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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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The Manly Collision. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 5

CAPTAIN WARD, of the steamer Manly, who stands charged with alleged man slaughter in connection with the death of two persons daring the late harbour…

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Two Girls Drowned. (From the Roma STAR.)

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 6

THE Roma district has been remarkably free from contributing to the long list of casualties which for several mouths past have been an almost daily…

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Tram Collision. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 5

Two trams collided in Pitt-street, near the railway station, this coorning. Four persons were injered, one rather seriously…

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[?] Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 February 1906 · page 7

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Terrible Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 4

Keith Robinson, aged 17, met with a frightful accident near Tags yesterday. He was riding a horse, when it collided with a buggy-shaft, which…

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Local and General Accident

Guyra Argus · Friday 9 March 1906 · page 6

Whilst adsing a plane, on Wednesday, a son of Mr Alex Kirk met with a very painful accident. The adze slipped and inflicted a nasty cut on…

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A Racehorse injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 14 March 1906 · page 4

A fire broke out in a loose-box at James Monagan's residence Randwick, to-day, and the racehorse Hadnan was badly injured…

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Washed Away. — Remarkable Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 16 March 1906 · page 8

AT Auburn (Vic.) on Sunday, Albert Carroll, aged 15 years, was playing With two little boys in a storm-water channel about 2ft. wide by 6ft. deep…

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Sad Mining Fatality. a Boy Falls Fom a Rope, and Is Killed

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 1

QUITE a shock was given to the people of Tingha on Friday evening last when a report reached town that a lad named Edward Henry Smith, aged 15, had received fatal…

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Fatal Accident

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 6
Also in The Inverell Times

A correspondent writes Quite a gloom was cast over the little town of Bundarra when it became known that Phillip, second son of Mr. John…

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Colorado Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 3

Details have been received of this terrible railway collision at Pueblo; Colorado, by which 40 persona were killed, 15 incinerated, and many others injured, The accident…

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Accident in a Shaft

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 23 March 1906 · page 4

I AM grieved to loam that Mr. Alf. Lennon, of Rose Valley, has met with a nasty accident whilst working at his property, resulting in an injury to his head…

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Railway Collision

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 5

DETAILS have been received of the terrible railway collision at Pueblo, Colorado, by which 40 persons were killed, 15 incinerated, and many…

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Fatal Railway Collision

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 24 March 1906 · page 4

A west-bound Californian express train collided with a train at Pueblo, Colorado, with disastrous results. Following…

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Drowning Fatality. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 5

A TELEGRAM from Maclean states that Miss Victoria Hand See, eldest daughter of Mr. Samuel See, while crossing a water course, on a log coming from school last evening…

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Tornado in Sydney. 1000 Buildings Wrecked or Damaged. One Man Killed. Several Persons Injured

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 30 March 1906 · page 4

A TORNADO of short duration, but of exceptional violence, was experienced on the North Shore of Sydney Harbour on Tuesday afternoon. The area covered by the…

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Fearful Accident

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 31 March 1906 · page 4

A shocking fatality occurred at the Proprietary Mine, Broken Hill, on Saturday last. A mill hand named Keith…

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Shocking Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 3 April 1906 · page 2

EARLY on Sunday morning Ah Boy, a Chinese resident of Emmaville, fell into a fire at the roar of his residence whilst in a fit. When he regained conscious[?]ess he dragged himself from the burning…

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The Harbor Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 4 April 1906 · page 4

Captain Ward, charged with alleged manslaughter in connection with the recent fatal harbor collision, was acquitted…

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