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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1897

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Tram Accident. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 5

A SERIOUS tramway accident happened last night near Belmore Park. Three men were crossing the line and, hearing a tram approach, became confused…

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Tram Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 30 July 1897 · page 3

A tramway accident occurred last night, 1 near Belmore Park. Three men, who were crossing the line, hearing the tram approaching, got confused, and endeavored to cause…

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Strange Fatality. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 5

THE boy Walker, attached to the Sobraon, who on the 16th of last month accidentally swallowed a mandarin whilst endeavouring to catch it in his mouth after having…

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Terrible Shooting Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 6

A BERLIN correspondent sent particalars of a very sad accident at a display of expert shooting by Kruger, who shot all sorts of objects on his sister's…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 August 1897 · page 3

A boy named Walker, attached to the Sabraon, on the 16th of last month accidentally swallowed a mandarin while endeavoring to catch it in his mouth, after having thrown…

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Disappearance of a Young Lady. Supposed to Have Been Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 3

CONSIDERABLE sensation was caused in Dubbo on Wednesday forenoon when it became known that a young lady named Victoria Adams, employed at…

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Sad Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 3

ON Sunday last a singularly sudden death took place at Tia. A boy named Edgar Oscar Chambres, between 15 and 16 years of age, residing with his parents, was…

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Cycle Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 August 1897 · page 2

Notwithstanding the number of accidents every season, cyclists, by taking ordinary precautions, may ride year after year without suffering even so much as a strain…

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Accident to Porta. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 August 1897 · page 5

PORTA, the Italian cyclist, who met with a severe accident on the training track, Brisbane, last Friday, has recovered…

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Found Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 August 1897 · page 5

A TELEGRAM from Dubbo, to-day, states that the body of Miss Adams, Public School teacher, who had been missing since July 28th, was this afternoon found…

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Mining Fatality. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 5

ANDREW JOHNSTONE, manager of the Prince of Wales mine, Gundagai, was killed on Saturday night. He was coming up the shaft when the…

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Fatal Accident. Sydney, Mondav Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 5

MR. MICHAEL RYAN, a resident of Galong, near Binalong, met with his death under peculiar circumstances. It appears that he left home for the…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 3

Andrew Johnson, manager of the Prince of Wales mine, Gundagi, was killed on Saturday night. He was coming up the shaft when the wire broke, and the cage fell to the…

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Latest Up to Publication. Sydney, Monday, 3.23 P.m. Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 August 1897 · page 3

Michael Ryan, a resident of Galong, near Binalong, met with his death under peculiar circumstances. It appears that he left home for the purpose of spending a few weeks in…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 August 1897 · page 2

An old man named Baker, camping near Gulgong, fell into a fire on Friday. He was taken to the hospital, where he died yesterday…

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Yesterday's News. [Through Our Special Agents.] [By Telegraph.] Found Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 August 1897 · page 5

JANE JAMES, an elderly widow was yesterday found drowned in the harbour near Goat Island…

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Railway Accident. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 5

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred near Katoomba this morning. The engine of a goods train ran into some straying cows when the tender…

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Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 August 1897 · page 2

An accident occurred near Katoomba this morning. The engine of a goods train ran into a stray cow, and the tender and thirteen loaded trucks were hurled over the…

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Railway Accident. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 September 1897 · page 3

A heavily-laden goods train, bound for Gippsland, ran off the rails at four o'clock this morning a quarter of a mile from Melbourne. After demolishing the buffer heads the engine…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 September 1897 · page 5

A man named Thorpe was killed this morning at Hornsby, being knocked down by the train while crossing the line…

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