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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

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Sad Fatality at Bingara

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 5

THE awfully sad death of a young married woman has evoked much sympathy there. Mrs. Thomas Reading, who was 34 years of age and was…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 2 July 1904 · page 2

MRS. Taylor, mother of Mrs. W. H. Odell, whilst waiting along a verandah at her daughter's residence on Tuesday, slipped and severely injured…

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SYDNEY, Tuesday, 10.30 a.m. Shooting Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1904 · page 3

A man named Herbert David, whilst out shooting at Brown's Creek, near Blayney, on Sunday, was shot dead owing to the accidental discharge of…

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Sulkies in Collision

Manilla Express · Wednesday 13 July 1904 · page 2

Two sulkies, occupied by Messrs. W. Whiting and J. F. Wearne and Mr. F. Gardner respectively came into collision on the Barraba road on…

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Railway Collision

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

Eighty pionicers were killed and 80 injured in a railway collision, near Chicago…

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Collision Off Newcastle

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 July 1904 · page 2

A collision occurred about 2 o'clock this morning off Newcastle between the steamer Tagliferous and the schooner Western Star. The latter immediately…

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Drowned

Manilla Express · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

At Minore, near Dubbo, a girl named Hanchard, aged 16, was drowned…

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Boating Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

A boat containing four persons struck a snag and capsized on Lake Macquarie…

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Tram Collision

Manilla Express · Wednesday 20 July 1904 · page 2

An electric tram car at Auckland violently collided with a steam roller. A number of passengers were injured…

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Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 3 August 1904 · page 2

A railway accident has occurred at Midland Junction, West Australia. The engine driver and fireman were killed…

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London. Monday. Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 August 1904 · page 2

A locomotive and three railway cars fell through the bridge in Colorado, and 80 persons were killed…

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Accidents

Manilla Express · Saturday 20 August 1904 · page 2

ON Saturday last, in Queen-street, Barraba, Mr. C. Allen, of Springfield, with two other gentlemen—Messrs. Fletcher and Keighly—met with an…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 August 1904 · page 2

A YOUNG lad, named Cutmore, went to stop a horse in a cart the other day, when he slipped and the wheel passed over his back. He is now about again…

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Collision

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 August 1904 · page 4

A collision occurred at Darling Harbor between the ferry steamer Lilac and an oil launck. The latter quickly filled and sank. The…

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Burning Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 September 1904 · page 3

Three children named Bishop were burned to death at Boulder City. The house caught fire and was soon in ruins. Both the parents made frantic attempts to rescue the victims…

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Fatal Shooting Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 September 1904 · page 3

A telegram from Goulburn on Friday states that the inquiry into the death of Francis Donnolly, whose body was discovered in the Shoalhaven Gully…

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Gun Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 4

OWING to a gun accident on Thursday Mr. W. H. Purss, of Rowan Street, received a nasty injury to the top lip. The wound was attended to by Dr. Ellis…

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Fatal Driving Accident. a Teamster Killed

The Moree News · Tuesday 8 November 1904 · page 2

A sad accident happened [?]the Broadwater Bridge on Saturday, when a le[?]who had for some years past been…

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The Collision on the D. F. and J. Copyright, 1909, by C. W. Hooke

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 12 November 1904 · page 6

AN abaurd old college sons begins with these words: The prettiest girl that ever I saw was sucking elder through a…

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D[?] Fatality Streek by Lightning

The Moree News · Tuesday 15 November 1904 · page 2

The [?] thunder and lightning at [?] and around [?] Sunday everting was the [?]…

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