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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Accidental Death

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

Leslie Honeyman, aged 20 was accidentally killed by a piece of [?]ing rock at Emn Gravel Works, Propect…

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Railway Accident.—Major Braund Interviewed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 4

A LARGE number of passengers who were in the smash, arrived in Sydney about 1.30 on Friday afternoon. None of them, however, bore signs of serious injury, inasmuch as…

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Appalling Railway Fatality. Forty People Killed. Sixty Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

A terrible railway collision has occurred at Braybrook Junction (Vic.), near Melbourne. The Bendigo express crashed into…

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Fatality at Tamworth

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

William Welbourne, of Tamworth, died to-day from the effects of injuries caused through the point of an umbrella being thrust into his eye. A…

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New Zealand Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

While a number of Volunteers were retaining from the Dunedin Forts in a la[?], they were run down by a Government steamer, a corporal, a…

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The Armidale Railway Fatality

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 6

The adjourned inquiry into the recent railway accident in which a man was cut to pieces near Dumaresq, took place at Armidale last Thursday…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

On Monday last the most disastrous railway accident recorded in Australasia, occurred at Braybrook Junction about seven miles from Melbourne…

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Appalling Railway Collision. Forty-three Deaths: 189 INJURED

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 4

PASSENGERS ROASTED IN THE BURRING WRECKAGE. ON Tuesday morning we ware [?]fied by special wire from our Sydney representative that 42 people were killed in a railway collision at Braybrook…

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How the Collision Occurred

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

The collision occurred a little before 11 o'clock. The Ballarat train was running a little late, and was just coming out of the station, when the…

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Collision with a Tram. Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

A SENSATIONAL runaway took place at Redfern this afternoon, when a brick cart collided with a tram. Three persons were injured, but not seriously…

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Railway Disasters. Big Smash at Murrurundi. Many Persons Injured. Sydney, April 17

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

The mail train which left Sydney for Glen Innes at 7.34 last night came into collision, at half-past 2 o'clock this morning at Murrurundi, with the second…

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Another Disaster in Victoria. Great Loss of Life. Large Number Injured. Melbourne

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

A DREADFUL accident occurred at ten minutes to ll o'clock last night at Braybrook Junction, seven miles from Melbourne, where the Ballarat and Bendigo…

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Brief Mention. Disastrous Railway Accidents

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Over 40 persons killed in Victoria. Yesterday was quite a field day at the Land Court. "The Little Bread Winner" next…

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Nasty Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

ON Saturday Mr. Steve Perkins was the victim of a painful accident. He was riding the coaching stallion Radium home from exorcise, and in passing under the…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

A SHOCKING railway accident occurred on the Essendon (Vic.) railway line on Friday evening, when a woman was literally cut to pieces by a train at a…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

Inspector Dews and his sun Leslie were knocked down by a train near Penrith, while walking along the line, both being badly injured…

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Found Drowned. Sydney, Monday

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5

THE body of Mr. T. C. Boyd, manager of the Sydney Branch of the Pastoral Finance Association, was found drowned, yesterday, off Karribilli Point. The deceased had only…

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Awful Railway Collision. 53 Persons Killed. Sydney, Tuesday, 8.30. a.m

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

One of the most appalling ca[?]astr[?]phes in the annuals of Australian railways, involving fearful loss of and injury to human life, occurred last…

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Victorian Railway Accident. Tragic and Pathetic Incidents

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

LITTERED about the bars floor of a room at the Spencer-street (Melbourne) station, and suspended from long rows of hooks upon the cheerless walls is the [?]uddy, blood-stained, torn, and crumpled…

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Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 5

Walter Alfred Smith, Metropolitan Engineer in connection with the Public Works Department, while inspecting the valve hopee at P[?]rmont-Bridge…

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