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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1900

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Railway Collision in America. London

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

Two goods trains collided in a tunnel in Philadelphia U.S.A., the result being that four oil cars exploded killling the engine driver and the fireman…

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Fatal Tram Accident. Sydney

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

MR. JAMES IRVINE aged 34 hotel proprietor at Albury died last night from the injuries he received when knocked down by an electric tram in…

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The Result of an Accident

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

James Irvine, 34 years, recently from Albury, died last night from injuries received by being knocked down by an electric tram on Saturday night…

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A Train Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 May 1900 · page 1

Two goods trains collided in a tunnel at Philadelphia. Four oil cars exploded and the engine driver and fireman and four…

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Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 3

Owing to two boats coming into collision, during a fete on a lake in Italy, 35 children were drowned…

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A Drake Mining Accident. Severe Injuries Sustained

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 18 May 1900 · page 2

A RATHER severe accident happened to Mr. Dith Connor last Tuesday evening while driving in a store at his mine on Mount Carrington, Drike [?]…

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Thirty-five Children Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 May 1900 · page 3

Owing to two boats coming into collision during a fete on the lake at Ronciglione, Italy, 36 children were drowned…

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Another Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1900 · page 2

A man named Smith, 38, a gardiner lost the last mail train on Saturday night, and determined to walk home by the railway line, when a train returning from Milson's Point to…

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Quite by Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1900 · page 1

The astronomer, like other people, sometimes finds what he is not looking for. This is especially likely to happen in making photographs of the heavens, A…

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Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 June 1900 · page 3

Mr. Henry Hughes, telegraph operator, at Grafton, was drowned by a boating accident. Two other men with him had a narrow escape…

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Some Accidents of History

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 June 1900 · page 7

THE Refusal of Napoleon's youthful request for permission to enter the British navy shattered, remodelled, and again shattered Europe…

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Train Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

A man named Charles Turner, while attempting to board a train in motion at Lewisham, fell between the platformand the rails, He was horribly…

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Accidentally Shot

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 4

A young man named Arthur Baker, 16 years of age, residing in the Toryburn district, met with a nasty accident whilst out Wallaby shooting on…

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Sad Fatal Accident. Crushed by a Falling Tree

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 16 June 1900 · page 3

A sad fatal accident took place on Wednesday last when William Bowden, a promising son of Mr. and Mrs. George Bowden, of Glenmorrison, met…

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A Shocking Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 4

A SHOCKING fatality, resulting in the death of a youth named Otta Moras, aged 17, and in the injury of two others, named Thos. Dixon, aged 18, and William…

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A Terrible Railway Accident. London, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 5

A TERRIBLE railway accident has happened at Slough Station, near Windsor. An express train ran into a race train which was standing full of…

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Terrible Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at Slough station near Windsor. Despite the danger signal, the express going to Plymouth ran past it and came into collision with the rear…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

A middle-aged woman named Mrs. M'Gillivray fell under a railway carriage near Invercargill yesterday, her body being completely severed…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Terrible Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 3

A terrible accident occurred at the Great Western Railway Station, at Slough Station, near Windsor, on Saturday. Despite the danger signal…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 June 1900 · page 5

AT the enquiry held to-day touching the death of the boy Daniel M'Orkindale, aged 14, who died last night from the effects of a gunshot wound…

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