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Accidents, 1904

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Nursery Notes. Nursery Accidents and How to Prevent Them

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 23 April 1904 · page 4

Says a London paper:—A very sad sight was to be seen the other day for the children's ward of a London hospital a baby of a year and…

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Dreadful Fatality. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 5

FORTY-THREE native labourers were killed yesterday in a Johannesburg mine through the breaking of a cage rope. They fell 2000 feet…

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Boating Fatality. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 5

THREE fishermen, named Carey, King, and Griffiths, left Manly to-day with the object of making for Bondi, but a heavy sea capsized the boat.1 Carey and King were both…

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Nasty Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 April 1904 · page 4

ON Monday last at Tent Hill a man named Patrick Collins, was dealing with a young horse, the animal broke away, galloped through the rails, and as he did so the rope attached to him became…

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Short Story a Collision and What Came of It

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 3

The collision was undoubtedly the bicyclist's fault When a rider, comes tearing round a sharp corner on the wrong side of the road without even…

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Strange Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 30 April 1904 · page 5

Constable Thomas slipped from a box on Thursday, and putting out his arm to save himself, caught it on the prong of a pitchfork, which went right…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 4

Thomas Miller, aged 16, was caught in a revolving shaft of the machinery at the Tasmania Gold Mine yesterday, and was terribly mutilated. His…

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Accidental Fossession Charge Against an Officer

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 4 May 1904 · page 4

At the Mansion House on February 8, Frederick Helbert, 42, a retired army officer, giving an address in Cork street, Burlington-gardens was charged with…

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Fatality at Sea. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 6 May 1904 · page 5

THE barque Hawaiin Isles, which arrived at Melbourne, yesterday, from New York, lost three men during the voyage. One of them was washed…

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Nursery Notes. Nursery Accidents and How to Prevent Them

The Inverell Argus · Saturday 7 May 1904 · page 6

Says a London paper:— A very sad sight was to be seen the other day in the children's ward of a London hospital—a baby of a year and…

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Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 May 1904 · page 2

A man was drowned on Saturday evening while fishing off Macquarie Point. He has been identified as Leonard Richard Pitt,a tent-maker,,married, residing at Marrickville…

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Diving Accident. Miss Kellerman Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 May 1904 · page 3

An unfortunate accident happened on Saturday night at the Bijou Theatre, Melbourne, during a high-diving turn by Miss Annette Kellermann, the…

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Railway Accident. Narrow Escape. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 13 May 1904 · page 2

The Northern mail train, from Sydney to Bristano, ran into a bullock near West Maitland last night, killing the animal, One carriage became derailed, And…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

A miner named George Palchett was sinking a shaft in old ground at Emmaville, when the sides collapsed and smothered him…

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Accident to the Brisbane Mail

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 14 May 1904 · page 5

An accident of a sensational character happened to the mail train which left West Maitland for Brisbane at 9.23 p.m. on…

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Sensational Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 May 1904 · page 2

ON Wednesday night an accident of a sensational character happened to the mail train which leaves West Maitland for Brisbane at 9.23 which might have had a very serious result. After…

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Biding Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 4

Two girls named Dennis were riding one horse at Toonoorooma on Sunday, when the animal dashed against a tree. One girl was killed and the other fear…

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Fatal Burbing Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon a burning accident, which terminated fatally, befel Myrtle Moore, second youngest child of Mr and Mrs W. H. Moore…

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A Terrible Riding Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 5

Lilian Church aged 16, fell from a horse at Wagga yesterday. Her foot was caught in the stirrup, and she was dragged a long distance…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 May 1904 · page 2

A SHOCKING accident happened on Wednesday, at Guyra, to a little girl named Myrtle Moore, aged five years, daughter of Mr. and Mrs Wm. Moore. The child's clothes caught fire, and…

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