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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Poisoning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 4

Many ladies who were attending a cookery class at the Alice Institute, Darmstadt, were poisoned through eating tinned beans…

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Accident at Tingha, (By Wire). Tingha

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 January 1904 · page 5

A boy named Burns met with a serious accident yesterday, whilst working at a sawmill, near Tingha. He was cutting at a pine sapling…

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Treble Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 3 February 1904 · page 4

Two girls named Stilendah Byers and Pearl Depiazza, aged 14 and 12 years respectively, got beyond their depth while bathing at Mudgegong,…

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Queer Accidents in War

The Inverell Times · Saturday 6 February 1904 · page 3

In the recent. Spanish-American War (says the "Regiment") a trooper in the famous Roosevelt roughriders, who had passed…

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Major Taylor Injured. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 5

AFTER winniug the first beat in the match with Lawson last night, Major Taylor, the American champion cyclist, was seriously injured by a collision in the second heat,…

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Major Taylor. Seriously Injured, SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 3

MAJOR TAYLOR, the champion cyclist, was seriously injured last night by a collision whilst racing at Melbourne in bis second race with Lawson. After he had won the…

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Fatal Accident. Wellington (N.z.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 5

During the jumping competition at the Masterton (N.Z.) show yesterday, one of the horses fell, breaking its neck and crushing its rider to death…

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Miscellaneous Articles. Hereditary Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 4

THE death of a man named Samuel Turner, at Port Morris, not lung since, may almost bo described as a case of hereditary fatality. While on his way to work he…

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Terrible Boating Accident. BRISBANE

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2

While sailing from Wynnum to Cleveland, the 14-foot Shamrock, capaized near Cleveland, about 11 o'clock on Saturday morning. The occupants…

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Sad Boating Fatality. Little Boy and Girl Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 February 1904 · page 3

A boating accident occurred in Moreton Bay, Brisbane, on Saturday morning, resulting in the drowning of Leila Drury, aged 9 years, daughter…

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Railway Accident. GOSFORD, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1904 · page 5

A COLLISION took place at Gosford to-day between a goods train and a stock train for Flemington while the former was shunting. No person was injured, but several waggons…

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Clergyman Drowned. AUCKLAND, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 5

The Rev. Mr. Ensor, who arrived in Auckland from Gisborne on Saturday to take temporary charge of the Theological College, was drowned while…

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Floods in South Australia. a Woman Swept Away and Drowned

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1904 · page 2

Adelaide, Tuesday.--To-night Petersburg, a township about 400 miles north of Adelaide, reports that the streets are flooded, owing to the…

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Railway Accident. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 March 1904 · page 5

AN accident occurred on the railway line near Woy Woy tunnel this morning. Two men named Michael Prendergast and Alfred Gardiner were riding on a tricycle in…

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Shocking Tram Fatality

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 5 March 1904 · page 4

A shocking tram fatality occurred in Oxford street, Sydney near the Cambridge Club Hotel. on Saturday afternoon,…

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Buggy Accident. Mr. and Mrs. Donaldson Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 March 1904 · page 4

Mr. Doualdson, M.L.A., and Mrs. Donaldson were thrown out of their buggy near Batlow owing to the horse bolting. Both were rendered…

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Railway Accident. a Girl's Foot Severed

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 16 March 1904 · page 5

In attempting to board a moving tram at Ashfield railway station, a domestic servant named Elsie Bucton fell between the platform and…

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Accidentally Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 4

Arthur Gillbody was drowned owing to the capsize of a flat-bottomed boat in the harbour to-day…

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Hereditary Fatality

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 19 March 1904 · page 4

The death of a man named Samuel Turner, at Port Morris, not long since, may almost be described as a case of…

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Shocking Fatality. MOLONG, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 5

A RAILWAY fettler named M'Lusky was run over by the mail-train about four miles from Molong this morning, and was shockingly mutilated. The head and one arm…

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