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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

222 stories in New England's papers · page 6 of 12

Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

Another accident happened very simply on Sunday evening, whereby a little girl, Kate O'Donnell, had her arm broken. A number of children…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

Whilst returning from a funeral at Caidley, T. McKen had his "brains dashed out through his horse shying…

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Painful Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1903 · page 2

AT an early bonri on Saturday morning. Mr. Bert Biddle was in the act of sharpening an axe at Utr's Flour Mill when the implement slipped from the stone and tore the top portion of the…

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Fatal Collision. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 May 1903 · page 5

OF 34 emigrants by the steamer Huddersfield for Grimbsy, 20 were drowned through a collision with a Norwegian steamer, near Antwerp, during a fog…

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Forty-five Children Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 4

A ferry boat capsized on the river Warthe, in Poland, and 45 children were drowned…

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Mine Accidents. Abmidale Cases

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 May 1903 · page 3

In the Full Court (the Acting-Chief Justice, Mr. Justice G. B. Simpson, and Mr. Justice A. H. Simpson) on Thursday, an application was made on…

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Wreck of a Steamer. Eleven Persons Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 2 June 1903 · page 4

THE steamer Oakland foundered off Cabbage Tree Island when trying to enter Port Stephens early on Wednesday morning. She was coal laden, and left Newcastle on…

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Wreek of the Steamer Oakland. 11 of the Crew Drowned. SYDNEY. Friday 2 p.m

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

THE steamer Oakland, bound from Newcastle to Sydney, foundered yesterday near Port Stephana, eight of the crew being drowned…

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Fatality at Redfern

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 6 June 1903 · page 5

Late last night, ah unknown man fell off the platform at Redfern Railway Station and broke his neck…

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An Exciting Adventure. Narrow Escapes from Drowning

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 3

An adventure, in which more than one life was risked, was experienced near Singapore in the Warialda district, on Wednesday morning. On Tuesday night…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning. 13 Hours on a Tree

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1903 · page 2

An occurrence in which the lives of three persons were endangered took place near Singapore on Wednesday morning. The rain had been very…

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Collision of Steamers. Enormous Loss of Life

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 4

Two French steamers, the Insularia and Liban, collided off Marseilles. Out of 240 souls on the Liban it is feared that only 40 were saved. The…

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Accidental Retribution

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 10 June 1903 · page 2

Here is so instance whore retribution followed close in the footsteps of iniquity. An American who had spool nearly year in Europe purchased in Germany at 25tols…

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Fatal Accident. London

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 12 June 1903 · page 5

The bolt of a boiler tube on the Good Hope yielded, allowing steam to escape. The artificier and stoker succumbed…

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Gun Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 June 1903 · page 4

DURING a dramatic performance at Ballarat one of the performers, Mr. Eustace Llowellyn, was shot in the face. A prison scone was been played, in which the warder,…

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 17 June 1903 · page 5

On Saturday a horse and buggy, containing Mrs. Judge and her threeyear-old boy, fell over a bridge near Ingham (Q)., both occupants being…

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Boating Fatality. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 5

A SAILING boat containing five men capsized on George's River on Saturday, and one of the number, William Price, a resident of Waverley, was…

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Boating Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1903 · page 2

A sailing boat containing five men was capsized in the George's River on Saturday. In attempting to swim ashore, Wm. Price, residing at Waverley, was drowned…

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Accidents to Dogs

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1903 · page 7

THERE is an account of a collie dog, recently quoted in the papers, which had one fore foot and one hind foot cut off by a, reaping machine, but…

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Burning Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 30 June 1903 · page 2

News reached us last week of a sad burning fatality which had occurred near Graman, the victim being a little girl, three years old, daughter of Mr…

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