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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1909

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Turkish Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 8

Twenty-five workmen were drowned by the bursting of a dam at Constantinople…

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Fatal Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 23 October 1909 · page 8

A carter named Timothy Brown was fatally crushed between his cart and a rerandah-post, and died shortly after admission to the hospital, the…

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Another Pea-rifle Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 26 October 1909 · page 5

During the proceedings of a social function at Ravenswood (Q.) on Saturday, a young man, named Charles Brown, and amateur photographer…

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Motor Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1909 · page 5

A terrible motor accident occurred at Elwood last night, when a car owned by Mr. S. G. Black collided with an electric wire pole. The…

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Saved--and Then Drowned. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 2 November 1909 · page 5

A little boy, named Brigson, residing at Torwood, a suburb of Brisbane, was washing his hands in the river on Saturday when he…

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Motor Car Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 5

James Devlin (51), was fatally injured by a motor car at Toorak. near Melbourne…

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State Invalidity and Accidents Pension

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 4

Payment of State Invalidity and Accidents Pensions will-after the payment due 1st November—be made twice instead of once a month as at…

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Shocking Accident. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Friday 5 November 1909 · page 5

Francis Berbamine, a fitter at the Commonwealth Cement Work, was yesterday caught in the belting and killed. Both arms were torn out,…

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State Invalidity and Accidents Pensions

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 November 1909 · page 2

We have been requested by the Registrar to publish the following notice to pensioners (or warrantees) as to change in system of payment after…

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Drowned in the Hawkesbury

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon.—Joseph Moore, 28 years of age, a recent arrival from England, was drowned yesterday while bathing in the…

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Fatal Accident

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 9 November 1909 · page 2

On Saturday Mr. Colin M'Alpen was coming into Glen Innes, and when at the foot of Waterloo Range, on the Matherson side, he saw a…

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No Passengers Killed. a Year's Record in Train Accidents

Guyra Argus · Thursday 11 November 1909 · page 4

During the year 1908 no railway passengers lost their lives in accidents to the trains in which they were travelling, while the number injured, viz., 283, is…

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Cableglrams. London. Thursday. Terrible Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 13 November 1909 · page 6

Owing to a railway accident at British Columbian 15 persons were killed and 7 injured…

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Two Brothers Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday Afternoon.—Two brothers named Sydney Bass and Hubert Bass were drowned while bathing at Cronulla Beach. Sydney Bass, who was 30 years of age, was…

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Another Gun Fatality. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

C. Norman Morrison, principal of Geelong College, was killed Saturday while shooting on a farm at Mount Moriac district. He was getting over…

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A Boy Drowned. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

John Bulless, whilst swimming with a number of other boys in a dam at a water reserve at Botany yesterday, suddenly called for help His friends…

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A Boy and a Bank Clerk Drowned

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 4

SYDNEY, Monday. — Two deaths by drowning are recorded. The first case is that of John Burless, aged 17 years, living at North Botany. He was…

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Our Wires. a Bank Clerk Drowned. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 5

John M. Ward, clerk in the local branch of the Commercial Bank at Moree was drowned in the Gwydir yesterday. In company with two…

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Sad Accident

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 4

A fatal accident occurred at Lennon's Hotel, Brisbane, on Thursday night. A nurse, Miss Tate, was walking down the staircase carrying the 5-months old daughter…

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Railway Accidents

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 November 1909 · page 4

In the Assembly, the other night, Mr. Waddell, the Treasurer, replying to Mr. O'Sullivan, said that the cost of the Murrurundi railway accident on ths 17th April,…

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