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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

194 stories in New England's papers · page 8 of 10

Accident at Bora Creek

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 6 September 1899 · page 5

A very serious accident happened at Howell's Conrad Silver Mine, Bora Creek, on Monday morning last, when a miner, named J. Trelaw, had a most miraculous escape from instant death…

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A Racing Accident. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 September 1899 · page 5

A BIG smash occurred at the Moonee Valley races yesterday, when two jockeys, named James Williamson and A. Hume, were badly injured, while…

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Strange Cases of Accidental Death

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 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…

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Accident at Bora Creek

Boggy Camp Tingha and Bora Creek · Saturday 9 September 1899 · page 4

A very serious accident happened at Howell’s Conrad Silver Mine, Bora Creek, an Monday morning feat, when a miner, named Trelaw, had a most miraculous escape from instant death…

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Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 September 1899 · page 3

The body of a boy named Reynolds has been found near bis home at Walhallow Station yesterday morning, with a bullet wound in has breast. A discharged gun…

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Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 September 1899 · page 5

AT the inquest on the cabman Hampton, killed in the coal collision in Pittstreet, a verdict of accidental death was returned…

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Revolver Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 September 1899 · page 3

Dr. H. L. Barker, who had formerly been practising at Dubbo and Drake, near Tenter field, was killed yesterday whilst handling a revolver at his lodgings in York-street. He…

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Auckland. Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 22 September 1899 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs Allen Loxton, who were only recently married, have been drowned in a boating accident. Mr. Loxton was well-known in Sydney. His wife was a daughter…

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Our Wires. (Per Greville's Telegram Company) Sydney. Monday, 12.20 a.m. the Quay Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 September 1899 · page 3

The are only two deaths as the result of the school picnic accident at Circular Quay on Saturday night. The injured are in the hospital, and are all…

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Accident to a Picnic Party. Loss of Life

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 27 September 1899 · page 3

Circular Quay had a terrible sensation on Saturday evening. Between 500 and 600 children, old and young, had been out for the day picnicing, and at about 6.30 they…

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The Accidents of War

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 6

"THE glorious uncertainty of war" has passed into a proverb, and truly there is no knowing from moment to moment what may occur, says the Regiment…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 September 1899 · page 2

WE regret to state that the injuries received by young George Every on Waterloo Range last Saturday terminated fatally, he having succumbed in the Hospital on Monday evening. Naturally, a…

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Sad Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 30 September 1899 · page 3

A shocking accident occurred at Circular Quay on Saturday evening. Between 500 and 600 children belonging to Christ Church (Enmore)…

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Boating Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 3

An 18ft open sailing boat capsized off Rose Bay on Sunday afternoon during a heavy sea. There were eigh persons on board, four of whom were drowned, viz., Albert Roach, 45…

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Deplorable Boating Fatality. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 5

AN eigbteen-feet open sailing boat was capsized off Rose Bay on Snnday afternoon in a heavy sea which was running at the time. There were eight persons…

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The Boating Fatality. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 October 1899 · page 5

NO trace has yet been round of the bodies of the other three persons who were drowned through the capsizing of the sailing boat off Rose Bay in a…

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A Strange Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 3

A farmer named William Hutchinson, died at Whangarei, New Zealaned, yesterday, through having swallowed three artificial teeth, while eating a lemon…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 October 1899 · page 3

While two men were engaged scrubclearing at Bogan gate to-day, they were struck by a falling tree. One of them, Job Smith, was killed, his body being…

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Yesterday's News. [By Telegraph.] [Through Our Special Agents.] Drowning Fatality. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 October 1899 · page 5

A LAD named S. M'Arthur was drowned yesterday, whilst playing with his sis.ter and another boy on a punt at Glebe Point…

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A Serious Tramway Accident Sydney. Thursdav

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 October 1899 · page 5

A MAN named M'Ready, a resident of Botany, was leaving a tram ear on the wrong side near Park-street last evening, when he fell under another tram…

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