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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Marchioness Killed. Fatal Motor Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 13 June 1906 · page 3

On 8th March, the correspondent of the London "Dally Mall" wrote:-A shocking motor car accident occurred near here at five o'clock this…

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Serious Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 19 June 1906 · page 2

WE are informed that Mrs. Taylor, a well-known resident of Yarraman, met with a somewhat serious accident on Sunday afternoon last. It appears…

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Accident on a Battleship. Two Stokers Killed

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 22 June 1906 · page 7

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from Malta on 17th April:-- News was received here this morning by wireless telegraphy of an accident…

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Motor Fatality. a Marchesa Killed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 June 1906 · page 3

The Rome correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 9th March:-Full details are now available of the tragic motor-car accident yesterday…

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Drowned Boy Mystery. Mother Charged with Murder

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 29 June 1906 · page 3

A strange story, the outcome of which was that a woman named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her six-year-old son William, was told at a Hackney…

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Hotel Collapse. Sixty Killed, Eighty Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 7 July 1906 · page 3

From Stuttgart, on 5th April, the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote:- A terrible disaster occurred at the "housewarming" of a new hotel in the…

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Drowned Boy Mystery

The Moree News · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 3

MOTHER CHARGED WITH MURDER A strange story, the outcome of which was that a women named Louisa Tiffin was charged with the wilful murder of her…

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A Sad Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 July 1906 · page 4

MISS Nellie Tanko was having a ride in the yard on Tuesday afternoon last, and fell from the pony. sustaining a serious injury to her arm, besides receiving other slight…

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Shooting Fatality. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 4

James Wharton of Gundy, accidentally shot his grandson, Stanley, 25 years of age, dead with a pea rifle. The deceased was picking up a piece…

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An Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 July 1906 · page 3

It was at a crowded At Home. A lady wished to pass in front of him, so the young man backed. In so doing, his heels stepped on someone's toes…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 20 July 1906 · page 3

Mrs Maria Bella Kershaw, who had been married only a few days, was drowned at Crookham, a village on the Berkshire side of the Thames,…

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News and Notes. ACCIDENT

Manilla Express · Saturday 28 July 1906 · page 4

WHILE engaged dressing a boast at Mr A. Haydon's slaughter house on Friday last, F. Dincen met with a nasty accident. The knife he was useing slipped and…

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Honeymoon Tragedy. Bride Drowned

The Moree News · Friday 3 August 1906 · page 4

Mrs Maria Hetta Korshaw who had been married only a few days, [?] crowned at Crookham, a village on the [?] side of the Thank's…

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Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 2

A lad named Langford fell 128 feet do the Mount Pleasant mine and escaped serous injury. While being pursued by the police at Eder…

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A Chapter of Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 11 August 1906 · page 4

Of the half-dozen starters in the Rosehill Steeplechase, on Saturday, four fell, and the race was easily won by Grattan, who defeated B[?]more H…

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Railway Collision. LONDON

Manilla Express · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

Seventy passengers were injured by a railway collision at the Salcoates (Ayrshire), railway station…

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Accidents

Manilla Express · Wednesday 22 August 1906 · page 2

A young man named Albert Evans, was, with a mate, endeavouring to extract a bullet from a rifle at their camp on Mr. W. Hall's Springmount…

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Motor Car Accident. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 29 August 1906 · page 2

A brother of the King of Portugal, was nearly killed in a motor car accident…

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Balloon Accident. LONDON

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

An aeronaut, who fell 1000 feet in Westphalia, escaped with a broken jaw…

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Extraordinary Accident. The Faithful Dog. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 September 1906 · page 4

An extraordinary accident is reported from Talmalmo, on the River Murray. Two men, Ernest Martin and John…

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