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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

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Tram Collision. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 5

A DULWICH Hill tram got out of control last night owing, it is alleged, to the breaks refusing to act. Running down Brickfield Hill the tram…

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Tram Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 8 December 1905 · page 4

The Dulwich Hill tram got out of control last night owing to the brake refusing to act, and running down Brickfield Hill crashed into a P[?]rmont car. Several persons on the…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

A SAD drowning fatality occurred at Swamp Oak on Sunday afternoon, about 4 o'clock, when a young man named John William Merchant, youngest son of Mr…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Through Greville's Telegram Coynvam. Sydney, Monday, 12.57 A.M. Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 2

A HOT "westerly" raged yesterday with considerable force, blowing 50 miles an hour. There were several capsizes in the harbor. In one case a fatality occurred, a Mr…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Harbour Fatality. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 12 December 1905 · page 5

DURING Sunday a Lot westerly wind blew with considerable velocity in Sydney, tnveiling at the rate of no miles an hour. Several boats in the harbour capsized, and…

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Sulky Accident

Guyra Argus · Friday 15 December 1905 · page 6

A sulky accident, which might have easily terminated with fatal results, befel Mrs. and Miss Doran, on Saturday afternoon. When driving home…

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Cablegrams. Accident to the King. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 December 1905 · page 5

KING EDWARD, who is at present the guest of the Duke of Portland at Welbeek Abbey, was struck on the head by a falling pheasant, which had been shot by Earl DeGrey…

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Railway Fatality. TAMWORTH, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 5

MR. W. SCULLY, guard of the Manilla train, was cut to pieces this morning by the mail train from Sydney. He apparently stepped accidentally in front of the train…

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Railway Collision. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 5

A COLLISION between two trains in a tunnel at New York caused a great panic, owing to the darkness and the blinding steam. One person was killed and forty injured…

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Fatal Accident. PARKIS

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 4

Two brothers named Kerin, aged respectively 14 and 12 years, were sitting under some empty goods trucks at the Parkes railway station this morning in the goods…

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Shocking Accident. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 22 December 1905 · page 5

A SHOCKING machinery accident took place at the Acme Nail Factory, Pyrmont, this morning, a boy named Robert Fuller having his left arm torn off below the elbow…

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Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 5

Mr. Mann, his wife and daughter were all drowned yesterday by the capsize of a boat in the River Murray near Rutherglen (Vic). Another lady in the boat at the time…

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Boating Fatality. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 5

A MR. MANN and his wife and daughter were all drowned yesterday by the capsizing of a boat in the river Murray, near Rutherglen (Vic.) Another…

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Shocking Fatality At Sorrento Beach

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. — A shocking fatality has occurred on the back beech at Sorrento, whereby Richard O'Donnell, 52; Albert O'Donnell, 23;…

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Young Lady Seriously Injured

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 29 December 1905 · page 5

A SHOCKING burning accident occurred on the top of Bulli Pass on Tuesday. A young lady named Miss Violet English, of Pitt street, Water…

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Tragic Occurrence. Fishing Party Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 2

A tragio accident happened four miles southeast of the Sorrento back beach, Melbourne on Monday afternoon, involving the drowning of nearly…

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Local Topics. Buggy Accident

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1905 · page 2

Mrs. A. W. Ellis, accompanied by her two children and Miss Ryan, were driving to Armidale on Christmas Day, when an accident occurred whilst…

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