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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 5

William Pickering, a railway guard, was run down and killed by a pilot engine at Euchaca, yesterday, the body being frightfully matilated…

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Another Railway Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 5

Twnety-eight pilgrims have been killed by a railway collision in Mexico…

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Cablegrams. London, Monday. Collision at Sea

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 5

Details of the collision between the cruiser Gladiator and St. Paul show that the vessels sighted one another at a distance of 200 yards, and…

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When Accidents Happen

Guyra Argus · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 6

Accidents will happen, and when they do, it is well for the victims if the force of the blow is broken by a policy of insurance in such a liberal…

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Drowning Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4

One hundred and twenty Russian pessants have been drowned by the capsizing of a ferry boat at Dneiper…

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Motor-Car Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4

Dr. Horne, a well known Victorian medico, was fatally injured in a motor car accident yesterday…

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The Murrurundi Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4

Although the report on the Mur[?] railway accident has been completed, it is not to be made public for a day or two. It must first…

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Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 6 May 1908 · page 4

A big boiler, weighing several tons, while being unloaded from the steamer Runic at Darling Harbour to-day, fell with a terrific crash on to the…

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Coach Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

The Wollongong- Woonana mail coach, with 15 passengers on board, collided with a train of empty tracks on the South Bulli tram line,…

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The Murrarandi Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 9 May 1908 · page 4

It is understood that persons injured in the Murrurundi Railway smash have sent in claims to the Government totalling approximately £12,500…

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A Tragic Accident

Guyra Argus · Thursday 14 May 1908 · page 5

After facing death scores of times and thrilling vast audiences twice daily by looping the loop in a motor-car, Mrs Mitzel Morok, a pretty woman of 19…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 15 May 1908 · page 4

MISS LORNA ROBERTS, met with so accident at Morpeth the other day. She was driving in a sulky, when the horse allied at a motor car and the young lady was thrown…

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Motor Accident. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 5

THE driver of the motor car which knocked down and killed H. Weller in Oxford-street, on Saturday, was brought before the court to-day, and…

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Fatal Accident at Yallaroi

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 19 May 1908 · page 2

A lad named Edward Davidson, 14 years of age, died at Yallaroi on Sunday last from the effects of a blow on the head from a windlass. From…

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Fireman Seriously Injured

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 5

During a fire at a weather-board cottage at Balmain last night, a fireman namrd Gaffney was seriously injured by the fall, of a wall…

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Accident in a Train

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 20 May 1908 · page 5

While leaning his arm out of a train window last night, Constable Twiss sustained a terrible fracture, through being struck by a passing…

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Motor Car Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 7

A FATAL motor accident, in which Mr. A. Z. Clark, a well-known mining engineer, was killed, occurred on the Mount Alexander-road, at Digger's…

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Dreadful Railway Accident. LONDON, May 22

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 8

GHASTLY mutilations and crashing of the victims occurred at Antwerp. Several of the passengers were decapitated. A severed hand was found with clenched fingers, in…

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Airship Accident. London, Sunday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 5

AN airship fell 300 feet, at Borkeley, California, and 16 of the occupants were seriously injured. The victims were local residente who contemplated investing in…

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The Yallaroi Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 26 May 1908 · page 2

An inquiry was held by the Coroner, Mr. Pe[?]e, concerning the death of the boy, Teddy Davidson, whose death at Yallaroi was reported in last week's issue. The…

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