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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1901

232 stories in New England's papers · page 7 of 12

Fatal Gun Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 July 1901 · page 4

A led named Charles Maze was accidentally shot dead at Burrowa by a gun exploding, which he was carrying. The whole of his face and part of the…

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Another Tram Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 2

The body of an unknown man found terribly mangled on the Botany Road tramline, near Waterloo, on Saturday night…

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Accidental Death

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 July 1901 · page 3

Mr. Charles Junor, a journalist, fell from the Milson's Point ferry steamer on Saturday night and was browned…

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A Serious Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 July 1901 · page 2

On Saturday last, Mr. Thomas Beveridge, a well known resident of Ashford, was the victim of a serious buggy accident. From the particulars…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 July 1901 · page 4

Fourteen person were killed and as injures in a railway [?] at [?]…

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The Machinery Fatality. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 July 1901 · page 5

THE Attorney-General has declined to file a bill against the man who was committed for trial by the coroner's jury on a charge of manslaughter in…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 20 July 1901 · page 4

After a serious railway accident recently the injured passengers were taken to a station close at hand as fast as…

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Fatal Football Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 July 1901 · page 3

Mr. Kirk, captain of the football team which played at Gisborne, New Zealand, has died from injuries received in the game…

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The Boxing Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 27 July 1901 · page 4

The jury at the inquest on Otto Cribb returned a verdict of accidental death. Later…

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Our Cables. [Reuter's Service.—copyright.] Fatality to tourists. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 5

IN reference to the Matterhorn catastrophe it is stated that the accident occurred while the tourist party were on their return trip to the village,…

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The Alpine Tragedy. the Dead and Injured. London

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 2

FURTHER particulars of the recent Alpine tragedy show that the party consisted of two ladies and two gentlemen. They, all fell over a precipice 50 feet…

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Accident near Circular Quay. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 5

A LAD, fourteen years of age, named Richard Hannan, residing at Glebe, had his left foot frightfully crushed to-day through being run over by an…

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A Fatal Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 5

A FATAL accident occurred this morning at a new hotel in course of erection at the corner of Bligh and Bentstreets…

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A Tram Accident, SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 July 1901 · page 5

A WELL-KNOWN North Sydney resident, for many years the local borough engineer, met with an accident on Saturday afternoon by being knocked down…

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Accident to a Glen Innesite

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 August 1901 · page 2

THE Kalgoorlie Miner says :-- Mr. Edward M'Morrow, who was severely injured in an accident at the Trafalgar mine several weeks ago, is making rapid progress towards recovery, and his…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 August 1901 · page 4

Isabella Burgess, aged five years, was run over by a train at Newtown to-day, and was killed instattaneously, the head being sewered from the…

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Accidents

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 August 1901 · page 2

On Sunday morning last, Mr. John M'Cafferty was the victim of a simple, yet terrible, accident. At about 11 o'clock, he and a friend decided to take…

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Terrible Accident at Quirindi. a Balcony Collapses. Forty Persons Injured. Miraculous Escapes

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 4

Mr. E. B. Hawke traveller for Messrs. Harrison Jones and Devlin. writing to his brother Mr. W. J Hawke of Armidale gives brief…

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Terrible Accident at Quirindi. Collapse of a Balcony. Many People Crushed. the Close of the Polo Carnival. Sydney

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 10 August 1901 · page 3

While the prizes were being presented in connection with the Quirindi Polo Carnival last night, at the Imperial Hotel, at Quirindi, the balcony…

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A Sensational Accident

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 13 August 1901 · page 2

A SENATIONAL accident occurred on Thursday at Quirindi. The annual tournament of the Quirindi Polo Club was concluded thatday, and the prizes were…

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