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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Serious Shooting Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 15 November 1907 · page 4

On Sunday last, a son of Mr. George Oxford, of Denman, was handling a gun, when the weapon exploded, the charge going through his band. The…

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Drowned in the Rhine. a Dusseldorf Tragedy

The Moree News · Friday 22 November 1907 · page 4

An extraordinary accident (writes the correspondent of the "Daily Mail" of 4th September), has occurred on the Rhine, just above Dusseldorf. The strom…

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Train Collides with Itself. Curious Accident in Scotland

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 23 November 1907 · page 7

An amusing accident occurred on Saturday night. 31st August, on a branch line of the North British Railway near Mannel Junction, in which twenty…

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Collision Off Coogee

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 26 November 1907 · page 4

A COLLISION between two Sydney-owned steamers occured off Coogee Bay shortly before 1 o'clock on Saturday morning, resulting in damage to…

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Drowning the Drum. City Man's "Counterblast" to Salvation Army

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 7

Mr James Stacey, a liveryman of the City of London and a member of the National Liberal Club, residing at Crescent Grove, Clapham Common, was…

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The Breeza Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 3 December 1907 · page 4

At the office of the Railway Commissioners on Friday, Driver Mitchell and Fireman Contello, who were in charge of the down north western mail train…

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Saved from Drowning

Manilla Express · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

THERE was a sensational happening on the north side on Sunday afternoon. Mrs. Rose was out walking with her…

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Swing Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 4 December 1907 · page 2

THE four-year-old daugher of Mr. W. Irwin, of Warialda, was playing with some other children on a swing when a block of wood fell on her…

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A Factory Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 6 December 1907 · page 5

THE hearing was concluded in Banco Court on Wednesday afternoon of the miction in which Robert Lake Watson claimed £2000 from Charles Andreson…

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Accidents

Manilla Express · Wednesday 11 December 1907 · page 2

MASTER GURLEY SUTHERLAND, of Upper Manilla, the youth who some years ago met with a terrible shooting accident, had the…

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Curious Accident on Popular Line

Quirindi Herald and District News · Friday 13 December 1907 · page 2

"In a closely-packed carriage of the Dover line the lamp overhead, which had just been lit, fell, among other things, upon the face of a beautiful…

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An Extraordinary Accident Destruction of a Bullock Team

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Saturday 14 December 1907 · page 8

An accident of an extraordinary nature is reported to have happened at Mulbring yesterday. William Hector, a young man, was driving a team of…

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Seaside Tragedy. Girl Drowned. Sister's Heroic Act

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 17 December 1907 · page 2

This morning, September 16th, a sad bathing fatality occurred at Joss Bay, Kingsgate, near Broadstairs. Miss Ella Martin, aged 20, and her…

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A Strange Fatality

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 24 December 1907 · page 5

WHILE engaged in Defraine's sawmill, Laurieton, on Saturday, a man named Henry Stace was accidentally killed through a piece of timber coming back…

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The Apparently Drowned

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 24 December 1907 · page 3

The rules for reviving the apparently drowned, which are distributed throughout the State by a fatherly Government, are often much…

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Serious Railway Accident

Quirindi Herald and District News · Tuesday 24 December 1907 · page 4

A RAILWAY accident, resulting in eight passengers being severely injured, occurred at a little before midnight on Sunday night, at the Cowra Railway…

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Seaside Tragedy. Girl Drowned. Sister's Hero[?] Art

The Moree News · Friday 27 December 1907 · page 2

This morning, September 16th a and bathing fatallty excurred at josh [?] Kingsgate, Lear [?] Miss Ella Martin, aged [?] and [?]…

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