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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Lioness at Large. Panic at a Menagerie. Three Persons Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 4

The town of Selby was thrown into excitement on Saturday night, 30th October, by a thrilling incident which occurred at a travelling circus…

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A Nasty Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 12 January 1906 · page 4

MR. JOE CLARKE, son of the Senior-Sergeant, met with a nasty accident this week through the bursting of a bottle. He had been employed at Mr. Denham's factory, and whilst…

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Painful Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 16 January 1906 · page 3

Mr. Frank Cogan met with a painful accident on Saturday evening last. It appears that be was drawing a load of lucerne up the bank of the creek near…

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Shouting Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 20 January 1906 · page 4

Alired Murray. resident of West Armidale, met with a painful and serious accident while out hare-shooting on Monday afternoon. He was…

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Boy Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

A boy named Bishop Stapleton, aged 7½ years, was drowned in a dam at Millthorpe yesterday…

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Bush Fire Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 2

A message from Toora, in Gippsland-land (Vic.), states that a fire started there on Tuesday night, to the west of the town. It swept around Hoddlo…

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Currabubula. Fatal Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 3

ON the evening of Thursday, 25th January, a youth named Maunders, 16 years of age, was loading wheat for his father at Duri platform, and while…

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Special Express Wires. Sydney, Friday. Accidentally Poisoned

Manilla Express · Saturday 3 February 1906 · page 2

A family of six, named Woods, residing at Petersham, yesterday suffered from ptomaine poisoning after eating corned beef. Three of the…

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Railway Disaster in America. Train in Flames. Ten Killed, 25 Injured

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 2

Details arrived this afternoon of a railway catastrophe on the Union Pacific Road, involving ten deaths, twenty-five passengers being injured. While crowded…

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Accident, or Otherwise?

Manilla Express · Saturday 10 February 1906 · page 2

A man, who is said to be an ex-Mayor of a Suburban borough, either fell or jumped overboard from the Manly steamer Kurangai, off…

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Painful Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 February 1906 · page 4

A MAN named Austin, whilst cutting wood at the Central Butter Factory this afternoon, was unfortunate enough to drive the axe through the instep of…

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Nasty Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 23 February 1906 · page 5

MR. H. Miller, a fettler on the length Dear the Quirindi station, met with a nasty accident yesterday afternoon. It appears that whilst he and others were…

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Railway Fatality

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 February 1906 · page 2

A voting woman, at presentunknown was knocked down and and killed intssntly…

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Mr Roosevelt's Adventure. a Steamer Collision During His Sleep

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 28 February 1906 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 27th November:— At the close of his visit to New…

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A Nasty Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 3 March 1906 · page 6

A nasty accident happened to a little girl named Maggie Ellem, at Mobinbry, last week. She was engaged washing up in the kitchen with another girl…

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Became Queen "Victoria" by Accident

The Moree News · Tuesday 6 March 1906 · page 4

"When the Queen ascended the throne she was proclaimed as Queen Alexandrian, and no two historians agree as to the origin of the change to 'Victoria.' What…

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Shocking Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 7 March 1906 · page 2

Keith Robinson, aged 17, met with a frightful accident near Yass. He was riding a horae when it collided with a buggy. The shaft, which entered…

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Riding Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 17 March 1906 · page 3

Our readers will regret to learn that a serious accident happened to a young lad named W. Russell, who resides with his parents in Mungindi. He…

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Painful Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 20 March 1906 · page 2

A LAD named Easy, residing at Spring Ridge, met with a painful accident on Saturday Inst. It appears that be was assisting in the removal of a…

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The Kiel Disaster. German Torpedo-boat Sinks. Thirty-three Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 March 1906 · page 4

On 19th November the Kiel correspondent of the London "Daily News" wrote:— Far out near the Buelk lighthouse at…

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