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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 April 1902 · page 5

William Lethlian, underground boss at the Great Britain Mine, Bendigo, had his head severed from his body yesterday by an iron plate falling on…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 April 1902 · page 5

A terrible railway accident has occurred at Machavie. Thirteen members of the Eighth New Zealand Mounted Infantry were killed and a…

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A Bishop Injured. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 18 April 1902 · page 5

THE Bishop of Petersborough was thrown from his horse and seriously injured…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

Two navvies, named Thomas Hayes and Timothy Murphy, were run over by a train at Cardiff, in the Newcastle district, last night…

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Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 5

The name of the boy who was fatally shot in a boat at Miller's Point yesterday, is George Booth, aged 13. His companion, George Jones,…

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A Strange Affair. Murder or Accident

The Inverell Times · Saturday 19 April 1902 · page 2

A boy named Payne, while rowing in the harbor user Miller's yesterday afternoon, was shot through the head by some unknown person and died in a few minutes. The…

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Terrible Fatality. a Steam"merry-go-round." the Boiler Explodes and Kills the Proprietor. Bundaberg

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 April 1902 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred at Jonathan Linsdell and Sons'steam riding gallery on Saturday night. The proprietors are local residents, who purchased the…

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Shooting fatality at [?] [By Wire]. Hillgrove

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 April 1902 · page 5

Thomas Parcell, aged 16, accidentally shot James Briggs, aged 22, through the head with a rifle, at Jeogla this morning…

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Terrible Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 25 April 1902 · page 2

A SHOCKING fatality occurred at Jonathan Linsdell and Sons' steam riding gallery on Saturday night at Bundaberg. The proprietors are local residents, who purchased…

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The Miners' Accident Relief Act. Provision for Small Mines

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 April 1902 · page 8

The provisions of the Miners' Accident Belief Act are applicable to all mines employing fifteen or more persons, and in such cases contributions…

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Trumble Injured. LONDON

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 2 May 1902 · page 2

WHILE at practice to-day, Hugh Trumble, the Australian cricketer, dislocated his right thumb…

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Trumble Injured

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 4

While at practice at Lords, Trumble dislocated his right thumb, but expects to be able to play within a few days…

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Fatal Accidents

The Inverell Times · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 4

Whilst returning from the funeral of his sister at Tumb[?], a man named John M'[?] was thrown from his horse and killed…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 3 May 1902 · page 2

An extraordinary accident occurred at Perth last week in a forest near Wellington mills. A man named Hugh Joseph…

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Painful Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 May 1902 · page 2

WE regret to report a painful accident which, befel Mr. Cyrus Bullard, schoolmaster at May-bole. He was on his way home from town on Saturday night, per medium of a sulky, and when…

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Burning Accidents. a Young Girl's Death

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 6

An accident which was attended with fatal results accurred at Gulf Creole last week, the victim being a young woman named Mahor. It appears that Miss…

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T[?] Miners' Accident [?]lief Fund. Prov[?] for Small Mines

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 May 1902 · page 3

The [?]ions of the Miners' Accident Relief [?]e applicable to all mines employ fifteen or more persons, and in suches contributions by owners…

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Trouble at Glasgow. the Football Accident

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 13 May 1902 · page 4

A telegram from Glasgow dated April 5, says :—A struggle of crowds which gathered at Ibrox Park to-day to witness the last international football…

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Collision at Eea

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 May 1902 · page 5

The colliers "Dunmore" and "Kelloe" collided off Botany Heads this morning, the latter having 600 tons of coal aboard, sank within a…

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Naturalist. Rescued From Drowning by a Seal

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 16 May 1902 · page 2

SOME time ago there were two seals in the Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam, which wore so fond of their kooper that they would…

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