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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Fatal cliff accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

John Maxwell, aged thirty seven, gunner in the Artillery, fall over a cliff at Bondi and was Killed…

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[?] Storms Cooma. Sheep Drowned

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 3

Yesterday the weather was sultry, and inwards the afternoon dark appeared is the west, and a heavy [?] over the town. The…

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Machinery accident at Broken Hill

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1907 · page 2

A young man named Hunt, a laborer, had his right arm torn off, by being caught in the belting of the machinery at the Proprietary…

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Terrible Earthquakes in Jamaica. The capital destroyed. Hundreds killed and injured. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1907 · page 2

Kingston, the capital of Jamsica, has been destroyed by earthquake and subsequent fire. Much distress prevails. The loss…

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Surf bathing fatality at Bondi

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 February 1907 · page 2

Reginald Browns, a lad residing at Paddington, was [?] in the surf at Bondi on Sunday. He was not seen to disappear, and was not…

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Terrible Marine fatality

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

The steamer Larchmont tank after colliding with a collier, on the east coast of the United States. It is feared that 100 lives have been…

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Collision between Battleships

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1907 · page 2

The battleships, Aldemarle, of the Channel Fleet, and the Commonwealth of the Atlantic Fleet, came into collection 150 miles north…

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Fatal rifle accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1907 · page 2

John Williams, aged 40, a married man was accidently shot dead by a follow employee named Kiang, a Norwegian, at a dairy farm at…

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Boy accidentally shot dead

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 11 March 1907 · page 2

Arthur Nancarrow, 5 years of age, was accidentally shot dead by his brother Frederick, aged 12 a Maryborough, Victoria, on Sunday…

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General Cables. LONDON, Thursday. Terrible Explosion on a French Battleship. Eighty Killed, many Injured

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 March 1907 · page 2

An explosion occurred on the French battleship Jone, at Toulon, which killed 80 of the crew. Many others were injured…

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Accident in the Duma Hall

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 March 1907 · page 2

Owing to the beams supporting new ventilating apparatus yielding, the ceiling of the hall in which the Duma meets collapsed early on…

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Intercolonial News. SYDNEY, Friday. Family drowned in New Zealand

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 22 March 1907 · page 2

A care [?] named Lindicmas and his wife and child, have been drowned in the Molyneux River at Raleuthe New Zealand, through…

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Collision between battleship and liner

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 25 March 1907 · page 2

The battleship Africa collided on Friday with the mail liner Ormuz, which left London that day. The Ormuz was practically uninjured,…

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Fatal Accident

Delegate Argus · Friday 5 April 1907 · page 2

An accident, unfortunately attended with a fatal result, occurred on Wednesday. From the evidence given at an…

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Accident with Chaff cutter

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 April 1907 · page 2

Nichol Mclnnes, has been taken to the Queenbeyan hospital having had and [?] cut off own the elbow by a chaff cutting chins…

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Painful Accident

Delegate Argus · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 7

A PAINFUL accident occurred at Wallendioby on Saturday last. A hare drive was taking place at Mr. Art Stuart's, land amongst those taking…

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The Ardenoraig-Norma collision

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 April 1907 · page 2

The captain of the [?] barque [?] states he master of the Ardenoraig told him, in reply to a question, how the collision was caused;…

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Railway accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 3 May 1907 · page 2

Miss Annie Mills, 19, who fell off a railway car platform, met with serious injuries, her has being out off. The sufferer disc…

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Lift fatality in Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

R[?]becca Sh[?]lock, aged 36, [?] waitress employed at the Aroadis Hotel, Sydney, was killed yesterday through falling nearly 60 feet…

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Steeplechase Accident at Bendigo

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 3

In a [?]ceplechace at Bendigo yesterday, Confusion, Larboard, and The Baron fell, Ja[?] Glyon, she rider of The Baron sustained…

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