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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Boating Fatality. BRISBANE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

THROUGH the capsize of a boat in Moreton Bay, on Sunday, two youths named Ringo and Gaylor were drowned…

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A Peculiar Equine Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

WITH reference to a borse found dead in a paddock at Erskineville, on Saturday morning, with his throat cut, the police discovered a clue to the…

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Terrible Railway Accident. LONDON

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

A TERRIBLE railway accident consequeut on the unprecedented snowstorms happened to a Scottish train from Arbroath, which was waiting at…

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Fatal Accident. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 5

MR. Charles Taylor and his wife, while travelling on a railway bicycle pear Seymour (Vic.), ware ran over by a passing train. Mr. Taylor was…

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Railway Collision in Scotland. 19 KILLED, 37 INJURED. London

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 6

A shocking railway accident has occurred in Scotland. A train of the Caledonian Co., going from Arbroath, Forfarshire, to…

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Railway Fatality. Man and Woman Run Over

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 3

Charles Taylor, employed as a repairer on the railway, and his wife were ran over by a goods train from Melbourne on Saturday night, near…

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Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

THE dead body of a man, having letter in his possession addressed to J. Downey, Nine Mile New England was found by the police at Manly on Tuesday…

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Lightning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

A boundary rider, near Albury, was killed by lightning, no having taken refuge during a storm beneath a tree…

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Railway Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

Two passenger trains on tbe Chicago Pacific railway collided, 35 passengers being killed and 21 injured. A number of Mexicans ware…

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The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats

The Uralla News · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

From Now York, on 30th October, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:— Further information fails to lessen…

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Serious Motor Accident

The Walcha News and Southern New England Advocate · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

A motor 'bus belonging to Sheehan Bros, was going down Black's Spur, Victoria, on Sunday, last week, when the brake…

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Drowning Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

John ferry, bricklayer, was drowned at botany yesterday during the gale, being washed out of his boat. Another man was washed out of the same boat, bus clung to a…

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Drowning Fatality. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

DURING the gale John Ferry, a bricklayer, was drowned at Botany, being washed out of his boat. W. Bluzzard was likewise washed out of the same…

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Another Drowning

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

While bathing in middle harbor on Saturday a young man named Clifford went under and was drowned…

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Drowned while Bathing. SYDNEY

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

WHILE bathing at Middle Harbour, yesterday, a young man named A, Clifford was drowned…

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A Little Boy Drowned. A Sad Story

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 4

David Lynch, a seven-year old boy, it his hom in Cardigan-street, Melbourne, on Monday morning. As he not return home, his mother, who…

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Accident to Tenterfield Mail Coach

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 3

THE Casino Express says:—Travellers by the mail coach from Tenterfield to Casino had a very rough experience on Tuesday night. The huge four-wheeled vehicle to…

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Railway Accidents. MELBOURNE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 5

J. J. COURTNEY, a retired schoolmaster, was killed by a Melbourne train at Ormond station to-day. The mutilated, remains of a wood merchant…

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 4

William Watts was drowned near Havelock, New Zealand, while endeavouring to rescue his son, who was also drowned…

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A Remarkable Accident

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 3

Some years ago (writes a family doctor), I was one morning summoned to the offices of a well-known city merchant. He had been quietly…

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