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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Telegrams. Sydney. Thursday. Accidentally Poisoned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 April 1900 · page 5

A timber-splitter named Joseph Williams was poisoned at Trangie yesterday, through using arsenic in mistake for baking powder…

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Boating Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 April 1900 · page 2

A boat containing eight men capsized in middle-harbor yesterday, the occupants being rescued by the crew of the steamer "Koonoowarra."…

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The Boiler Fatality. Sydney, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 5

THE body of James Noble, the victim of the boiler explosion at Woolloomooloo Bay, was recovered this afternoon…

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Drowned in the Harbour. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 April 1900 · page 5

AN elderly man, named William Rawling, residing at Newtown, jumped from a Manly steamer into the harbour on Saturday and was drowned…

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A Terrible Fatality. a Policeman Cut in Two

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 April 1900 · page 1

One of the most horrible accidents on record occurred in Sydney on Saturday morning, resulting in the death of a young man named Frank Evans,…

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Found Drowned. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 5

A BOUT 7 o'clock this morning the Water Police discovered the body of a woman floating in the water at the foot of [?] street. They conveyed the same to the…

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Fearful Fatal Accident. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 3

A TERRIBLE fatality occurred at the Fresh Food and Ice Company's premises, Darling Harbour, early this morning, the victim being Constable…

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A Sad Accident. Sydeny, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1900 · page 5

A SAD accident occurred this morning at the Mount Kembla Colliery to a young man named James Benjamin. He was working the appliances which are used at…

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A Frightful Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 April 1900 · page 8

Many a time a man is invited out to dinner, and seeing some delicacies on the table, he partakes of them. But as soon as he leaves his friend's…

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Awful Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 1 May 1900 · page 3

A FEARFUL accident occurred in Syduey early on Saturday morning at the premises of the Fresh Food and Ice Company, Limited, Darling Harbor, the…

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Fatal Accident at Paris Exhibition

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 May 1900 · page 2

An unfinished bridge at the Paris Exhibition collapsed. Here was a crowd of people underneath the structure at the time, and eight were killed and 60 injured…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday Night Mining Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 May 1900 · page 3

A terrible explosion has taken- place during blasting operations in a mine at Schofipld, in the State of Utah, America. Two hundred persons were…

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Brisbane. Biking Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 3

Miss McKay was killed on Saturday by her bicycle colliding with a tram…

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Fatality Near Kingstown. [By Telegraph.] Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 5

A BOY of four years of age, son of Mr. William Yates, was killed on Sunday near Kingstown, through a heavy gate falling upon him. Death was…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident. Brisbane

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1900 · page 5

MISS M'Kay was killed here on Saturday through colliding with a tram whilst out riding a bicycle. At the Grenfell Hospital on…

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Boating Fatality at Moreton Bay

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 4

A boating fatality is reported from Moreton Bay, Queensland. It appears that a man named George Boucher was camping, with his family, on a…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Tuesday. Shooting Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 May 1900 · page 3

Margaret Lake, aged 13, was accidentally shot by her brother, aged 17, at Broken Hill, yesterday. The ballet entered near the heart. Her…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Sydney, Friday Night. Mining Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 12 May 1900 · page 3

A sensational mining accident happened yesterday at Gunnedah. The Colliery Company's mine manager on visiting the workings early in the…

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London. Sunday. Railway Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 3

A goods train collided in a railway tunnel at Philadelphia, when four oil cars exploded. The engine-driver, firemen, and four tramps, who were on the train, were killed, whilst 25 others were…

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The Tram Fatality. Sydney Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 May 1900 · page 5

AT the inquest on the body of the late James Irvine of Albury who was killed by an electric tram in Georgestreet on Saturday night a verdict of…

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