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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

194 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 10

Railway Collision. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 5

A RAILWAY collision occurred near Paris, 10 persons being killed and 10 injured…

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Mining Accident. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 August 1899 · page 5

A SERIOUS mining accident occurred on the Lachlan gold-field mine, near Forbes, to-day. A number of men were erecting a…

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Fatal Railway Accident. FORTY-SIX PERSONs KILLED

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 August 1899 · page 3

An electric passenger car left the rails at Skelton Heights, Bridge-port, United States, forty-six persons being killed…

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A Strange Case of Accidental Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 11 August 1899 · page 1

A man went to bed excessively drunk, and was found dead in the morning. The natural conclusion was, of course, that he had died from alcoholic poisoning, but the…

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A Frightful Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 August 1899 · page 2

A man and his son had a terrible experience near Kiewa, Albury, a few days ago. They were camped in the bush, and…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 5

A YOUNG man named John Hows, the adopted son of J. Hows, of the Prince Alfred Hospital, accidentally shot himself on Sunday whilst out shooting…

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Railway Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 August 1899 · page 3

The passenger train from Sydney to Wollongong on Saturday afternoon was derailed near South Clifton owing to a landslip blocking the line. The engine and two carriages left the line. They were…

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TELEGRAMS. [?] Tuesday Boating Catastrophe. Four Men Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 August 1899 · page 3

On Sunday night, during a severe gale, a boat containing four men swamped at Coromandel, New Zealand, the occupants being drowned…

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Strange Cases of Accidental Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 August 1899 · page 6

A MAN went to bed excessively drunk, and was found dead in the morning. The natural conclusion was, of course, that he died from alcoholic poisoning,…

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Disastrous Floods in Chili. a Train Derailed. Fifty Persons Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 August 1899 · page 5

Disastrous flood have occurred at santhe capital of Chili. A train, while crossing a bridge, fell into the riverr and 50 pereons were drowned…

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Sulky Accident. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 August 1899 · page 5

A SERIOUS driving accident occurred at Gunnedah yesterday. Mr. and Mrs. Weatherstone were thrown out of a sulky, and both were injured. It is…

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Footraller Injured. New Zealand

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 5

A FOOTBALLER, named Arimt, while taking part in a match, received injuries to his spinal cord…

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Accidentally Shot. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 August 1899 · page 5

AT Mulbring, near Maitland, a boy named Thomas Lee, was accidentally shot by his father, and died in a few minutes…

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Terrible Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

Henry Wringer, aged 22, a labourer working at Smith's new building in Bridge-street, this morning, fell from the top storey through an opening to the…

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Fatal Accident at Mosts Dock

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1899 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at Morts Dock this afternoon. Laurance Clean was killed through a fall of a large iron plate…

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Strange Cases of Accidental Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 September 1899 · page 2

A MAN went to bed excessively drunk, and was found dead in the morning. The natural conclusion was, of course, that the man had died from alcoholic poisoning, but the doctor who made the…

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London Sunday. Mining Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 3

A copper mine in Japan has been flooded, and 600 miners were drowned…

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Miners Drowned. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 5

600 persons have perished owing to the flooding of a Japanese mine…

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Accidentally Shot

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 September 1899 · page 3

Whilst out hare shooting near Molong on Saturday a youth named Coodwin, aged 18, was fatally shot by his brother…

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Football Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 3

A footballer named George Easton died at Geelong, yesterday, from a ruptured liver, caused from injuries sustained while playing in a match last Saturday…

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