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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Triple Tragedy. Children Drowned While Asleep. "See What I Have Done!"

Guyra Argus · Thursday 10 June 1909 · page 3

A triple tragedy of a sad and most extraordinary character occurred at Thames Ditton late last night (said "Lloyd's Weekly" on March 28), the…

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Mining Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 11 June 1909 · page 3

Thomas Harvey fell down a shaft at Broken Hill yesterday and was…

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Injured by Fireworks

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 12 June 1909 · page 4

An action has been commenced on behalf of a boy named Alfred Young, claiming £2000 compensation from the Government for injuries to eyesight…

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Railway Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 5

Two girls named Collier were killed near Rotorua (N.Z.) through being run orer by a railway truck…

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B[?]d Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 19 June 1909 · page 8

Nothing but good can result in giving to the public some hint as to the various incidents in which Mrs. Kate Mackie, of No. 2 Stanley-street,…

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Shocking Accidents. a Woman Killed. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier and Fairfield and Wallangarra Advocate · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 2

WHILE attempting to cross a street this morning, an old man, whose name is unknown, was knocked down by a tram and seriously injured. He was conveyed…

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Shocking Accident. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 22 June 1909 · page 5

A frightful accident occurred at Mount Morgan yesterday. It appears that a number of men were pouring molten copper when a quantity of it…

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Fatal Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 4

Electric trams collided at Indiana, America. Ten passengers were killed, and 20 injured, some fatally…

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The sapphos Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 23 June 1909 · page 4

H.M.S. Sappho, Commander Harold Christian, came into collision in the English Channel on Friday night, with the Wilson liner of the same name…

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Tourists Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 26 June 1909 · page 5

Nine tourists were drowned during a squall on Lake Killarney…

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Fatality in the Name

Guyra Argus · Thursday 1 July 1909 · page 6

The new patient had been put to bed by the nurse. Upon waking he inquired— "Phwat did ye say the doctor's name…

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Shooting Fatality Parmer Accidentally Shot

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 3 July 1909 · page 4

A deplorable shooting accident happened at "Montrose" farm, near Annidale, on Thursday night, when Mr. W. Haynes, farmer and dairyman, was…

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Gun Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 5 July 1909 · page 4

An extraordinary gun accident occurred at Bordertown, Victoria, the other day. Gordon Wilson was endeavoring to discharge an old muzzle…

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The Latest Cables. London, Monday COLLISION

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

The French cargo steamer Cirse struck the steamer Whakatane from London to Auckland during a fog in the English Channel. The latter was…

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Accident to Mr. Cornwell

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

Mr. Cornwell, the manager of the Inverell Brewery, met with a very painful accident on Sunday morning last. He left Inverell driving in a…

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A Disastrous Accident

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 6 July 1909 · page 2

A team with 16 bullocks fell from the track down the mountain side near Boonah, Queensland. Eight animals were killed onbright, two mortally…

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Steamers in Collision

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 7 July 1909 · page 5

The French cargo steamer Circe struck the steamer Whakatane, from London to Auckland, in a fog[?] in the English Channel…

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Railway Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 4

Mr. Newbery, a bridge inspector, was killed yesterday on the Cairns line. He was riding a trioycle, and a train carrying the Newtown…

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An Old Journalist Drowned

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 2

Drowned a few weeks back in the Richmond River, poor old Beattie Loader, at one time one of the prettiest paragraph writers in Australia (says the…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 9 July 1909 · page 4

A young man named Arthur Bates, while fox-hunting near Tumut, was accidentally shot dead. He was to have been married in three weeks…

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