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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Two Drowning Fatalities. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 5

Two cases of drowning occurred on Sunday. Ernest Wilson, 21, residing at Camperdown, was drowned while bathing in George's River. The other unfortunate mishap took…

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Manly Boat Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 2

A sensational occurrence happened in the harbor on Saturday night, when the Manly boat s.s Brighton broke down in the open seaway, between Middle and North Heads…

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Accident to a Manly Steamer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 February 1908 · page 5

Something in the nature -of a sensation occurred on Saturday at midnight In the harbour, just abreast of the Heads. The Brighton, timed to leave Manly at 9.15,…

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Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 4

John Conlon, a resident of Oil Flats, who went to Bowenfels last Saturday week for the purpose of voting at the Shire election has been…

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Battleship Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 February 1908 · page 4

Owing to the bursting of a stear-. pipe on a French battleship, three persons were killed and ten injured…

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Accidents

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 February 1908 · page 4

SYBIL, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Veness, of Hunter-street, Glen Innes, was severely scalded by boiling fat on Wednesday. The little one bad left her hat…

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Buggy Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

Mrs. John Walker was thrown out of a buggy at Windsor, and fatally injured…

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Found Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

At Kew (West Australia), Mrs. Howard and her baby were fonnd drowned in a tank containing 2ft. of water…

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Accident at Hillgrove. By Wire.—Friday

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 15 February 1908 · page 4

A serious Accident happened at the Baker's Creek mine, Hillgrove, theis morning, when two men named Michael Greer and James Roache…

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Fatality Foretold In Dream

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 February 1908 · page 2

A PERTE (W.A.) correspondent is responsible for the following:—Two min[?] named Robert [?] and Enest South were killed on Wednesday in Barb[?] Birthday wins, in which mine…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 February 1908 · page 4

At the Brtken Will Proprietary, Mine last night, a miner named John Meroney was killed by a fall of roak weighing 25 tons. His mates…

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In Collision. French Submarines. Men at Heir Posts

Guyra Argus · Thursday 20 February 1908 · page 8

Some interesting particulars are published in Paris of the collision under water of two French submarines of the Mediterranean flotilla, the Souffleur and…

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Accidentally Shot

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 6 March 1908 · page 4

AT Murrurundi on Tuesday afternoon Mr. W. J. Duffy, a retired stationmaster, was accidentally shot dead while getting through a wire lance, the trigger catching the wire, and causing the gun to…

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Mining Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 7 March 1908 · page 4

Twenty-one miners were impri[?]d by the timber in a Birmingham colliery catching fire, but it is [?]ticipated all will be [?]…

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Double Drowning

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

Richard Taafe, miner, and William Burkett, engineer, of Sydney, were drowned in Lake Macquarie on Sunday while returning from a fishing excursion. The launch…

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Fishing Fatality. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

RICHARD TAFFE. a miner, and William Burkett, an engineer, from Sydney, were both drowned in Lake Maquarie on Sunday. When returning from a halting excursion…

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Nasty Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon, as she was returning from school, mounted on her pony, little Poarlie M'Coy made efforts to secure a horse which had broken away from its…

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Cycling Accident. Melbourne

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

WILLIAM Rowe, a cyclist, ran into the shaft of a vehicle near Melbourne. The wood of the shaft had to lie sawn off close to the unfortunate roan's body in order to…

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Telegraphic. [Through Our Metropolitan Agents.] Serious Surf-bathing Accidents. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 10 March 1908 · page 4

THE Coogee Surf Life-saving brigade rescued about fourteen different persons, on Sunday, who had got into difficulties in the surf…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 11 March 1908 · page 4

A railway porter named Nash was killed at Young to day, being crushed between the buffers and some waggons…

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