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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 5

A MAN named Hislop fell over the cliffs yesterday at Clifton and was fatally injured. He fell 150 feet and was discovered…

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Shocking Burning Fatality. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 5

A YOUNG woman named Amy White was burnt to death at the residence of her mother at Surrey Hills this morning. She was coming downstairs with…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Sydney, Monday, 12.57 A.M. Father and Son Drowned

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 4

John Pohl and his son were drowned at Taree on Saturday afternoon. The father tried to rescue the son, who had fallen from a boat…

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Serious Accidents

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

QUITE a chapter of accidents have taken place since last issue, and although all three were of a serious nature, they fortunately have so far been unattended…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 March 1908 · page 2

MISS PERKINS, of Tatiara, has been the victim of a painful accident, and one which might have resulted in more serious injuries than those unfortunately sustained…

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Little Accidents. What to Do in Emergencies. Serious Sprains

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 6

One of the commonest accidents is a sprain. Almost any man or woman who goes in for violent exercise may sprain a wrist or an ankle…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

Two brothers named Cooper, aged two and three years, were drowned in the Swan River, near Fre[?]antle, yesterday…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 4

Trucks of a special stock train became uncoupled four miles from Jounes to day. The driver pulled up the train promptly, but the uncoupled…

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Channel Collision

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 2

Later details, of the di[?]trous collis[?] in the English Channel on Thursday night between the boat destroyer Tiger and the armored cruiser Berwick show that the…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Adelaide

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 April 1908 · page 5

DR. Rudolph von Romer, who was returning home after visiting a patient, in Adelaide, in a motor car, expressed a desire for more pace to be put on…

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Naval Collision Many Drowned or Crushed to Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 8 April 1908 · page 7

While the battleship Price George, the cruisers Argonaut, Berwick, Essex, Forte, and Gladiator, and the torpedo flotilla were manoeuvring at night in…

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Tin Dredge Accident. Sluice Box Collapses. Boy Killed and Man Seriously Injured

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

The sluice-box at live Wyhe Creek dredge collapsed on Tuesday, failing on the barge and machinery, and crushing everything beneath it. The men, hearing the crash…

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Nasty Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 4

ON Monday evening, as Mr. T. Cooper was riding home towards Red Range, one of the reins of the bridle broke, and, the animal bolting, ran into a tree, and the…

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Shocking Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 4

A SHOCKING fatality occurred on the railway line about a mile on the Armidale side of Dumaresq on Sunday evening, as a result of which an…

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Shocking Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 2

A shocking catastrophe occurred at the Central Railway Station on Saturday night, when a woman named Connie Riley, aged 40 o[?] 50, attempted to board the train…

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Terrible Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 April 1908 · page 5

ON Saturday last, about 1 o'clock, a terrible accident occurred at Winsor's sawmill in Henry-street, Quirindi, says the "Gazette." Work was over…

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Mining Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 4

A miner amed Burns was killed at Lake George Copper Mine, Captain's Flat, by falling town a shaft…

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Railway Fatality. Inquiry at the Railway Station

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 15 April 1908 · page 4

At the local railway station on Monday afternoon, the Deputy-Coroner (Mr. C. A. Jackes, J.P.) held an inquiry on the body of an unknown…

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Shocking Railway Fatality Man Cut to Pieces. Sunday Night Near Armidale

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

A SHOCKING fatality occurred on the railway line about a mile on the Amidale side of Dumareso on Sunday evening as a result of which an unfortunate…

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[?] Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 5

WHILE Mrs. Dodd and Mr. Loader-Hill were driving round the town on Tuesday, making preliminary arrangements in connection with the visit of the Inverell Choral…

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