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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

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Rifle Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 August 1903 · page 3

By the accidental discharge of a rifle at Scone shooting range, oh Saturday Sergeant Thrift was wounded (it is feared fatally) and Trooper Lonsdale was slightly injured…

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Marvellous Escape From Drowning

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 4

A marvellous escape from drowning is reported from Attunga. A man named Jas. Duggan, whilst employed slabbing a well, fell down a distance…

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The Fatality at Tamworth

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 7

The inquest concerning the death of Harrison Lewin was concluded at Tamworth on Monday. Henry L. Larden, under romand…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 August 1903 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature occurred on Saturday afternoon, at Scone, during rifle practice in connection…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 September 1903 · page 3

Mr. C. O'Leary, of Lamb's Valley, received intimation that his son, Daniel Joseph, aged 25, died at Globe street Globe, on Thursday night from the effects of a fractured skull, received…

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Sad Fatality

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

A sad fatal accident occurred on Saturday last, by which Mr. William Handcock, teamster, in the employ of Mr. Thorley, of Salisbury, met his…

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Mr. Duncan Gillies Dead. Drowned in His Bath

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 September 1903 · page 8

Mr. Duncan Gillies, Speaker of the Victorian Legislative Assembly, died somewhat suddenly on Saturday morning. The deceased gentleman…

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Fatal Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 September 1903 · page 2

A sad accident has to be reported From what we can gather, Mrs. M. Lahey, of Tia, was driving in a sulky with her daughter, when the sulky…

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Such a Frightful Accident

The Inverell Argus · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 3

It was the time of the great blizzard of 1891. Jut below Gamborne, on the G.W.R., is a lofty viaduct, at that time a wooden structure, but lately rebuilt of stone…

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Terrible Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 4

Four gentlemen while scaling Scawell, in Cumberland, England, fell from a cliff, 400 feet high. All were killed…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 September 1903 · page 4

WHILE riding into town from Yarraford on Tuesday afternoon Mr. D Higgins had the misfortune to be thrown from his horse, his back being severely injured in the fall. He was conveyed to…

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Railway Accident. SYDNEY

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 29 September 1903 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred on Saturday night between Wentworth Falls and Lawson, when a passenger train ran into the end of a goods train…

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Shooting Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 5

Robert Donellon, aged 30, accidentally shot himself dead while out rabbit shooting at Hamilton, Victoria…

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The Lawson Railway Collision. Suspension of Officers

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 September 1903 · page 5

The night officer, porter, and guard have been suspended pending the result of the inquiry into the railway collision near Lawson…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 6

WE regret to hear that little Jack McCreadie was the victim of a painful accident on Wednesday afternoon. The little chap, from what we gather, was playing in the yard, in close proximity to a…

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Such a Frightful Accident

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 6

It was the time of the great blizzard of 1891. Just below Camborne, on the G.W.R., is a lofty viaduct, at that time a wo[?]den structure, but lately rebuilt of stone…

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Fatal Accident

Guyra Argus · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 6

A sad accident, which had a fatal termination, befel Sidney Spinks, a bright little lad of about nine years, on Wednesday. When proceeding…

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1903 · page 5

A boy named Walter Cooper, was drowned in the Shoalhaven River yesterday, in the presence of his mother…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1903 · page 5

A miner named Charles Shaw was buried alive to-day, by a fall of earth at the Carimal colliery, Wollongong…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 October 1903 · page 5

A young married woman named Elizabeth Baxter was decapitated at Williamstown railway station, Victoria, by a passing train…

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