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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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The Latest. Fatal Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday Night. — Robert Andrews, a painter, fell from the roof of a house at Rushcutter's Bay, this afternoon, and fractured his skull…

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Railway Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 July 1908 · page 6

SYDNEY, Monday Night.—The body of the woman found on the railway line, near Newtown station, has been identified as that of Mrs. Emily…

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Another Shooting Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1908 · page 5

HOBART, Thursday.—Edward Clayton, a Launceston publican, accidentally shot himself while out shooting rabbits yesterday…

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Fatal Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1908 · page 2

On Friday evening Sergeant Byrne received word from Gravesend that Mr. Arthur Andrews had been killed while loading logs on a waggon…

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Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

As the result of an accident Rev. John Young Choy is at present an inmate of the local hospital. undergoing treatment for a fractured…

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Railway Accident at Inverell

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 24 July 1908 · page 4

An accident occurred on Saturday night to a mixed train, which caused a delay of four hours. A truck containing several rams purchased on…

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A Lismore Fatality. Coroner's Verdict of Manslaughter

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 25 July 1908 · page 8

The inquest concerning the death of Frederick Wilcox was opened at Lismore on Monday morning, Patrick Flaherty was present in court…

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Murrurundi Collision. Dwyer and Gibson Acquitted

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 31 July 1908 · page 7

The trial was commenced at Murrurundi Quarter Sessions on Tuesday of J. B. Dwyer and W. Gibson, who were charged with negligent omission…

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A Shocking Fatality. Murrurundi

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

JACK HEFFERMAN, a middie-aged man, and an old resident of the district, was cut to pieces in the railway yards shortly before 10 o'clock to-night. He leaves a wife and a…

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Accidentally Shot

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 5

Mrs. Roe, wife of a Perth magistrate, was on Saturday accidentally shot by her husband. The bullet went through the body of the lady, who now lies in…

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A Police Magistrate Accidentally Shoots his Wife. Fremantle

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 August 1908 · page 8

A SAD occurrence happened this afternoon at Garden Island, seven miles from Fremantle. Mr. A. S. Roe, police magistrate, at Perth,…

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Mail-Coach Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

The Cobargo mail-coach met with an accident when crossing the Bega river. The coach and mails were lost, and one horse drowned. The…

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Wounded in a Duel. Fencer Injured by a Novice

Guyra Argus · Thursday 6 August 1908 · page 4

A fierce duel (says " Lloyd's Weekly") was fought on the 14th May in the grounds of the Dig Wheel in Paris between a young man named…

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Shooting Accident. Private T. Butler Shot

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 2

WORD was received in town by messenger at 5 o'clock last evening that Private P. Butler, of the local Half-Squadron of Light Horse, residing at Bryan's Gap…

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Double Burning Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 5

A BURNING, accident happened at Sandford (Victoria) on Saturday night, which resulted in the death of an elderly woman named Mary Rigney, and serious injuries to her…

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Fatal Motor Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1908 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday,—A motor car fell overan embankment at San Francisco, and three ladies, a boy, and a baby were killed. Burke, the mechanician of the motor was…

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Shocking Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 5

A terrible accident happened on Saturday evening at South Kensington railway station, Victoria. The assistant stationmaster, J. M'Cauley,…

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City Collision

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

SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon.—A collision occurred at the corner of Pitt and Spring streets, this morning, between a tram and a horse and cart. James Cardell, the driver…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 2

QUITE a gloom was east over the town when it became known early on Friday morning last that Mr, Harry Butler, of Bryan's Gap, had succumbed the…

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Drowned in a Drain-pipe.—A Balmain Sensation

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1908 · page 8

The heavy rain which fell early on Saturday evening was responsible for the death of a woman at Balmain under most sensational circumstances. A…

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