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Murray · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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The Guilfoyle Tragedy. The Queanbeyan Fatality. Sad Mistake Made. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 July 1902 · page 2

The police have not yet been able lo locate the perpetrators of the Redfern tragedy, but are following up clues both in the city and in the Hornsby district. A spurious…

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Fatal Driving Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 July 1902 · page 2

A fatal road accident took place on Thursday afternoon at the North Prentice, when Gregory Spears, aged 73, was thrown from a four-wheeled…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 29 July 1902 · page 2

A railway employee named James Farnham was run over by a train near Hamilton last night. His right leg was cut off below the knee, his right arm…

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Terrible Colliery Fatality. At Mount Kembla. Large Loss of Life. Sydney, Thursday, 4.6 p.m

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 2

News has been received of a terrible colliery explosion at Mount Kembla, near Wollongong. All the available doctors have been sent for. No further particulars are as…

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Latest by Telegraph [From the N.S.W. Newspaper Press-agency.] Awful Colliery Accident in New South Wales. a Terrible Explosion at Woollongong. 300 Miners Entombed. Three Bodies Recovered. a Surface Hand Killed and Several Injured. Parliament Adjourns. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 2

A dreadful calamity happened to-day at the Mount Kembla coal mine, Wollongong, whereby 300 miners are entombed. Later…

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Fatal Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 28

The inquiry concerning the death of Trooper Edgar at Armidale was on Thursday concluded. The jury, after a long deliberation, returned a verdict that…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 36

A lamentable fatality occurred on Sunday afternoon, in the neighbourhood of Stanley, by which an old resident, Mrs. M'Pheraon, aged 75 years, lost her life. It appears that…

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The Colliery Fatality. Further Particulars. Relief Funds Started. SYDNEY

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 1

Search parties are still working heroically, at Mount Kembla, though there is not the remotest chance of any of the entombed men being rescued alive…

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Accident at Culcairn

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 2

A man named James De Mostre was admitted to the Albury Hospital on Thursday last, suffering from a painful injury to his left foot. Do…

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Accident to Sailors. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 2

While about thirty-five men were assisting to paint the warship Wallaroo at Sutherland dock today, the staging collapsed. Five sailors were injured, three…

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Vehicular Accident

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 3

While driving in a[?]g across the Corowa-Wahgunyah bridge on Friday evening last, Messrs. Cli[?]ord and Grantham, of Wahgunyah, had rather…

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Free Fight at a Funeral. 100 Persons Injured. London, July 31

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 27

Twenty thousand Jews, who were attending the funeral of their late Chief Rabbi, In New York, were jeered at by workmen employed by Hoe and Co., the well-known…

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Mining Accidents

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 29

No fewer, than 155 persons were killed during the ten years ended last December, as the result of accidents in coal and shale mines in this state, while the number…

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An Awkward Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 August 1902 · page 28

Eleven Bowral residents journeyed to Kangaloon to play lawn tennis, Bowral winning by four games. They also played table tennis at night, Kangaloon winning…

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Another Revolver Accident. Sydney

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 August 1902 · page 2

While a youth named Harry Turner was mounting a horse with a loaded revolver in his hand. near Hillgrove, on Saturday night, the…

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Scaffold Collapse in Sydney. Several Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 38

A serious accident occurred at the corner of Ring and Phillip streets, sydney, on Tuesday afternoon, several persons being injured by the collapse of a scaffolding. The structure, which…

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An Alpine Fatality. Two Tourists Frozen to Death. London. August 11

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 27

An Alpine fatality is reported. Two tourists from Paris, accompanied by two Swiss guides, were overtaken by a snowstorm, and were compelled to spend the…

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Mining Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 29

An accident befell a miner named Ropky at Avisford. He and his mate were using a Spanish winch to remove a large boulder, when the lever slipped…

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Gun Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 29

The youngest child of Mr William Robinson, of Timmering, met with a severe accident last week. A sister, aged 14, took a pea rifle for the purpose of…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Gerogery

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 August 1902 · page 35

A magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. S. Murphy, P.M., at the court-house touching the death of Myrtle May Haberecht, which occurred on Friday night at the house of Mrs…

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