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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Drowning Fatality

Manilla Express · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

Albert Fletcher, who lately resided at Woollahra, was drowned in a pool of water at Katoomba yesterday…

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Nasty Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

Mr Bob Rodd, son of Mr. T. B. Rodd, of Wongo Creek, met with a very painful accident on Sunday last. Front what we can gather, it…

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Cannon Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 2

A shocking accident happened during the firing of one of the big guns at Melbourne on Thursday. The gun is one of…

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Moree Under Water. Disastrous and Unprecedented Flood. Two Men and Thousands of Stock Drowned. People Fleeing From Their Homes. Mr. Glennies Prediction

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 18 January 1910 · page 2

Never within the memory of the oldest inhabitant has Morce been visited by such an all-embracing, wide-encircling, deep-penetrating, and…

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Boy Drowned

Manilla Express · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 2

While swimming at Clyde, a boy named Arthur Williams, aged ten, got out of his depth, and was drowned…

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Seasational Accident. a Horse Killed

Manilla Express · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 2

Yesterday [?]on a sens[?]ttonal acc[?]ed on the Mandowa [?] spans the manilla [?]ppears that Bert and…

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Devastation at Narrabri. Incalculable Losses. Many Narrow Escapes From Drowning. Narrabri, Friday, 2 p.m

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

There has boon A terrible flood in the Namoi River, causing widespread devastation and desolation, and untold losses of stock and property. There…

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Serious Loss of Life Four Drowned at Wee Weewaa. One at Keytah

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 5

Sad news comes from Wee Wan, where four people were drowned, including Mrs. Grace (the sister of Mrs. T. A. Pryke) and Mrs. Chapman…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

While driving home on Thursday afternoon in a buggy Mr. George Porter, senr., accompanied by Mrs…

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Accident at Attunga

Manilla Express · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

A correspondent writes:-- Mr. Reg. Moore, of Maryvale Farm, Klori, had a narrow escape on Monday evening at…

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A Painful Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

A carrier named Ted Bodley, who was driving a team loaded with telegraph poles, met with a very painful accident yesterday. He was…

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Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon Master Reginald Thomas met with a painful accident. He was riding a bicycle across the bridge and…

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Drowned in the Wtvydlr. Evidknue Attiik Isqukst

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

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Terrible Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 2

A railway accident, resulting in the death of three men and serious injuries to a fourth, occurred at Beaufort…

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Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4

Another railway accident occurred between Katoomba and Medlow Bath yesterday. A truck on a coal train…

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5000 Drowned in Mexico

Manilla Express · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 3

The flood at Monterrey, in which 5000 people were drowned on the 27th of August last, was caused by the rising of the Santa Catarina, usually a…

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Serious Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 2

A very serious accident befel Ernie Barber (well-known in Manilla) while riding Loch Finn in the Flying Welter at Quirindi. There…

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Found Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 March 1910 · page 2

Another case of accidental drowning has occurred at Moree. It appears that a young man named Robert Rose, a groom, employed by Mr. Delander…

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Three Men Drowned. New Zealand

Manilla Express · Wednesday 16 March 1910 · page 2

Three men were drowned while trying to cross the bar at Greymouth in an oil launch…

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Sensational Railway Accident

Manilla Express · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 2

The second division of the western mail train, which left Bathurst for Sydney last night, met with a sensational…

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