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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Cablegrams. London, Thursday. By a fire in Kansas City, Missouri, 20 persons perished and 50 were injured

The Moree News · Friday 26 October 1906 · page 2

The British Admiralty has placed 53 battleship cruisers on the nonreflective list ; and orders have been issued to reduce the first and second squadress of cruisers from…

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Tramcar's Flight. Panic and Collision. Sixty People Injured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 3

From Rome on 16th July the correspondent of the London [?] Daily Mail" wrote:-Yesterday at Frascati, a small…

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In Case of Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 27 October 1906 · page 2

Mistress: 'Another soldier has called on you. Jane. I thought you had only one sweetheart' Cook: 'No, mum—two. I have one 'on…

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Railway Accident. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 31 October 1906 · page 2

Two men were leaning on a window ledge at the railway corner at Concord last night when the Northern express…

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Mrs Yerkes Criticised. Motor Accident Sequel

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 2 November 1906 · page 6

From Berlin, on 22nd August, the correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote:-- Mrs Mary Adelaide Yerkes, widow of…

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Fighting Fatality

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

Joseph Donnelly, who was injured in a fight at White Cliffs, died from the effects of his injuries…

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Blasting Fatality. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 2

A ganger, named John Moriarty, was killed and four others badly injured in a blasting accident, near Warwick, Queensland…

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Modern Engine Danger. the Salisbury Accident. Theory As to Cause

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 7 November 1906 · page 4

Many serious questions have been raised by the terrible railway disaster at Salisbury, and although the exact cause has not yet bean…

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Fatal Accident to a Mayor

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 5

Mr. Frank O'Donnell, Mayor of Central. Illawarra, attended the Agricultural Society's meeting at Wollongong on Friday night, and at its close…

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Sensational Accident. SYDNEY

Manilla Express · Wednesday 14 November 1906 · page 2

A buggy containing three men collided with a train at Sansouci yesterday. The horse was killed instantly…

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Paris Train Collision. Dashes Into Buffers

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 16 November 1906 · page 3

An alarming railway accident (writes the Paris correspondent of the London " Daily Mail" on 6th September) occupied this afternoon…

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Paris Train Collision. Dashes Into Buffers

The Moree News · Friday 23 November 1906 · page 3

An Alarming railway accident writes the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" on 6th September [?]ed this afternoon…

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Accidentally Killed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 2

Percy Simmons tell from a tree at Wallerawang while robbing a magpie's nest, and subsequently died…

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News and Notes. Burning Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 24 November 1906 · page 4

THE infant girl of Mrs Heffer[?]an fell into the fire the other day, and was burnt about the legs aud arms. The little [?]ite, under tender…

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Royal Motor Accident. Boy Seriously Injured at Hounslow. Duchess of Connaught As Nurse

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 30 November 1906 · page 3

The motor-car in which the Duchess of Connaught and a small party were travelling last night from Bagshot to London met with a…

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Drowning Mystery

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 8 December 1906 · page 6

An old identity of Corowa and Wahgunyah, named Andy Parker, was found drowned in Sunday Creek at Wahgunyah on Sunday afternoon. In…

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Accidents

The Moree News · Tuesday 11 December 1906 · page 4

An accident that resulted fatally befell an elderly man, named William Waygood, who was in the employ of Mr. Hitchens of Eurab. While…

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Serious Accident. Miraculous Escape

The Moree News · Tuesday 18 December 1906 · page 2

A painful evident, which might have been attended with fetal result, befell Miss Gladys Kay, aged 15, the eldest daughter of Mr J. J Kay, on…

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