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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 3 January 1902 · page 2

AS briefly stated in our last issue, Mr. Robert Hugh Cameron died from the effects of injuries received, on Boxing Day. Further particulars of the sad affair show that on…

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Cablegrams [Reuter's Service.—copyright.] Collision at Sea. LONDON, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 5

The steamer Walla Walla, from San Francisco to Puget Sound, with 36 first and 28 second class passengers, and a crew of 60, collided in the night…

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Singular Burning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

MR. JOHN SANDERSON, of Coonooer, was the victim of an extraordinary accident while returning home from Charlton on Wednesday last. He left…

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The Accident on the Royal Sovereign

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 6

THE Royal Sovereign has arrived at Malta from Platea (the TIMES of November 12 writes), and the official announcement on the subject of the…

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Scalding Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 January 1902 · page 2

ON Sunday last the infant daughter of Mr. J. S. Maddy was the victim of a painful accident The child pulled a kettle of boiling water from where it stood, and received…

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A Terrible Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 January 1902 · page 5

A youth named Rupert Radshaw was fixing some machinery belting at a foundry at Goulburn this morning, when he got entangled, with the…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 11 January 1902 · page 4

Seventeen people were killed and forty injured in a railway collision in a tunnel at New York…

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Steamers in Collision. 27 Persons Drowned

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 14 January 1902 · page 2

INFORMATION has been received of a terrible shipping disaster off the coast of California, resulting in great loss of life. The steamer Walla Walla, a vessel of…

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Railway Accident. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 January 1902 · page 5

A MAN, aged 60 years, a resident of Clyde, was found lying across the rails of the railway last night. It is surmised that be fell down…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 5

While sinking at the Vesuvius Mine, Charters Towers, yesterday, a charge suddenly exploded, killing two miners, named George Gough…

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Sensation at Manly. Two Persons Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 5

A terrible drowning fatality occurred at Manly early this morning, A large number of ladies, gentlemen, and children were bathing on…

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday, A Mine Flooded. 40 Miners Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 January 1902 · page 5

Forty miners were drowned in Bohemia owing to the flooding of a mine…

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Drowned Within Sight of his Wife. Two Lives Lost

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 4

A TRAGIC and dreadfully distressing bathing fatality, involving the loss of two lives, occurred at Manly on Friday morning. The hapless victims were Miss Lacy Thorpe…

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TELEGRAMS Serious Accident to Barnes. A Big Loss to the Englishmen. Adelaide

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 21 January 1902 · page 2

The accident to Barne[?]' kne[?] i[?] more serious than anticipated, a medical examination showing the accumulation of fluid, rendering splints necessary. He will be…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 5

A young man named Edward Nicholls. night gate-keeper at Mittagong Station, was killed by a goods train last night, presumedly in…

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A Terrible Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 January 1902 · page 5

John Rafferty, aged 19, was caught in the shaft belting at Rooney's Mills, Ross River, Queensland. His left arm was torn off near the…

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Drowning Accident. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 5

YESTERDAY a young man named Arthur Conlon, a resident of Glebe, was out fishing in a steam launch at Sans Souci…

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A Man Drowned. MULGOA

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 5

A YOUNG man, who was employed by the Singer Manufacturing Company, was drowned yesterday at Malgoa. He had gone to that place to spend…

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Railway Accident. JUNEE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 5

AN engine drawing a goods train near Junee, overturned. The driver and fireman were slightly injured…

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Sad Accident to a Soldier

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 January 1902 · page 8

A CORRESPONDENT in the Sondan writes from Kenur Camp the following details of the sad accident to a soldier of the Warwickshire regiment,…

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