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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

20 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers

Town and District. Accident to Mr. Hassall, M.P.

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 8 January 1898 · page 2

Yesterday morning Mr. T. H. Hassall, M.P., had a narrow escape from being seriously injured. He was driving into Sydney from his residence, Double…

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A Gun Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1898 · page 2

A serious gun accident occurred to Master Forbes M Master last Saturday morning. A party consisting of Messrs. W. H. O'Malley Wood, H…

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A Life of Misery. Terrible Sufferings of a Young Lady. Five Years of Tokture. Injured Her Back by Falling Down a Flight of Stairs. Gould's Tiny Tonic Pills Score Yet Another Victory

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 19 February 1898 · page 6

Miss Holt, who resides at 9 Perkin-street, Newcastle, about five years ago had the misfortune, to fall down a long flight of stairs, thereby injuring her back. This…

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A Mysterious Fatality

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 March 1898 · page 2

A Sydney telegram bearing last Saturday afternoon's date states that the incoming tide at the open bench at Coogee in the morning left high and…

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Serious Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 26 March 1898 · page 2

Another very serious accident befel Mr. W. H. Roberts on Wednesday morning last. It appears that Mr. Roberts, who had a horse in preparation for the Moree races,…

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A Jockey's Terrible Confusion. a Series of Accidents

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1898 · page 8

It may be taken for grunted that nothing is further from the mind of the jockey, when riding a close-contested race, than the chances of an accident occurring. The…

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Collapse of a Building. One Man Killed and Nine Injured

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 6

ON Monday afternoon a sensational accident occurred at Adelaide at the Railway Station. About 70 men were employed in demolishing the old…

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Accident to a Slaughterman

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

Walter Whiteman, slaughterman to Mr. Wm., Kirkby, met with a serious accident on Thursday, by which he nearly held to death. While killing a bullock about 11 a.m…

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Shooting Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1898 · page 2

A rather startling shooting accident occurred on Wednesday night, resulting in the serious injury of a little girl aged eight years, daughter of Mr. James Cummings, of…

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Local and General. Accident to a Driver

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1898 · page 2

Elijah Maidens the proprietor of the Moree Bingara Coach is reported to have met with a serious Accident on Sunday morning. When near Yagabic, it is stated, the axle of…

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A Fearful Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1898 · page 2

Alpine cambering has been the cause of many fatal accidents daring the present season in Europe, but none more sad has been reported than that which caused the…

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Peculiar Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1898 · page 2

An accident of a peculiar and painful nature, occurred to a youth named John Langtree on Tuesday evening. Langtree is an employee on Weebollabolla station, and…

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Patal Cycling Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 September 1898 · page 2

At the Union Cycling Meeting in Sydney on Saturday, two serious accidents occurred, one resulting fatally. In the Two Mile Handicap Race twenty-seven started in the…

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Railway-line Accidents

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 8 October 1898 · page 2

Three sufferers from received at the works on the Moree-Inverell Railway line are at present being treated by Dr, Tomlinson, in the hospital. A man named…

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Fatal Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1898 · page 2

An accident attended with fatal consequences, occurred on the railway workings near Binneguy early yesterday morning, the victim being a water earner named…

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A Sensational Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 25 October 1898 · page 2

During the performance of Fitzgerald Bros, circus at Rylestone last Thursday, a rather sensational accident occurred. The feat of the elephant riding a tricycle with a…

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Shoking Burning Fatality

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 November 1898 · page 2

A terrible burning fatality occurred on board tho lighter Shannon, at Melbourne, on Friday, whereby a woman named Johanna Collier wait reduced to a charred mass, void…

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Riding Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1898 · page 2

Returning from the Ashity races on Thursday morning, a very nasty accident occurred to Miss Annie Bedford, daughter of Mr. David Bedforp, of the Bank Hotel…

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Accident to the Mail Train

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 November 1898 · page 2

An accident happened to the Moree-Narrabri mail train yesterday morning, which caused a delay of about an hour and a half in the arrival of the mail at Moree, but was…

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Serious Driving Accident

The Gwydir Examiner and Moree General Advertiser · Saturday 3 December 1898 · page 2

A rather serious driving accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon on the Bingara road, whereby Miss Goodyer, daughter of the license of the Post Office Hotel, sustained…

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