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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1903

58 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 3 of 3

Railway Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 July 1903 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at Travalgon. Victoria, yesterday. Several persons had narrow escapes from death…

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Latest Sydney, Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 15 July 1903 · page 2

A railway collision occurred at Molong between a stationary truck and a goods train. The engine and trucks were smashed and the debris…

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Sensational Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 2

A tram travelling at a high rate of speed from Southport, left the rails at Waterloo Station and crashed into the platform, five persons killed and many…

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Latest. Sydney. Serious Harbour Collision

Manilla Express · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 2

A serious collision occurred in the harbour, at 7 o'clock this morning, between the ferry steamers Wallaroo and Narra- been, tho well-known Manly boat. Both…

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LONDON, Monday Night. Burning Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 29 July 1903 · page 2

A barn with a large number of peasant girls sleeping, in it, at Shallowka, Russia, caught fire, and 35 perished. THE PAPACY…

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Harbour Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 3

A collision in the harbour took place place last night between the steamers Argus and Mildura. The former was beached. The vessel was bound for…

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Latest Telegrams Sydney, Saturday, 10 a.m. Terrible Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 3

A terrible explosion occurred at Noumea on Thursday through a tinsmith putting a tap in an empty iron alcohol Larrel without removing the…

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A Cruesome Railway Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 1 August 1903 · page 5

In a book of railway anecdotes beating date about twenty years age there is an account of what is described as a most remarkable…

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Railway Fatality

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 August 1903 · page 2

A terrible railway fatality occurred at Rockdale Station, this morning, Thomas Holland, Railway guard, stepped off the platform to join his…

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Diving Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 22 August 1903 · page 2

The death of a Japanese diver is reported from Thursday Island through the bursting of a pipe, this making the third fatality to Japanese divers within a week…

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Latest Cables. Romb Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

Thirty-six persons including twenty-seven passengers, were killed by a bomb explosion on a steamer at Vask[?]pu. The outrage lias caused great consternation in Constantinople…

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Chapter of Accidents

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 September 1903 · page 2

AN MAN named Phelp, dislocated his shoulder, owing to his van horses belting at Wood's Reef. Paul Silver, whilst riding a bicycle, some time ago, tore his knee…

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Such a Frightful Accident

The Moree News · Tuesday 20 October 1903 · page 6

It was the time of the great bil[?]of [?]Just below [?]on the G.W.R. is a lofty vialent, at that time a wooden structure, but [?]…

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Found Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 17 November 1903 · page 2

A girl named Ivy Cramp, whose body was found in the river at Grafton, had been beaten by tier father for the supposed appropriation of half a…

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Express Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 November 1903 · page 2

The Borne Lousanne express collided with a derailed engine, with the result that five persons were killed and seven injured…

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Horrible Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 2 December 1903 · page 2

Philip Cornish, a cordial manufacturer at Temgamah, was cut clean through the backbone by a circular saw, severing the lungs, liver, and…

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Mining Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 December 1903 · page 2

William Adams and Benjamin Sullivan, miners, were killed by a fall of earth at the Great Boulder Perservance Mine, Kalgoorlie…

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Latest. London, Monday Night. Sensational, Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 2

A train fell over a bridge in Spain, and 15 persons were killed aud many injured…

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