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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wrdckage

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 19th January:- The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Elevated Railways. a New York Accident. Burning Wreckage

The Inverell Times · Saturday 7 April 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London "Dally Mail" wrote on 19th January : -- The precipitancy of a workman in…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 April 1906 · page 4

An outburst of gas from the fire area in the Broken Hill Proprietary mine yesterday caused the death of two men named John Farquhar and…

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Accident to a Steamer. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 5

THE steamer Victoria arrived this morning a day late from Auckland. It appears a high-pressure cylinder was knocked clean out yesterday…

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Pea Rifle Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 April 1906 · page 8

A SERIOUS shooting accident is reported from Wee Waa. It appears that a lad named Fred. Lane had been out rabbit-shooting with a companion,…

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Accidentally Shot

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 April 1906 · page 4

A married man named Harry Starr was accidentally shot by his step—sou at Botany this morning. The injured man was taken to the hospital in a…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 20 April 1906 · page 4

MR. F. LI DEN BROWN, of the Roads Department, was the victim of a nasty accident on Saturday, which unfortunately resulted in a broken collar bone, Mr. Brown had driven to Lilburn a…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 April 1906 · page 4

Mr. R. C. Adams, who, with his brother, recently purchased the property of Mr. R. Osborne, had the misfortune to break an ankle on Wednesday, and was brought to…

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Racing Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 4

During a hurry-sourry raoe at Gayndah, Queensland, five horses fell. A jookey named Pihour was killed, and two others seriously…

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Terrible Fatality

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 4

A locomotive at Kalgoorlie ran off the line jamming a fireman named Thomas Newby between the engine and…

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Collision of Steamers

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 4

The steamer ' Aramac,' bound from Sydney. to Melbourne collided with the JPrench teque ' Nantes' in. Hobson's Bay this morning..Both [?]essels…

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Accidents

Bundarra and Tingha Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 5

A MAN named Frank McCall, aged 35, an electrician working at the Queen's Hall, Sydney, fell through the glass roof of the verandah on to…

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Marine Accident

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 28 April 1906 · page 3

The Marine Court gave its decision in the fatal Manly-Agnes collision, and found that the accident was the fault of the…

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Accidental Death. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 May 1906 · page 5

A CARPENTER named S. Helmstrom, a married man, residing at Waverley, who was working on the new wing of the Sydney Hospital, was kilted this morning by a…

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

The Rev. Henry James, M.A., farmerly Minister of St. Andrew's Church, Lan[?] was found drowed at Georgetown, Tasmania…

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Motor Car Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 4

At the Inquest on the body of Frank Connell, who was killed in a motor car accident near Wellings, South Australia, some peculiar facts…

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Terrible Accident. a Fall of Earth Inflicts Fatal Injuries. Mr. George A. Wilberforce Loses His Life

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 2

TINGHA was thrown into a profound state of gloom last Wednesday forenoon by a report that Mr. George A. Wilberforce, largely identified with…

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Brief Mention. Awful Accident

The Tingha Miner and North Western Advocate · Saturday 5 May 1906 · page 2

Vale, Wilberforce. A gloom over the town. Death terrible and sudden. An almost incredible swiftness…

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Mining Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

A SAD fatal accident occurred at one of the Cope's Creek tin dredges (near the junction of Sutherland's Water) at about noon on Wednesday, the victim being Mr. G. A. Wilberforce, on the…

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Serious Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 May 1906 · page 2

ON Friday a collision between the steamer Buninyong (Howard Smith Company) and the barque Criffel occurred near Garden Island, Sydney Harbor, shortly after 7 p.m…

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