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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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A Pathetic Shooting Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 17 January 1903 · page 3

Further details are to hand in reference to the pathetic shooting accident which occurred at Tenterfield recently, when Mrs Jane M'Kerihan, wife…

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Terrible Fatality. Mother and three Children burnt to Death

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

ON Saturday night (says the BRISBANE COURIER) Nudgee was the scene of a terrible burning fatality, the victims being a mother and her three children. The…

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Railway Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1903 · page 4

Whilst a woman was walking on the railway line in a cutting near Thirroul, Clifton, recently, she was overtaken by a train. The woman, being young,…

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A Fugitive Thief Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1903 · page 8

The death by drowning in sensational circumstances of a coloured seaman took place off the Australian Wharf (Melbourne) on Thursday…

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Bike Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1903 · page 2

YESTERDAY we received word that whilst Mr. J. W. Sully was proceeding to Inverell, in order to take part in the bicycle sports in that town, and when about 19 miles from Glen Innes the front…

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Fatality at Alexandria. a Youth Stabbed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 28 January 1903 · page 2

The dangers attendant upon youths teasing Chinese, a practice which was very freely indulged in years ago, led to the tragic death of a poor boy at…

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Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 31 January 1903 · page 5

Hubert Thomas, aged 15, was accidentally shot dead with a pea-rifle while out shooting with a number of companions near Gympie yesterday…

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Lifeboat Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 4

A lifeboat capsized at Port Talbot, Glanmorganshire. Six of the crew were drowned…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 February 1903 · page 4

The dead body of an elderly man at present unknown was found on the railway line at Milson's Point this morning. The head was almost cut…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 6 February 1903 · page 2

A Miner at White Cliffs fell into an abandoned shaft, and his wife rushina to his Assistance fell with a baby in her arms into another shaft. Eventually all…

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Railway Accident in W.A. a Goods Train Wrecked

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1903 · page 4

Six railway trucks, loaded with goods for the goldfields ran down an indine at Lion Mill, West Australia, yesterday…

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Shooting Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

While three boys were out shooting at Benalla yesterday, one shot the other in the breast, and the victim is not expected to recover. The affair is believed to be…

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Burning Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 10 February 1903 · page 2

While Mr. and Mrs. Bredan were out driving in a buggy at St. Arnaud (Vic.), on Saturday, the letters clothes caught 6re, presumably from a lighted match,…

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Strange Burning Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 February 1903 · page 3

A serious burning accident occurred on Saturday afternoon, at St. Arnaud (Vie), the victims being Mr. and Mrs. J. Breden, old residents of the…

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Sulky Accident

Guyra Argus · Friday 13 February 1903 · page 3

It is not often anything very sensational occurs in Guyra, but an accident, which might have terminated fatally, occurred on Monday…

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A Serious Collision

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

The steamer Wakatipu bound from Tasmania and the steamer Euimblo, bound for Melbourne, collided off Bradley's Head at midnight on Saturday. The…

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Death by Drowning Magisterial Inquiry

The Inverell Argus · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 2

A magisterial inquiry was held at the Court House yesterday, by Mr. Walterus Brown, Coroner, concerning the death of John Beggs, compositor, whose body was…

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Shocking Fatality. Railway Fettler Killed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 February 1903 · page 4

Shortly before 11 o'clock on Saturday night the sad news reached town that a well-known ganger on the railway named John Farrell, had been run over and killed…

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Found in the River. Sad Drowning Case. Magisterial Inquiry

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 5

A sa[?] occurred on Sunday morning [?], son of Mr. William Bogga, a well known readout of Inverell, by some means lost his life in the river…

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Raiway Fatality. Run Down by a Train

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 February 1903 · page 4

On Saturday night, John Farrell, ganger, employed on the railway, residing four miles from Armidale, was run over by a special train in the…

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