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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

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Railway Accidents

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 25 May 1901 · page 2

The third railway accident in two days occurred at the Redfern railway station last night (says Saturday's " Herald "). At 20 minutes past 11…

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A Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 6

ON Friday last, near Warialda, the body of a young girl named Alice May Wall, aged 15 years, was found near her parents residence with a…

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Five Welsh Miners Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 3

FIVE men recently lost their lives by the flooding of a colliery near Cymmer, Glanmorgan. The accident occured at the Glenavon…

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Fatal Mining Accident. Six Lives Lost

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 3

A FALL of earth took place at the South Mine Broken Hill, on Friday. The accident occurred at the 400 feet lovel, viz., John Prideaux, Henry Downes, and…

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A Burning Accident. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 5

A MARRIED lady, in whose bedroom a fire broke out on Saturday night, was found, when assistance arrived, to have been suffocated by the smoke, and her…

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Broken Hill Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 May 1901 · page 3

Another fall of earth has occurred at the South Mine, Broken Hill. All the bodies from the former accident were recovered. Yesterday two of the men who met their death were found clasping each…

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Sawmill Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 3

A man named James Harmer was struck by a piece of timber, and Killed instantly whilst working at a saw mill near Greta yesterday…

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Another Tram Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 2

A newsboy named Walter Guise was run over by a tram at Paddington this afternoon, and killed instantly…

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Injured Rail-way Employee. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 5

THE railway employee, who was admitted to the Hospital yesterday, is still in an unconscious condition…

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Terrible Tram Accident. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 5

THIS afternoon a boy, aged fourteen years, met with a terrible death. He was running across Oxford-street, when he was knocked down by a steam…

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Accident near Deailiquin. DENILIQUIN

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 5

A YOUNG man was yesterday crushed to death, beneath the wheels of a vehicle, near Deniliquin…

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Accident at a Saw Mill. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 5

A MAN was struck with a piece of timber and killed instantly, while working at a saw mill, at Greta, yesterday…

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Broken Hill Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 31 May 1901 · page 3

At the inquest on the bodies of the victims of the Broken Hill mining disaster yesterday, some startling evidence was given. The jury's verdict was that deceased were killed by a fall of earth in the…

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Bush for an Excursion Train. a Max Seriously Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

A man named John Bell has been admitted to the Bathurst Hospital, suffering from injuries received at Biayney Railway Station. It appears…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Man Cut to Pieces

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 June 1901 · page 2

A terrible and shocking railway accident occurred at Meadowbank, near Ryde, on Wednesday morning. Mr. John Crackenthorpe, manager…

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A Strange Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1901 · page 3

AN alarming accident happened recently at a concert in the Rue Caumartin, Paris. The ball was full of people, when suddenly a cry…

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Mysterious Drowning Case

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 2

The police at Roma-street, Brisbane, received information on Wednesday, which led to the belief that a drowning fatality had occurred near…

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Accident to Yacht

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 June 1901 · page 4

The yacht "Ida" hindered at New Caledonia, four persons. being drowned…

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A Rail-way Fatality. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1901 · page 5

A MAN who was a resident of Gordon was found on the railway line.- His head was completely severed from his body, and his arm was almost…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1901 · page 4

By a collision at New york two trains were shatted and fired. Nine railway employees were killed…

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