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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Found Drowned. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

THE body of a man was found in the harbour yesterday, but the remains have not yet been identified…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

Profound regret was expressed in town yesterday when it was reported that Mrs. F. C. Deakins (wife of Mr. F. C. Deakins, dentist, of Heber Street),…

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Another Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

A COAL [?]mper named John Anderson, residing at North Sydney, met with a painful accident to-day, and had a narrow escape from being drowned…

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Painful Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

WHILE visiting Como yesterday, a lady named Mrs. M. A. Saunders met with a painful accident. While climbing over some rocks the lady slipped sad fell, breaking…

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Railway Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

EARLY yesterday morning the police found a man lying on the railway line near Croydon station, covered with blood and in a dazed condition…

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Sensational Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 5

A SENSATIONAL street smash occurred this morning, when a lorry collided with the verandah of the Royal Hotel, at the corner of Bathurst and Castlecagh streets. A…

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America's Accidents. a Preacher's Statement

Guyra Argus · Thursday 18 April 1907 · page 8

A correspondent of the Washington "Evening Star" wrote from New York on 5th January:— Fifty-seven thousand five hundred…

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The Collision

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 7

It is believed that the vessel which collided with the schooner Whangaroa was the Italian barque, St. Joseph, bound from Rio Janiero to Newcastle…

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Collision at Sea

The Inverell Times · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

The schooner Whangaroa, from New Zealand, collided with an unknown sailing vessel 20 miles off the Sydney Heads yesterday rooming but escaped…

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Serious Gun Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 2

With regard to the accident to Mr. Scott (a visitor), at the Great Central on Monday evening, it appears he was in the act of drawing the charge from a gen, when the weapon exp[?]ded, dreadfully…

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Sad Accident. ADELAIDE

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

HAROLD ASHENDEN, aged 18, who was engaged at a private hospital in the city, had a holiday on Monday. He went to Oldgate to visit his parents, and while there…

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Motor Car Accident. PARKES

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 5

MR. STRAHORN'S motor car capsized while travelling at the rate of 25 miles an hour between Parkes and Peak Hill. Mr. Fitz Alien, one of the four occupants, was…

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Motor-Car Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 20 April 1907 · page 5

A motor-car containing Dr. Kane and his wife collided with the handrails of a culvert near Berry. Mrs. Kane was thrown into the creek and…

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Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 3

The ship ardencraig from London came in collision with the barque Norma at the Sempahore, South Australia, on Sunday morning. The Norma was lying at anchor…

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Manconvring Accident. London, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 5

While manor[?]ring during a night attack in the barbonr at Malta, the destroyer "Ariel." came to grief end was soon a total wreck A coxswain was drowned…

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The Latest Railway Accident. SYDNEY, Monday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 5

A young married man named W. E. Weston, a clerk, residing at Campsie, attempted to board a moving train at Marrickville this morning, and fell between the carriage and…

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Peculiar Stepping Accidents. Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 5

Tub slip "Ardencraig," from London came into collision with the barque "Norms" st Semaphore, South Austrains, on Sunday, morning, The "Norma,"…

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Railway Accident. AUCKLAND

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 April 1907 · page 5

MR. E. M. Smith, a member of the New Zealand Parliament, baa been killed through falling off a tram near Wellington…

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Football Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 24 April 1907 · page 4

A young man named Norman Gilchrist died at Melbourne yesterday as a result of injuries received while playing football…

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Aeroplane Accident. a French Sensation

The Uralla News · Saturday 27 April 1907 · page 5

A slight accident occurred at Vincennes on 28th February during the trial of M. Leon Delagrange's aeroplane—the largest machine yet built on the box-kite…

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