 28 September 1903 · page 2

The mail train for the west collided with the rear [?]rriage of a goods train near Lawson on Saturday night. A train was sent from…

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Alpine Fatality. Avalanche Kills Three and Injures One

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 4

In Switzerland a custom is in Togue among the higher-grade schools of organising excursions into the mountains. Groups of scholars…

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Such a Frightful Accident

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 9

It was the time of the great blizzard of 1891. Just below Comborne, on the G.W.R., is a lofty viaduct, at that time a wooden structure, but lately rebuilt of stone…

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Railway accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1903 · page 2

A girl eight years of age fell out of a train at Redbank, Queesland yesterday. THe train was stopped and the girl picked up,…

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Children drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

A boy aged eight, and a girl of six, the two eldest children of Thomas Newton, of Porepunkah, Victoria, have been drowned in the Ovens River…

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Drowning case at Forbes

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

A young men named William who was engaged in repairing a weir near Rorhes, fell into the river and was…

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Railway collision in England

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

The L[?]ds express collided with a light engine and drove it into the tunnel at Sowerby. Several carriages of the express were derailed…

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A night watchman drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

William Nixon, night watchman in the employ of the Adelaide Steamship' Company, at Townsville, was drowned while casting off the lines of the steamer Rockton,…

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Accident at a fire

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 26 October 1903 · page 2

The Elders hall, Pyrmont, was damaged by fire at [?] One of the fire engines [?] on the way to the fire through the axle…

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Tramway accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 9 November 1903 · page 2

A Mr. Daley, of Molong, met with an accident in Oxford Street on Saturday night, having one leg crushed by being run over by a…

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A Train Falls 75 Feet. Everyone on Board Killed or Badly Injured

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 20 November 1903 · page 4

While running at a high rate of speed Train No. 97 on the Southern Railway, the south-bound fast mail train, jumped from a bridge 74ft high…

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Fatal motor-cycle accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 23 November 1903 · page 2

Alfred Hair aged fourteen lost control over a motor blcycin on the St. Kids track and collided with a fence. The rider was killed…

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Fatal cricketing accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 27 November 1903 · page 2

P.G. MeNamera while playing cricket at Adelaide, was strock by a ball between the eyes. Hemorrhage followed and the brain being…

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Fatal Vehicle Accident Near Berridale. One Killed ANd Others Injured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Thursday 31 December 1903 · page 2

A vehicle accident occurred on Tuesday last on the road half a mile from Kara Station, which is situated about night miles from Berridale, by…

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