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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Boating Fatality. A Boy Drowned. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 4

While two boys were attempting to cross the flooded river at Gundagai in a boat yesterday, one, named…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 September 1906 · page 4

WHILE returning home from Tamworth early on Monday morning three young men—Arthur Chapman, T. Fuller, and W. Woodley—met with…

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General Weyler. Injured at Madrid

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 2

The name of General Weyler, who has been so badly injured in the Madrid outrage, was very familiar to newspaper readers a few years ago,…

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An Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 14 September 1906 · page 4

A MAN named Booth, a transhipper at Werris Creek, was engaged at work when a pair of blacksmith's bellows fell across his right instep, crashing it…

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Rosehill Cup Accidents

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 19 September 1906 · page 6

In the bustling for positions after the start for the Rosehill Cup on Saturday, in which there were thirty-two starters, two horses were knocked…

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Railway Collision As Show. American Sensation

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 7

After a tedious wait of three Hours, 40,000 persons witnessed a pre-arranged collision between locomotives at Brighton Beach racecourse to-day…

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Alpine Brake Mishap. Twelve Schoolgirls Injured

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 7

Twelve schoolgirls and a coachman were severely injured in a carriage accident which occurred yesterday on the mountainous St. Gothard route near the…

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Hot Weather Suicides. Men Prefer Hanging. Women Drowning

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 3

Even to the normal, healthy man exceptional heat is a burden, but to those who are mentally ill-balanced it sometimes proves tho "last straw" that leads…

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Two Fatal Accidents. A Shocking Discovery. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 2

George Maxwell, aged 16, accidentally blew his head off with a gun while out shooting at Sandy Creek, Victoria…

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Tramcar's Flight. Panic and Collision

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 7

SIXTY PEOPLE INJURED. From Home on 16th July tho correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote :--…

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Sad Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 October 1906 · page 2

We too, we too must fail; A few brief years to labor and prev Th[?] times the sexton and the[?] trite tale—…

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Swept Out to Sea. Two School Girls Drowned

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 6

The "London Express" of the 26th July reports:-- Two girls were drowned while bathing, and three others rescued with the…

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Wrecked by Thunderstorm. Pacific Express Derailed. Holiday-makers Drowned

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 3

The tale is even yet incomplete of tho havoc and disaster wrought on land and sea by the terrific thunderstorms which swept over the…

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Serious Accidents

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

A MAN named Grayson was brought by goods train from Breeza last night, suffering from a broken leg. He was conveyed to the local Hospital…

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Queen Maud's Peril. Carriage Accident on a Glacier. Marvellous Escape

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 6

While on their tour from Trondhjem round the coast, the King and Queen of Norway yesterday made an excursion to Lysholm glacier, in the…

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Dredge Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

A dredge built to the order of the Geelong Harbor Board sank at see after leaving Durban. The captain's wife and two children were drowned…

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Supposed Railway Accident. Man Injured. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 2

A man named James M'Gee was found lying near the railway line at Milson's Point Station last night with a deep…

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A Racecourse Rush. Many People injured. LONDON

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 October 1906 · page 3

A big crowd rushed the totalisator booths at Longchamps racecourse (France), and stole 12,000 francs…

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Riding Fatality

The Moree News · Tuesday 23 October 1906 · page 1

The Coroner, Mr Brown, PM. held a magisterial inquiry into the death, reported in our last issue, of Mr Daniel O, Neill, boundary rider on…

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Yachting Fatality. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 October 1906 · page 2

During the holiday celebrations at Perth, West Australia yesterday, a yacht capsized at the month of the…

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