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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Drowning Fatality. Death of Mr. Arthur Parker

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

The equilibrium of holiday makers was greatly upset on the evening of New Year's Day when it became known that Mr. Arthur Parker (of…

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A Terrible Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 2

A MAN and woman while walking on the railway line in a cutting at Thirroul, near Clifton, were overtaken by a train. The woman being young ran and got clear,…

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Accidents

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 6 January 1903 · page 5

On Saturday as Mrs. Henderson, of Swanbrook, was coming to town, the the vehicle overturned by some means near Roslyn and the occupants, Mrs…

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A Sad Drowning Fatality. of a Well-known Resident. at Hines' Crossing

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 4

Quite a gloom was cast over the town on New Year's Day when a report was circulated to the effect that Mr. Arthur Parker was found drowned…

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A Painful Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 7 January 1903 · page 4

A very painful and most serious accident bafel a young man named H. South, in the employ of Wright, Heaton and Co., on Saturday last From…

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A Terrible Calamity. A Boy Accidentally Shoots his Mother Dead

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 9 January 1903 · page 2

QUITE a sensation was created in town at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon, when it became known that a little boy named William M'Kerihan, aged 11 years, onl…

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 4

Euphraim James, aged seven, was drowned at Botany yesterday, while bathing. His three sisters, made an heroic attempt to save him, and nearly…

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Drowning Fatality Near Inverell

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1903 · page 2

The equilibrium of holiday makers was greatly upset on the evening of New Year's Day, when it became known that Mr. Arthur Parker (of J…

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Shooting Fatality

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

A tragic shooting accident occurred on Friday between 1 and 2 o'clock whereby Mrs. Jane McKerihan, wife of Mr. John McKerihan, corporation…

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Two Brothers Drowned

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

Two brothers named O'Leary. aged 6 and 9 respectively, were fishing at South. Brisbane, One got beyond his depth, and the other went to his rescue, both…

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Fatality at Moonbi. A Spring Cart Overturned. Two of the Occupants Killed

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 4

A SAD accid[?] a mile or two this side of Mooabi late on Tuesda afternoon. by which a resident of Swmap Oak Creek Moonbi named Mrs. Jehn Ca[?] lost her…

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Sulky Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident occurred on Tuesday last at Mooub[?], near Tamworth, whereby Mrs. K. Carey and an elderly man lost their lives through lifting thrown from a sulky. Mrs Carey, who was…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1903 · page 2

A SAD shooting accident occurred at Tenterfield on Monday afternoon, when Mrs John M'Kerihan, wife of a well-known local resident,Was shot dead by her 11-year-old son, William. It appears that…

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Collision in Oxford Street

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 4

A sensational collision occurred in Oxford-street this morning between a tram-car and a butcher's cart. The latter was smashed to atoms and the…

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A Pathetic Shooting Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 14 January 1903 · page 6

As reported in our telegraphic news of last issue a most pathetic shooting accident occurred at Tenterfield on Thursday last, when Mrs. Jane…

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A Cyclist Injured. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 5

H. GORDON, the cyclist who was injured at the cycling carnival last night, is still unconscious. He is suffering from a fracture of the skull, a broken arm, and other…

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A Railway Accident. MELBOURNE. Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 5

A GOODS train, from Melbourne to Seymour, was descending an incline between Wandong and Kilmore, when something went wrong, causing the train to buckle up…

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A Shooting Accident. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1903 · page 5

AT Stanmore, last night, an officer, who had returned from South Africa, was explaining the mechanism of a magazine revolver, when the weapon suddenly…

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The Bondi Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

Although the body of the woman seen under the cliffs at Sondi has been washed out to sea, a hat and parasol found in the vicinity, have…

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Drowned in the Yarra

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 4

At Melbourne on Wednesday night, a coloured man, who was in the act of evading a policeman who was about to arrest him, jumped into the…

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