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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Alpine Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 September 1898 · page 3

Two tourists in descending the Alps, slipped, falling into a crevasse 60 feet. Both were killed. Their names are Ashton and Binn…

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Two Brothers Drowned. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 October 1898 · page 5

TWO brothers named Duthie, keepers of Point Lowly Light-house, near Port Pine, were drowned by their boat swamping on Saturday…

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Collision at Newcastle

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 October 1898 · page 2

A collision occurred at Newcastle this morning between the steamer Nirawa and the schooner Bessie Hand, the latter was suck but the…

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Driving Accident to Queen Victoria and Princess Royal

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 4

Queen Victoria and the Princess Royal were out driving near Balmoral when the horses bolted, but the occupants escaped without injury…

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Three Children Drowned. Adelaide, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 October 1898 · page 5

THREE children, aged respectively eight, twelve, and fifteen years, were drowned in a waterhole yesterday, the father, Robert Sanderson, being away from home at the…

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Drowning at Townsville

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 October 1898 · page 2

A man named Harry Bright and a black boy are [?] to have been drowned off Towneville…

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The Accident in the Cup

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 2

REFERRING to the smash up in the Cap, the Caulfield correspondent of the Sunday Times wires :-- One of those disasters which occasionally shock the community, and also remind us that racing is a…

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Adelaide. Cycling Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 October 1898 · page 3

At the cycling meeting on Saturday two serious accidents occurred. In one a rider fell, bringing down four others. The pedal of one bicycle entered Randall's cheek near…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Late Sporting. the Injured Jockeys. the Ring Lose Heavily. Latest Betting. Late Soratchings

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 October 1898 · page 2

The injured jockeys in the Caulfield Cup accident are progressing favourably. The Caulfield settling passed off…

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Injured Infernally

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 October 1898 · page 3

"Isn't it awful?" said Mrs. Jenks to her husband. "Isn't what awful?" queried Jenks…

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Horrible Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 November 1898 · page 2

A man, named Eric Johnson, was cut to pieces by a train near Kiama on Saturday night…

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Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 3

A collision occurred off the coast between the tug Champion and the ketch Aurora on Saturday night. The ketch foundered, but all hands were saved. The Champion had…

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Bicycle Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 November 1898 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon Mr. G. G. Waldron City Council solicitor, left the Rosehill race" course on his bicycle. Shortly afterwards he was seen to fall off and when picked up was…

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A Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 7

One reads nearly every day of accidents resulting fatally through the negligence of some person or other, yet few seem to realise that…

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Terbible Colliery Accident at Great

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 4

A colliery disaster mooned at East Grets this morning, when three men named David Gronow, Barria Montieth, and Steven Barnes were…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 November 1898 · page 4

Whilat George Power, [?] aged 53, was driving to a [?] near Adaminaby, the horses atttached to the wagon bolted, throwing him off…

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Accident to Firemen

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

Several members of the Kogarah Fire Brigade were much injured on Saturday, through the collapse of a wheel of a fire engine…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 3

A Philadelphia express train, during a fog yesterday, ran into a party of plate-layers who were repairing the line. Eleven men were killed…

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Brunel's Singular Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 November 1898 · page 2

On May the 13th, 1843, an ancommon accident occurred to Mr. lsambard Kingdom Brunel who, like his father, was one of our most distinuguished engineers. While…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 November 1898 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon last, a number of young lads left their homes for the purpose of bathing in the waters of the Beardy. Arriving at the river, the company--embracing Michael, Frank, Thomas,…

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