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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Local and General. Railway Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 12 March 1908 · page 4

Yesterday the mail train from Sydney was seven hours late in reaching Guyra. The cause of the delay was the derailment of a refrigerating…

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A Railway Smash. the North-western Mail. 11 Persons Injured

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 2

The mail train which left Moree at a quarter past 2 on Tuesday afternoon for Sydney was partially derailed between Blandford and Wingen, on the Northern…

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Recent Railway Accident. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 5

MISS CRIMES, one of the victim of the railway smash at Blandford on Tuesday night is still in a precarious condition. The other injured passengers ore recovering…

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Motoring Accident. London, Wednesday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 5

THREE persons were killed and ten injured by a motor car leaving the track daring a motor race at Cairo, held in honor of the Duke of Connaught…

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The Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 13 March 1908 · page 8

CONSIDERABLE excitement was created in Armidale on Wednesday morning when an Express wire came through just after breakfast announcing that a serious accident…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 2

Passengers by the North-western mail train, making its way through the night towards Sydney were, just before 12 o'clock on Tuesday night,…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

A man named Thomas Wilson was killed at the South Mine, Broken Hill, by a fall of earth. When the body was recovered, it wan absolutely…

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The Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 14 March 1908 · page 4

The Committee of Inquiry report that the accident to the North-Western mail was due to the refrigerator car being attached to the engine…

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Recent Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 8

DETAILS of the railway accident at Blandford, the other night, show that altogether the occurrence was one of the roost dramatic and sensational that could take place in the…

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Railway Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 17 March 1908 · page 2

The mail train which left Moree at a quarter past 3 on Tuesday afternoon for Sydney, was partially derailed between Blandford and Wingen, on the…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 18 March 1908 · page 4

An engine, tender, and five carriages of a train near Wimbledon left the line and rolled down an embankment. Although a large number of…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 20 March 1908 · page 8

A very sad drowning fatality happened yesterday (Monday) evening, when Richard Ponsonby, 21, plasterer, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. John…

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Shooting Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

A laborer named Frank Cakill was shot in the throat at a shooting [?] lary in Liverpool street, last night, through the accidental[?]arge of a…

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Mining Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 21 March 1908 · page 4

Two miners, named M'Villey and Evans, were seriously injured at a mine at Z[?]han, Tasmania, last night, through a p[?]ature arplo[?]on…

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Train Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 March 1908 · page 2

As the ordinary passenger train from Glen Innes was approaching Tamworth on Thursday night (says the "News") a horse box became derailed, and the train was…

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Colliery Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 4

A number of trucks rolled down an incline at the Sandfly Colliery, Tasmania. One man was killed instantly and another injured, it is believed…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 5

Two miners were killed by a fall of earth while working in a shalft at Norseman, West Australia, yesterday…

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A Painful Accident. Injuries Caused by Circular saw Quickly Healed by Zam-Buk Balm

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 25 March 1908 · page 7

No natter the cause or extent of your injuty—whether it be the cut of a clean-knife or the jag of a rusty nail —Zam-Buk is equally capable of clean…

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Terrible Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

A stone wall collapses in Pittstreet this afternoon, when Frank Trevellian was completely buried, and when extricated, half an hour…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 28 March 1908 · page 4

A ballast train ran into a bullock near Blackall, Queensland. Several [?]rucks were derailed. Patrick Calaghan was killed, and the guard and…

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