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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Collision in Sydney Harbour. a Scene of Terror and Confusion

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 7

There occurred in Sydney Harbour on Friday evening the most alarming collision that has taken plnce for many years—a collision which fortunately,…

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Mining Accidents

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 9 May 1906 · page 2

The fatal accident which last week deprived a leading local mining man of his life calls attention to the dangers associated with the mining…

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A Child Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 5

NITA GARING, two years of age, was drowned in a creek near Albury on Monday. The child had been sent with her brother, aged six, across the creek to a neighbour's…

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Painful Accident

Guyra Argus · Friday 11 May 1906 · page 1

On Friday afternoon last Mr Said Whan met with a rather serious and painful accident. It appears he was feeding the chaff cutter at Mr. Robert…

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Accidents at Tingha. (By Wire). Tingha

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 4

Mr. James Browning, of Crystal Hill, some few miles from here, sustained serious injuries by being thrown out of his sulky on Thursday. As…

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Local Topics. Sulky Accident

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 12 May 1906 · page 2

When driving to town on Tuesday morning, Mr. B. Lovett's horse shied at a horse team near Darjeeling, with the result that one of the wheels of…

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Sulky Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 May 1906 · page 2

On Friday afternoon Mrs. G. Allen, of Avona," and a friend met with an unpleasant experience. The two ladies wore seated in a sulky drawn by a pony, and when near tho gate of the homestead…

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A Shocking Fatality. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

A MAN named Carl. Blinmon, engine driver at the freezing works at Narrabi, was found by his sister-in-law. yesterday mutilated in the engine-room. The head…

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Sad and Fatal Accident

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 2

A SAD and fatal aeeitlent occurred at Bolivia on Sunday afternoon, which resulted in the death of the infant son or Mr. and Mrs. F. Jackson. The…

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Severe Accident. [By Telegraph.] Uralla

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 May 1906 · page 5

A YOUNG woman named Mina Vickery, who is subject to fits, fell into a fire this morning at Uralla, and was terribly burned about the neck and body. The sufferer is now…

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Collision at Sea. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 1 June 1906 · page 5

Last night a collision occurred between the steamer Electra and the tog Energy about 35 miles off Sydney beads. The impact was terrible and the tug sank in a few…

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Disastrons Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 2 June 1906 · page 4

It is feared that the British battleship Montague has become a total less. The officers and crew were safely landed. The vessel's bottom was…

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Royal Marriage. King Alfonso and Princess Ena. Anarchist Outrage. 15 KILLED; 100 INJURED, London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 7

King Alfonso of Spain was married yesterday in the Church of San Geronimo to Princess Ena of Battenberg, the day being the anniversary of the…

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News of the Day An Accident

The Inverell Times · Wednesday 6 June 1906 · page 2

On Monday night last First-class Constable Sproule, of Ashford, met with a severe accident through being thrown from his horse. He was found on the road by Mr…

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The King-street Collision. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

THE report of the enquiry into the Kingstreet tram collision states that the accident was due to the failure of the brake…

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Fatal Accident. SYDNEY, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 8 June 1906 · page 5

RICHARD CHAPELOW, a fettler, was knocked down by a train at Eveleigh, yesterday, and killed…

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Local Topics. Injured Hand

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 9 June 1906 · page 2

On Tuesday, Mr. M. Sweeney, employed at the Apsley Hotel, received a cut on his right hand with a broken lamp globe, with the result that three…

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Spearmint Injured. LONDON, Wednesday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 15 June 1906 · page 5

THE great English wit. Spearmint, by Carbine, winner of the English Derby and the Grand Prix de Paris, has met with an injury to one of his eyes while travelling in…

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Accident

The Uralla News · Saturday 16 June 1906 · page 2

We regret to hear that the squire of Rimbanda met with an accident during the week. From information that has reached us it appears he was…

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Collision in Watson's Bay

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 4

The steamer 'Guthrie,' inward bound from Singapore, collided with the tugboat 'Warrung' in Watson's Bay this afternoon…

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