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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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Fatality on Wedding Day

Manilla Express · Saturday 16 May 1908 · page 4

MR. Alexander M'Donald, a farmer, of Kayuga, and his wife, were returning home on Tuesday afternoon in a vehicle. Turning a…

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Drowned at Manly

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 4

JAMES DAVIDSON, an employee of the Union Bank, fell into the water from, the pier at Manly, late on Friday night and was drowned…

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Shocking Railway Accident. London

Manilla Express · Saturday 23 May 1908 · page 5

A shocking railway collision has occurred near Antwerp, Belgium. Twenty-six bodies have already been extracted,…

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Accident at Gunnedah

Manilla Express · Saturday 6 June 1908 · page 2

Monday's "Namoi Independent" gives the following particulars of a serious accident that befel Mr. Thorpe, stationmaster, on Sunday…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 June 1908 · page 2

Two buggies collided at Tribonue yesterday. An ococcupant of one buggy, Mrs. Hislop, was fatally injured…

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Murrurundi Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

William Gibson and James Bede Dwyer were charged, on remand, this morning, at Murrurundi, with negligently…

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Gun Powder Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

While a large quantity of condemned powder was being destroyed near Newcastle yesterday it suddenly exploded…

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Shocking Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 17 June 1908 · page 2

When the Brisbane mail train arrived at West Maitland, last night, the driver found a soft felt hat on the cowcather,…

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Fatality at Tamworth. Stationmaster Killed. Tamworth

Manilla Express · Wednesday 24 June 1908 · page 2

THOMAS HETHERTON, station-master at Tamworth, was run over by a train and killed last night. The body was horribly mutilated…

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Serious Accident. with a Chaffcutter

Manilla Express · Wednesday 1 July 1908 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL accident befel Mr. Dan Hatch yesterday morning at Mr. W. Hill's, Caermarthen" resulting in…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 4 July 1908 · page 2

Miss Ada Rodgers, of Attuuga, had the misfortune to break a leg last week, by a fall from a horse. The…

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The Murrurundi Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 2

Up to the present the Railway Commissioners have settled the claims of 24 persons who were injured in the accident at Murrurundi…

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The Murrurundi Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 8 July 1908 · page 3

Up to the present the Railway Commissioners have settled the claims of 24 persons who were injured in the accident at Murrurundi…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 29 July 1908 · page 2

MR. William Jackson, of Attunga, met with a serious accident this week. It appears he was removing a truck at the wool dump with the…

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Murrurundi Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 1 August 1908 · page 4

In connection with the Murrurundi railway accident Dwyer and Gibson were found not guilty of negligent omission of duty…

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Accidentally Shot. MELBOURNE,Tuesday

Manilla Express · Wednesday 5 August 1908 · page 4

Percy William Bryant, aged 3 was accidentally shot by his father, an ong[?]ne driver at Pioneer mine. Bryant was engaged repairing a gun which…

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Accident to Mr. E. Cohon

Manilla Express · Saturday 8 August 1908 · page 4

Mr. ELLIOTT COHEN, (son of Mr. Nathan Cohen), of Tamworth, met with a serious and unfortunate accident on Tuesday. He was…

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Fatal Accident to Mr. G. M. Oliphant

Manilla Express · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 2

A FATAL accident happened to Mr. George Oliphant of the Post Office Hotel, on Friday afternoon a little distance from West Tamworth…

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Frightful Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 12 August 1908 · page 1

An unknown man was run over by a train this side of M'Dougall's Hill, about a mile from Singleton, during Wednesday night. The mutilated…

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Drowning Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 August 1908 · page 2

Two men or the American Fleet were drowned in The harbor on Saturday night, while another whose boat capsized, stripped…

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